Kevin Cherian
Co-Founder And CTO at Decimal AI
Cupertino, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Cherian is a seasoned software leader and entrepreneur with 11 years of experience building large-scale distributed systems and AI infrastructure. As Co-Founder and CTO of Decimal AI and former Staff Engineer at Databricks, he helped take Vector Search from zero to GA and scaled high-impact product lines. Previously a founding engineer at a Sequoia- and A16Z-backed startup acquired by Databricks and a senior staff engineer at Eightfold.ai, he led teams that rearchitected worker platforms for 100x scale, sharded databases, and multi-region infrastructure. Based in Cupertino and authorized to work in the U.S., he blends hands-on engineering with startup-stage product instincts and deep operational experience. He also has an academic background from Columbia and Nanyang Technological University and a history of mentoring and university recruiting that signals a commitment to developing engineering talent. Notably, his track record includes driving ranking/personalization and data warehouse efforts that bridge research-quality models with production-grade reliability.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Columbia UniversityBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Nanyang Technological University Singapore
English, Malayalam
Github Skills (9)
sql10
java10
scala9
python9
big-data9
spring8
apache8
apache-flink8
machine-learning7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kevincherian/arachnid
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:6 pushes, 6 branches in 1 month
kevincherian/Personal-Site
Jan 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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