Amlesh Jayakumar
Software Engineer at Meta
Menlo Park, California, United States
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Top SchoolAmlesh Jayakumar is a software engineer and engineering leader with 13 years of experience, currently building Ads Signals products and backend systems at Meta in Menlo Park. With a dual honours in Pure Mathematics and Computer Science from University of Waterloo, he combines deep algorithmic thinking and practical systems design, demonstrated by contributions to Presto that expanded SQL functionality (e.g., IS DISTINCT FROM and string/URL functions). He has a strong background in C/C++/Java/Python, a long-standing passion for AI in games and genetic algorithms, and a history of teaching and contest problem-setting that sharpened his ability to explain complex ideas. Known for calm execution under pressure, he moves fluidly between hands-on coding and managing teams to deliver robust, large-scale features.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BCS Honours Pure Mathematics and Computer Science double major, BCS Honours Pure Mathematics and Computer Science double major at University of Waterloo
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Github Skills (9)
javas10
big-data10
sql-query10
presto10
sql10
java10
user-data9
data-model9
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
prestodb/presto
Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
The official home of the Presto distributed SQL query engine for big data
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Amlesh primarily contributed to the Presto query engine by implementing new SQL functionality and enhancing existing features. Their work included adding support for the `IS DISTINCT FROM` comparison operator, as well as incorporating the `split_part` string function and URL extraction functions. The commits demonstrate a focus on expanding the SQL capabilities of the engine.
distributed-sqlquerybigdataquery-enginesql
airlift/airlift
May 2013 - Jun 2013
Airlift framework for building REST services
Contributions:4 commits in 7 days
rest-apipythonrestrest-services
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