Micah Lerner
Tech Lead at Google
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMicah Lerner is a Tech Lead with 16 years of experience building and scaling data-intensive systems and teams, currently leading Geo SRE efforts for Google Maps. He has driven geospatial dataset engineering at Mapbox, built index infrastructure for Bitwise’s pioneering crypto funds, and helped scale Strava’s infrastructure and mobile products for millions of users. Technically fluent across Python, Go, Scala, C/C++, and AWS, he combines hands-on backend work with on-call and SRE discipline. Micah also contributes to well-known open-source projects such as the Lightning Network’s lnd, improving wallet/channel DB and RPC transaction details. He mentors engineers, shapes long-term technical strategy, and publishes deep dives on distributed systems and OS topics on his blog. Based in San Francisco, he pairs a computational biology background with an MS in computing systems for an unusual blend of domain curiosity and systems-level rigor.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science - Specialization in Computing Systems, MS, Computer Science - Specialization in Computing Systems at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree, Biology, Computational Biology, Bachelor's degree, Biology, Computational Biology at Cornell University
Github Skills (12)
cryptocurrency10
database-management10
bitcoin10
rpc10
go10
bitcoins10
lightning-network10
api-design10
blockchain10
cryptography9
testing9
grpc8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
lightningnetwork/lnd
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017
Lightning Network Daemon ⚡️
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 11 PRs, 27 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Micah primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the LND project, specifically focusing on wallet and channel database interactions. Their commits involved fixing scoping errors within test files, updating tests to include destination address verification, and adding destination address functionality to existing APIs. Furthermore, the user modified the RPC server to include destination addresses in transaction details, enhancing the information provided to users of the API. They also contributed to invoice handling and settlement, including the addition of a settle date.
lightning-networkbitcoinblockchainmicropaymentslightning
strava/go-mapnik
Dec 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 48 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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