Simon Chae
Software Engineer at Block
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Chae is a software engineer based in Toronto with eight years of experience building mobile and backend systems for companies from Mozilla to Cash App and Block. He specializes in Android development—contributing to high-profile open source projects like Firefox for Android and Android Components, where he implemented telemetry, UI enhancements, and browser features. Comfortable in team settings, Simon combines hands-on coding in Java/Kotlin with testing and telemetry instrumentation to ensure reliable, measurable releases. His background spans startups and established firms, giving him experience shipping product-focused features under real-world constraints. Notably, his open-source work includes defining new telemetry pings for Fire-TV PocketEvent, reflecting an attention to instrumentation that often goes overlooked. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Toronto and brings a pragmatic, collaborative approach to shipping user-facing mobile software.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Computer Science at University of Toronto
Github Skills (14)
kotlin10
javas10
browser10
mobile-development10
android10
telemetry10
java10
testing10
firefox9
component-kit8
ui-components8
addon8
addin8
git7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mozilla-mobile/android-components
Jan 2019 - Aug 2020
⚠️ This project moved to a new repository. It is now developed and maintained at: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:66 commits, 65 PRs, 1 push in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily focused on implementing and testing features related to telemetry within the Android application. They added a new telemetry ping for Fire-TV PocketEvent, including code for building the ping and integrating relevant measurements like PocketId and events. The user also added a test case for this pocket ping integration to verify proper functionality and queueing. Further contributions included fixes for the queueEvent, and setting configurations related to desktop mode.
firefoxbrowserfirebasefirefox-androidandroid
mozilla-mobile/firefox-android
Jan 2019 - Aug 2020
:warning: This repository hosts the Firefox for Android (Fenix), Focus for Android, and Mozilla Android Components projects. It is now developed and maintained as part of Mozilla Central. See the announcement here: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-android/wiki#upcoming-migration-to-mozilla-central. ”
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:65 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Simon's commits focus on implementing new features and integrating them into the Firefox for Android application. They are primarily involved in building and integrating new telemetry events into the Firefox for Android application and related component projects. The commits demonstrate proficiency in Java, specifically in the context of developing and integrating the new telemetry features. Their contributions include defining a new telemetry ping for the Fire-TV PocketEvent.
firefoxhostsandroidandroid-componentsfirefox-for-android
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