Nick Birnie
SRE at Google
London, England, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Birnie is a seasoned infrastructure and systems engineering leader with 13 years’ experience building and managing large-scale compute, storage, and networking platforms, most recently as an Engineering Manager at Google. Trained in AI (MSc, University of Edinburgh) and grounded in computer science, he blends data-driven thinking with hands-on SRE and backend contributions—his open-source work includes updates to the widely used google-ads-java client library. Now channeling his curiosity into food and beverage ventures through Lazy Boy Enterprises, he focuses on investing time in promising ideas and cross-disciplinary projects. Known for tackling “colossal infra” challenges and for a playful early-career stint building maritime systems, he combines deep technical chops with a taste for unconventional problems and great teams.
13 years of coding experience
M.Sc Artificial Intelligence, M.Sc Artificial Intelligence at The University of EdinburghB.Sc. (Hons) Computer Science, B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Science at University of Strathclyde
Github Skills (9)
javas10
apim10
google-ads-api10
api10
apidoc10
java10
refactor9
refactoring9
testing8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
googleads/google-ads-java
Nov 2018 - Jan 2022
Google Ads API Client Library for Java
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 releases, 148 reviews, 195 commits in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Nick contributed to the Google Ads API Client Library for Java. The commits focused on incorporating new versions of the Google Ads API, implementing and updating various service clients, and integrating new features such as dismiss recommendations. They modified code to include support for new features and resources, indicating involvement in maintaining and updating the library to align with Google Ads API releases and feature additions. Some changes also involved refactoring code and adding new examples.
api-clientapiadsgoogleclient-library
nwbirnie/google-ads-java
Oct 2021 - Dec 2021
Google Ads API Client Library for Java
Contributions:1 release, 45 pushes, 8 branches in 2 months
api-clientapiadsgoogleclient-library
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