Yury Zholobov
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Sammamish, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYury Zholobov is a seasoned software engineer with roots in the industry dating back to 1990 and over three decades of experience building everything from DOS-era utilities to modern cross-platform applications. Currently at Microsoft, he focuses on front-end and accessibility improvements for React Native/ReactXP on Windows, bringing deep platform knowledge to make UIs more usable and inclusive. His background spans systems and languages (.NET/C#, Objective-C, C/C++, Delphi, Prolog, Python, Lua) across Windows, Unix, OS/2, iOS and embedded environments, enabling pragmatic architecture and hands-on delivery. Yury combines a passion for UI/UX and accessibility with interest in game design, and his notable open-source contributions include accessibility fixes and announcement system improvements in Microsoft’s React Native Windows ecosystem.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science / Applied Mathematics, BS, Computer Science / Applied Mathematics at Novosibirsk State University
English, Russian
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Github Skills (24)
accessibility10
react-native10
windows10
uwp10
typescript10
typescript-types10
dotnet-core10
typescripts10
csharp10
react10
winapi9
wp-api9
ws-api9
front-end-development9
dotnet8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/reactxp
Nov 2017 - Sep 2018
Library for cross-platform app development.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer / Accessibility Specialist
Front-end Developer / Accessibility SpecialistContributions:12 commits, 12 PRs, 24 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Yury primarily contributed to the accessibility features of the ReactXP library, focusing on the Windows platform. They implemented accessibility invoke support for buttons, fixed bugs related to accessibility traits, and added support for dialog traits. Furthermore, the user significantly improved the announcement system in UWP, addressing queuing issues and managing duplicate announcements. They also updated the code to utilize assertive live region types for announcements.
app-platformwindowsandroidioscross-platform
microsoft/react-native-windows
Apr 2018 - Oct 2018
A framework for building native Windows apps with React.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 9 PRs, 74 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Yury contributed to multiple areas of the React Native Windows framework, including bug fixes, accessibility improvements, and the addition of new features. They addressed issues related to UI rendering, accessibility, and border styles. The contributions also included adding new functionality to the ViewPropTypes, implementing an accessibility announcement API, and fixing crashes related to UI changes.
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