Mikael Mengistu
Software Engineer at Google
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMikael Mengistu is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building cloud infrastructure and developer platforms, currently working on fleet rollout and health for Google Compute Engine after impactful stints on ASP.NET Core and Visual Studio's SmartML at Microsoft. He holds a CS degree from MIT and is pursuing a part-time MS in Computer Science at the University of Washington with a 4.0 GPA, demonstrating strong academic rigor alongside industry work. Mikael blends backend systems and full-stack experience—having led the SignalR Java client and contributed core .NET client work and WebSocket testing to the widely used ASP.NET Core project. He’s passionate about simplifying complex systems for end users and mentors others, and he’s also the creator of FidelGuide, reflecting an interest in tooling and developer experience. Notably, his work spans both product-facing SDKs for machine learning features in Visual Studio and low-level cloud rollout mechanics, giving him a rare cross-cutting perspective on developer tooling and large-scale infrastructure.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0/4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0/4.0 at University of WashingtonBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
English, Amharic
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Github Skills (15)
net10
asp-net10
dotnet10
javascript10
websocket10
asp-net-core10
csharp10
signalr10
dotnet-core10
front-end-development9
html9
jquery6
android6
signalr-client6
asp-net-core-signalr6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
aspnet/SignalR-samples
Sep 2017 - Jan 2019
Samples for ASP.NET Core SignalR
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 31 PRs, 26 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Mikael contributed to multiple samples within the ASP.NET Core SignalR repository. They added support for Internet Explorer, including necessary JavaScript library modifications. The user also implemented the MoveShape sample, along with updates and adjustments for preview releases and minor bug fixes. These contributions show a focus on both client-side and server-side development for SignalR applications.
signalr
dotnet/aspnetcore
Jun 2015 - Sep 2019
ASP.NET Core is a cross-platform .NET framework for building modern cloud-based web applications on Windows, Mac, or Linux.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:385 commits, 192 PRs, 365 pushes in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Mikael primarily worked on the .NET client for the ASP.NET Core project. They contributed by implementing an initial version of the .NET client library and made updates to samples that were using this library. The user also updated copyright and license headers, updated method names and removed delays in HubConnectionTests, and added more WebSocket testing.
cloud-computingdotnetlinuxwindowsaspnetcore
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