Micah Bales
Senior Software Engineer at Google
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMicah Bales is a Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco with 10 years of experience across FAANG, mid-stage, and early-stage startups, currently at Google. He’s a full‑stack all‑rounder with a front-end lean and deep TypeScript/JavaScript expertise, but adapts quickly to new languages and frameworks. Micah has led technically and organizationally complex projects that delivered on major company priorities and improved code health and delivery velocity. His open-source backend work includes contributions to Google’s widely used ClusterFuzz project, integrating issue tracking and security-oriented migration tooling. He also spearheaded accessibility (WCAG/VPAT) efforts and high‑visibility dashboard features at Looker, combining thoughtful UX with robust engineering. Outside of engineering roles he brings cross-disciplinary communication experience from nonprofit advocacy and outreach work.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Divinity, Master of Divinity at Earlham School of ReligionBachelor of Arts History and Spanish, Bachelor of Arts History and Spanish at Bethel College-North Newton
Spanish, French, English
Stackoverflow
181reputation
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8answers
11questions
Github Skills (13)
python10
security9
fuzzing8
testing8
mongoose6
emberjs6
command-line-interface6
css6
psql6
middleware6
mongodb6
postgresql6
ruby-on-rails6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
google/clusterfuzz
Sep 2023 - Feb 2024
Scalable fuzzing infrastructure.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 14 PRs, 57 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Micah primarily contributed to the backend infrastructure of the `google/clusterfuzz` repository, focusing on integrating with the Google Issue Tracker. Their work involved creating new classes and files to manage issue tracking, including functionalities for issue creation, updates, and applying security-related extension fields. The user's contributions also included modifications to test files and migration scripts, enhancing issue filing and data migration capabilities.
scalablevulnerabilitiessecurityinfrastructurefuzzing
micahbales/quaker-maps
Aug 2019 - Dec 2023
Mapping the Religious Society of Friends
Contributions:21 PRs, 75 pushes, 23 branches in 4 years 4 months
djangomappingreligious
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