Tim Tong
Principal Software Engineer at Truveta
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Tong is a Principal Software Engineer based in Redmond with nine years of industry experience and a strong foundation from Staffordshire University. He has progressed through engineering and leadership roles at Microsoft and MSCI to his current position at Truveta, blending front-end expertise in JavaScript and React with systems skills in C++ and SQL. Tim contributes to high-profile open-source work such as Microsoft’s Fluent UI, improving React components and UI behavior, which reflects a practical focus on component design and UX-driven engineering. Comfortable in Agile environments and familiar with TFS, he pairs hands-on coding with mentorship and delivery ownership across large product teams. An understated detail: despite a self-described "Lazyyyyyyy" GitHub bio, his contributions show consistent, impactful maintenance and feature work on widely used UI libraries.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
High Diploma Computing, High Diploma Computing at Shanghai Normal UniversityBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at University of Staffordshire
English, Chinese
Github Skills (9)
react-components10
component-kit10
fluentd10
react10
react-component10
typescript-types9
typescript9
typescripts9
office-ui-fabric-react8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/fluentui
Feb 2017 - Apr 2019
Fluent UI web represents a collection of utilities, React components, and web components for building web applications.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:25 commits, 35 PRs, 5 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Tim primarily contributed to the Fluent UI web component library by implementing and modifying React components. Their work included adding properties to existing components like the ColorPicker, and making adjustments to the recommendation card component to incorporate auto-font sizing. Furthermore, the user updated existing code, added new features and fixed build issues related to the dashboard components. These changes focused on improving the UI and enhancing component functionality.
web-componentsreact-component-libraryreact-componentsmicrosoftui-components
timtong1982/auto-fontsize
Jul 2018 - Mar 2021
Contributions:47 commits, 60 PRs, 71 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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