Yoshi Huang
Staff Software Engineer at Mozilla
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolYoshi Huang is a Staff Software Engineer based in Berlin with 14 years of experience building browser and mobile platform features at Mozilla, where he has progressed from senior engineer to staff. He specializes in JavaScript engine and module system improvements, web-platform conformance testing, and mobile UI integrations—work visible in high-profile projects like gecko-dev, web-platform-tests, and the historic Gaia phone UI. Yoshi combines deep systems-level knowledge with a pragmatic focus on user experience, having implemented JSON module handling, refined error and import behaviors, and added NFC support to mobile UIs. His contributions show both a rigorous testing mindset and an ability to move spec-level web features into production, and he even worked on anti-noise solutions for children’s audio at Mozilla. Trained in computer science in Taiwan, he brings a long-term commitment to open web standards and robust, user-facing engineering.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Science and Information Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
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Github Skills (19)
webbrowser10
javascript10
testing10
nfc10
user-interface10
browser10
web-standards10
test-automation10
mobile-development9
webworker9
json9
html9
csc8
android-webview6
renderscript6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
mozilla/gecko-dev
Nov 2012 - Jan 2023
Read-only Git mirror of the Mercurial gecko repositories at https://hg.mozilla.org. How to contribute: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/contributing/contribution_quickref.html
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Front-end Developer
Back-end Developer & Front-end DeveloperContributions:422 commits in 10 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Yoshi primarily worked on the JavaScript and module systems within the Gecko browser engine. They added support for "json" module types, modified the HTTP Accept header for JSON modules, and updated error messages related to import attributes. The user also implemented changes to the shell module object wrappers, including adding a property accessor for unsupported attributes and ensuring getters work correctly. These changes involved modifications to JavaScript files, testing frameworks, and core module loading mechanisms.
repositoriesfirefoxmercurialgit-mirrormozilla
mozilla-b2g/gaia
Jan 2013 - Feb 2015
DEPRECATED - Gaia is a HTML5-based Phone UI for the Boot 2 Gecko Project. NOTE: For details of what branches are used for what releases, see
Role in this project:Mobile Developer
Mobile DeveloperContributions:92 commits, 12 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Yoshi primarily contributed to the user interface of a mobile application (Boot 2 Gecko project) with commits focused on NFC interactions. The user fixed bugs and introduced new functionality related to NFC, including handling NDEF messages, managing hardware state, and launching the browser after a tag is read. These changes show a strong focus on improving the user experience and integrating NFC features within the application.
branchesphonejavascriptgaiahtml5
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