Mirko Mantovani
Software Engineer - Tech Lead at Google
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolMirko Mantovani is a software engineer and tech lead with eight years of experience building scalable, reliable infrastructure for some of the largest datasets at Google, currently leading the YouTube Comments and Live Chat backend team. He combines strong systems design—authoring canonical comment data models and storage APIs—with hands-on delivery of feature work and platform-building across Posts, Clips, and Comments. Mirko holds dual M.Sc. degrees in Computer Engineering (Politecnico di Milano) and Computer Science (University of Illinois at Chicago), and his research background includes published work on visual encoding effectiveness for multivariate similarity detection. Based in San Francisco, he blends production-grade engineering with academic rigor, mentoring teams and shaping long-lived data platforms that support real-time, high-throughput user experiences. A background in visualization and education (teaching coding and cybersecurity to interns) informs his practical focus on observability and developer ergonomics in large systems.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc. degree Computer Engineering, M.Sc. degree Computer Engineering at Politecnico di MilanoM.Sc. degree Computer Science, M.Sc. degree Computer Science at University of Illinois Chicago
Italian, English, French, Spanish, American Sign LanguageGithub contributions (5)
mirkomantovani/web-search-engine-UIC
Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:49 commits, 2 pushes in 27 days
mirkomantovani/VisualAnalytics-EveryBreathYouTake
Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:68 commits, 11 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
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