Vincent Hilla
Senior Software Engineer at Mozilla
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolVincent Hilla is a Senior Software Engineer with six years of experience, currently advancing web platform and browser features at Mozilla. He blends C++ systems work with deep front-end knowledge, contributing notable web-platform-tests around HTML forms, dialog events, and text directionality to improve web standards interoperability. His background includes building parallelised C++ libraries for microscope control and an AutoML-configurable vision pipeline, showing a rare mix of systems, computer vision, and bioinformatics applied research. Comfortable across browser internals and web APIs, he has shipped features like Screen Wake Lock and Capability Delegation while mentoring and teaching in academic settings. Based in Aachen and with exchange study experience at Aalto, he brings rigorous CS training and a preference for elegant, well-tested solutions.
5 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Semester, Informatik, Exchange Semester, Informatik at Aalto UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Informatik, Master of Science - MS, Informatik at RWTH Aachen UniversityAbitur, Abitur at Michael-Ende-Gymnasium Tönisvorst
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Github Skills (12)
html10
css10
dom-manipulation10
javascript10
webtest10
dom10
web-standards10
test-automation10
testing10
shadow-dom9
accessibility8
cmake6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
web-platform-tests/wpt
Apr 2023 - Dec 2024
Test suites for Web platform specs — including WHATWG, W3C, and others
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 6 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Vincent's contributions primarily focus on enhancing the testing framework for web platform specifications, specifically concerning HTML forms and related behaviors. They've implemented and refined tests related to the `dirname` attribute for form controls, ensuring correct behavior across various input types and with different text directions (LTR/RTL). Furthermore, the user worked on implementing and testing features around the `oncancel` event on the `dialog` element and activation behavior methods for button elements. Their work demonstrates a strong understanding of HTML, DOM manipulation, and testing methodologies within the context of web standards.
microsoft-edgetest-runnerspecssafarifirefox
vinhill/vinhill.github.io
May 2021 - Nov 2024
Contributions:63 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 6 months
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