Kevin Hu
Data Observability
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Hu is a researcher-turned-founder and data observability leader with 12 years of experience building ML-driven systems that make data trustworthy and actionable. As co-founder and CEO of Metaplane, he grew a data observability platform adopted by customers like Bose, Ramp, and Klaviyo, and led a $22.2M raise before the product, customers, and team were acquired by Datadog. Now at Datadog he continues to bridge data and software teams while also investing as an angel and LP in startups and venture funds. His academic background includes a PhD and SM from MIT focused on automating data science components and visualization, with publications in CHI, KDD, and SIGMOD. He blends deep research rigor with pragmatic product-building—often sharing daily protips, memes, and hard-won lessons on data engineering and quality.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyW20, W20 at Y Combinator
Github Skills (25)
postgresql10
orm10
backend10
validity10
database10
codebase9
biodiversity9
ecology8
feature-extraction7
javascript7
extraction7
react7
datasets6
open-science6
semantic5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
CenterForCollectiveLearning/DIVE-backend
Feb 2014 - Jun 2018
Codebase for DIVE backend (server, worker, and ORM)
Contributions:1780 commits, 2 pushes, 3 issues in 4 years 5 months
backend-serverdiveworkerbackenddatabase
CenterForCollectiveLearning/DIVE-frontend
Jan 2015 - Jun 2018
Contributions:1134 commits, 13 pushes in 3 years 6 months
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