Zhiye Li is an engineering leader with 13 years of experience building high-performance web and OTT applications, now serving as SVP of Engineering at Tubi in Dallas. He has led teams that built Tubi’s website and a broad portfolio of TV apps (FireTV, AndroidTV, PlayStation, Samsung, TiVo) from scratch, combining deep React and JavaScript expertise with production-scale delivery. Zhiye pairs hands-on engineering—demonstrated by open-source contributions to well-known projects like grunt and commander.js and practical fixes in YUI3—with strategic product ownership across streaming platforms. He champions accessible, user-centric products and a collaborative engineering culture while mentoring teams through rapid platform growth. Notably, his background spans large consumer platforms in both the US and China, reflecting a rare mix of global product experience and low-level implementation chops.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Computer Science, Master's Degree Computer Science at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Computer Science at Shandong University
Contributions:5 releases, 155 commits, 92 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Zhiye primarily focused on modifying the `commander.js` library. Their contributions involved refactoring code, including removing unused variables and functionalities. They also fixed subCommand related issues and made improvements to the codebase by correcting code style, and adding tests. These changes indicate a focus on code quality and the library's functionality.
Source code for extensions in the official PopClip Extensions directory.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:10 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Zhiye primarily focused on adding and modifying extensions for PopClip, a macOS text manipulation utility. Their contributions involved creating new extensions for online dictionaries, date formatting, and integrating with services like Evernote and Simplenote. They also made changes to existing extensions, including those for browser-based actions and Markdown formatting, while resolving merge conflicts.
popclip-extensionspopclipextensionsmacossuite
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