Karthik Velayutham
Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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RockstarKarthik Velayutham is a software engineer with 11 years of experience based in Chicago and an alumnus of UT Austin. He blends backend engineering and data science skills, contributing to production-grade open-source projects like Modin to scale pandas workflows by changing a single line of code. His Modin work—fixing core DataFrame behaviors, improving multi-index loc lookups, and adding mypy checks—shows an emphasis on robustness and developer ergonomics in data tooling. Comfortable in both bug fixes and feature development, he focuses on making complex data operations reliable and performant. Colleagues can expect a pragmatic engineer who pairs deep implementation detail with practical improvements to popular data libraries.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (14)
dataframes10
pandas10
python10
analytics10
data-science10
dataframe10
pytest9
numpy9
type-checking8
debug8
debugging8
typehinting8
mypy8
sql3
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
modin-project/modin
Jun 2022 - Oct 2022
Modin: Scale your Pandas workflows by changing a single line of code
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Data Scientist
Backend Developer & Data ScientistContributions:452 reviews, 32 commits, 38 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Karthik primarily contributed to fixing bugs and implementing features related to the Modin DataFrame library. Their work involved modifying core pandas functionalities, particularly around setting attributes, binary operations, and the `describe()` function. They also integrated mypy static type checking and addressed issues related to multi-index `loc` lookups, demonstrating a focus on improving the library's functionality and reliability within the data science domain.
analyticspythonline-of-codedata-sciencedataframe
pyrito/pyrito.github.io
Mar 2017 - Jan 2025
just my personal website
Contributions:24 PRs, 87 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 11 months
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