Lars Bergstrom
Director Of Engineering at Google
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLars Bergstrom is a Director of Engineering at Google with 18 years of experience leading engineering teams across developer tools, browsers, compilers, and mixed reality. He currently oversees Android platform tooling, runtimes and core libraries—driving updates that reach billions of devices monthly—and has deep hands-on expertise in Rust, C/C++, and Java. A PhD in Computer Science focused on parallel programming language implementation underpins his work on parallel web rendering (notably contributions to the Servo engine) and scalable build systems. Lars is equally comfortable shipping product-grade infrastructure and mentoring new managers, and he plays active governance roles in the RISC-V and Rust ecosystems. Notably, his background includes building compilers that target GPUs and integrating Rust into large browser codebases, combining research rigor with production delivery.
18 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Northwestern UniversityPh.D. Computer Science, Ph.D. Computer Science at University of Chicago
English
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Github Skills (27)
webbrowser10
lib10
event-handling10
servo10
api-design10
build-system10
corefoundation10
android10
rust10
architecture9
webengine9
browser9
callback9
architectures9
binding8
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
servo/core-foundation-rs
Mar 2014 - Aug 2016
Rust bindings to Core Foundation and other low level libraries on Mac OS X and iOS
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:36 commits, 5 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Lars appears to have focused on upgrading the project's dependencies, specifically related to Rust and its associated crates. They updated the project to use newer versions of the language and its build system. The commits show modifications to build configurations to generate both dynamic and static libraries, indicating a focus on library management.
mac-osrustmachfoundationmac
servo/servo
Aug 2013 - Dec 2019
Servo, the embeddable, independent, memory-safe, modular, parallel web rendering engine
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:181 commits, 121 PRs, 35 pushes in 6 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Lars contributed to Servo's development by addressing issues across multiple areas. They removed double linking of static libraries, updated submodules, and added Servo User Agent strings. Furthermore, the user worked on upgrading Rust, disabling tests, and adding support for Android, indicating involvement in build systems and platform-specific adaptations. They also removed a golang hack and added a neon feature.
browserrustjavascriptbrowser-engineservo
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