Jihye Hong — Software Engineer

Jihye Hong · Software Engineer · Web Platform

A product-minded engineer with 10+ years across browser engines, web standards, and technology strategy — defining, building, and launching products at scale.

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10+years building for the web

3web specifications edited

4technology startup investments

01 / Approach

The best technical work changes what is possible and makes that possibility legible to people.

02 / Experience

From standards to strategy.

2022 — 2025Remote · London · Seoul

Igalia

Senior Software Engineer · Product-Focused Engineering Leadership

Led proposals, explainers, demos, and Chromium implementation for Dictionary API and CSS Search Highlight.
Contributed browser-engine work across Chromium and Mozilla Gecko, including Interop 2023 and content-visibility: auto.
Improved scrolling performance for Bloomberg’s Chromium-based browser.

2021 — 2022Seoul

Samsung Venture Investment

Investment Manager · Technology & Product Strategy

Managed investments and technology strategy across quantum computing, AR/VR, AI, and sensor hardware.
Led technical and financial diligence, valuation, and strategic collaboration for QC Ware, DoubleMe, Elfys, and STRA.

2013 — 2021Seoul

LG Electronics

Software Engineer · Product-Led Development

Built and maintained the Chromium-based webOS Smart TV browser, including upstream synchronization and performance work.
Proposed and co-edited W3C CSS Spatial Navigation, CSS Motion Path, and CSS Round Display; contributed preventScroll to WHATWG HTML.
Built WebGL-based animation tooling and shipped products for Smart TV and mobile; shared web technology through internal writing, training, and mentoring.

03 / Selected work

Making the platform move forward.

PERSONAL PROJECT · 2026—PRESENT

Routine Builder

An AI-powered daily planning and review application. I designed the flow around check-ins, saved records, AI reviews, and planning for the next day — then iterated on the product through an AI-assisted development workflow.

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AI · Product Design · Web App

WEB PLATFORM · 2025

Dictionary API

A browser platform feature that lets developers customize integrated dictionaries — from proposal and demo to Chrome implementation in C++ and JavaScript.

Explainer ↗Chromium patch ↗

C++ · JavaScript · Chrome

W3C · 2020—21

CSS Spatial Navigation

A directional focus-navigation model for the web, designed around how people use TVs and remote controls.

Specification ↗Demo ↗Released Polyfill ↗

WEB PLATFORM · 2024

CSS Search Highlight

A proposed standard that gives authors control over in-page search-result highlights — now implemented in Google Chrome.

Explainer ↗Draft specification ↗

CSS · Standards · Chrome

PERSONAL PROJECT

Travel Gallery

A Smart TV and PC photo gallery, powered by a high-performance WebGL animation library.

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WHATWG · 2020

Element.focus() preventScroll

A contribution to the HTML standard that prevents unnecessary page scrolling when focus moves to an element. The feature is now supported by Chrome, Firefox, and Edge.

Specification ↗