Bryan Hughes Email & Phone Number

Oakland, Ca, Us

Oakland, Ca, Us

Oakland, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

I work on a team called "frontend platform," where we create all the tools and building blocks that the rest of the frontend developers use to create amazing user experiences. Specifically, I have:- Implemented a new React Context based bootstrap mechanism for our React/TypeScript codebase with significantly improved type safety compared to our previous, pre-TypeScript mechanism to increase productivity and reliability across the org-Lead a team of four that refactored and redesigned the Creator Posts feature in our React/TypeScript codebase as part of a company-wide go-to-market initiative under a tight deadline- Led part of an initiative to migrate our React/TypeScript codebase from our aging bespoke Server Side Rendering setup to Next.js, increasing performance and reliability across the site while laying the groundwork for previously impossible product opportunities- Implemented and oversaw a comprehensive linting system for our React/TypeScript codebase based on top of ESLint to improve reliability across the site- Spearheaded an initiative to clean up our our React/TypeScript codebase and enable TypeScript validation in CI- Mentored many newer engineers, both formally through our mentorship program and informally- Active member of our Architecture Review Team, a small cross-domain group of experts that provides guidance and facilitates technical cross-org alignment on cross-domain/cross-team projects- Co-lead of the LGBTQ+ ERG

San Francisco, California, Us

At Observable, I was a full-stack engineer where I focused on solving difficult problems to bring in new users. Specifically, I did the following:- Led the design and creation of our custom analytics infrastructure written in Node.js, Express, and PostgreSQL- Worked with the CTO and another engineer to rewrite the React frontend codebase using Next.js/React/TypeScript/Redux- Lead the introduction/reworking of several Agile-inspired engineering processes to optimize the team- Implemented numerous user-facing features in our React/TypeScript codebase that brought value to the company-Mentored and educated the team on new technologies and architecture patterns, such as Next.js, TypeScript, and Redux

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Spoke at dozens of conferences and meetups around the world- Hosted multiple meetups in the San Francisco Microsoft Reactor space- Helped spearhead efforts to establish an org-wide blogging presence on dev.to- Worked with product teams to ensure that customer feedback was incorporated into Azure

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Helped multiple companies move their workloads to Azure as part of "Code-With" motions- Led an effort to create and vet an agile process tailored for "Code-With" motions- Spoke at dozens of conferences and meetups around the world- Worked with product teams to ensure that customer feedback was incorporated into Azure

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Worked on the unreleased Glimpse Node.js diagnostics tool, written using Node.js, TypeScript, and React+Redux- Helped start a "Node.js Leads" group to coordinate Node.js efforts across the entire company- Mentored fellow Microsofties new to the Node.js project/community on the ins and outs of the project and community

Oakland, Ca, Us

Advised on architecture and prototyped code for the then-recently-announced Pandora Premium service

- Developed features for the Rdio web app- Lead a re-architecting initiative to migrate from using Backbone.js to React, Webpack, and npm private modules, which were all new at the time- Implemented a parallel and distributed computing unit test infrastructure based on top of Node.js and Mocha- Performed a rigorous, multi-user, A/B tested performance analysis/improvement of infinite scrolling capabilities in our Backbone.js frontend codebase- Implemented the "Favorites" feature in our Backbone.js frontend codebase under an extremely short and high pressure deadline- Mentored junior devs, including spearheading the introduction of regular pair programming sessions

- Created the Titanium Code Processor, a dynamic code analysis tool with a custom JavaScript engine written in Node.js- Developer on the Titanium Mobile Web platform, an early JavaScript based analog to React Native- Implemented a unique, high performance two-phase "polynomial" JavaScript layout engine for our JavaScript SDK. The engine included a virtual DOM and diffing engine, predating the announcement of React that includes similar mechanisms- Research and prototyped a Windows Phone platform implementation for Titanium

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

- Particle Code offered a write once, run anywhere platform for 2D mobile and desktop games- Lead developer of the HTML5 and the J2SE target platforms

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical And Electronics Engineering