Michael Burns
Staff Software Engineer at Google
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Burns is a Staff Software Engineer in Boston with 10 years of experience focused on improving ad ecosystems, user privacy, and reducing user-perceived latency in display ad serving at Google. He blends strong foundations in mathematics and computer science (RIT BS, Georgia Tech MS) with hands-on engineering and prior management experience at Index Exchange. Michael contributes to high-profile open-source work on the AMP project, where he enhanced DoubleClick ad integrations and cleaned up deprecated ad code to support experiments like GLADE. He has a track record of shipping front-end and systems improvements that balance performance, privacy, and ad fidelity across large-scale web platforms. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who elevates product metrics through targeted, low-latency optimizations.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Dual Degree in Computer Science and Computational Mathematics, 3.400, BS, Dual Degree in Computer Science and Computational Mathematics, 3.400 at Rochester Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree, Computer Science, 4.000, Master's degree, Computer Science, 4.000 at Georgia Institute of TechnologyHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Hatboro-Horsham High School
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (12)
amp-html10
experiment10
experiment-manager10
javascript10
front-end-development10
google-amp10
integrations10
ampl10
html9
css9
google-publisher-tag6
testing5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ampproject/amphtml
Apr 2016 - Jan 2017
The AMP web component framework.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 15 PRs, 37 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Michael's contributions primarily focused on modifying and extending the functionality of Google Doubleclick ads within the AMP framework. They made changes to the `doubleclick.js` file, modifying ad behavior, incorporating experiment variations (GLADE), and adjusting ad centering. The user also worked on adding experiment identifiers and cleaning up deprecated code related to Google Ads and AdSense, further refining the integration of ad technologies.
web-componentscomponent-frameworkframeworkwebcomponentsweb-component
mlb7687/amphtml
Jan 2016 - Jul 2023
AMP HTML source code, samples, and documentation. See below for more info.
Contributions:7 PRs, 80 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 6 months
html-sourceampmore-infoamp-html
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