Saad Abdellaoui
Senior Software Engineer at Riot Games
Santa Monica, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSaad Abdellaoui is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building high-impact cross-platform UI and core systems, currently on Riot Games' Core Tech team for Teamfight Tactics. Previously at Microsoft he shipped OCR for Excel used by millions, led iOS performance automation work, and debugged complex C++ issues across macOS and iPad codebases. He is an active open-source contributor to flagship projects like React Native and Microsoft’s React Native macOS and FluentUI-Apple, focusing on macOS/iOS UI components, accessibility, and platform-specific integrations. Comfortable navigating large, legacy codebases, he blends front-end polish with low-level debugging and performance optimization. Based in Santa Monica, he combines product-minded engineering with a track record of shipping cross-platform features that scale globally. An engineer who bridges platform nuances and user-facing polish, he often surfaces invisible UX fixes (keyboard navigation, RTL, accessibility) that noticeably improve daily use.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal
Github Skills (19)
objective-c10
javascript10
ios10
react-native10
ui-components10
ui-design10
appkit10
uid10
front-end-development10
swift10
macos10
uikit10
debug9
debugging9
typescript9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/react-native-macos
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
A framework for building native macOS apps with React.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 1201 reviews, 125 commits in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Saad primarily contributed to the implementation and enhancement of UI components within the React Native macOS framework. Their work involved adding new APIs such as `ColorWithSystemEffectMacOS` and functionality to the `Pressable` component, demonstrating a focus on platform-specific features. Additionally, the user addressed key-view looping and keyboard navigation, impacting user interaction. These changes also required modifying existing components like `FlatList`.
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microsoft/fluentui-apple
Oct 2019 - Jul 2022
UIKit and AppKit controls for building native Microsoft experiences
Role in this project:Front-end Developer (macOS)
Front-end Developer (macOS)Contributions:1 release, 269 reviews, 15 commits in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Saad focused on implementing and enhancing UI controls for macOS within the FluentUI framework. They developed a Link control, a Separator control, and a Button control, adding features like hover effects, image support, and accessibility enhancements. The user also updated existing test applications to demonstrate the use of the new controls. The changes included improvements to the visual appearance, as well as RTL support and content scaling changes.
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