Senior Software Engineer at Google · San Francisco, CA

Hi, I'm Milo Hartsoe.

Welcome to my personal website! I have experience in AI, security, and bioinformatics. Currently working in Google AI Innovation and Research, and an alumnus of the University of Michigan.

Milo Hartsoe

Experience

Sep 2026 — Present

Senior Software Engineer

Google AI Innovation and Research

Researched using AI agents for task automation and computer-use in products such as the GeminiApp.

Dec 2023 — Sep 2026

Senior Software Engineer

Google Cloud IAM Policy AI

Served as Tech Lead for Policy AI team building AI-driven IAM policy and access management products. Led Gemini Role Picker to GA and spearheaded custom organization policy generation in Gemini Cloud Assist Chat. Developed the Policy Assist API & MCP tools.

Jul 2020 — Dec 2023

Software Engineer

Google Cloud IAM Services Platform

Built cloud authorization (Cloud IAM). Built and drove execution of federated IAM policies for Cloud Storage Managed Folders.

Sep 2018 — Jul 2020

Instructor Aide

Data Structures & Algorithms Course (Four Semesters), University of Michigan

Taught lab sessions, authored exam questions, developed secure autograders using a system trace jail, and expanded the virtual office hour queue system.

Sep 2019 — Nov 2019

Production Engineer Intern

Facebook Ads Core Infrastructure

Built a container management framework that automated starting, stopping, and resizing jobs.

May 2019 — Aug 2019

Software Engineer Intern

Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention

Implemented Cloud Monitoring metrics and alerting for Cloud DLP to help customers track sensitive data findings.

May 2018 — Aug 2018

Security Engineer Intern

Praetorian

Assessed customer applications and IoT devices for cybersecurity vulnerabilities and curated datasets of vulnerable code for ML training.

Sep 2017 — May 2018

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Brooks Lab, University of Michigan

Conducted sequence and phylogenetic analyses to investigate the evolution of flavin-dependent hydroxylase in fungi and built data collection tools.


Projects


Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Sep 2017 — Jul 2020

B.S.E. in Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude (GPA: 3.98)

EECS Scholar · James B. Angell Scholar · Dean's Honor List

Selected Awards

  • 2024 Google Cloud Tech Impact Award (Managed Folders & Federated Policies)
  • 2024 Google Bronze Perfys (Check API Performance Optimizations)
  • 2021 Google Bronze Perfys (Server Memory Improvements)
  • 2019 HKN Scholarship
  • 2018 Aptiv Scholarship

Contact

Feel free to reach out via email or connect with me on LinkedIn and GitHub.