Behram Mistree
Staff Engineer at Google
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolBehram Mistree is a Staff Engineer based in Palo Alto with 17 years of technical experience and a 6-year industry focus on backend Java systems that scale in production. He has a strong track record shipping mission-critical code at startups and now at Google, balancing clean, testable design with pragmatic tradeoffs about when to ship. His background spans deep academic training (MIT MEng, Stanford Ph.D. work) and hands-on product engineering at Forward Networks, giving him both research rigor and operational experience. Known for navigating large codebases, he prioritizes maintainability and extensive testing while mentoring teams to make shipping-versus-perfection decisions that move products forward. An understated strength is his ability to translate complex engineering constraints into clear, delivery-focused plans for cross-functional teams.
17 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MITDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Stanford University
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Github Skills (29)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bmistree/ralph
Oct 2013 - Aug 2015
Contributions:1585 commits, 104 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
bmistree/sdn_fuzz
Nov 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:63 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 6 months
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