Kishen Das

Saratoga, California, United States

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Kishen Das is a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience building distributed systems, databases, and cloud-native platforms from Saratoga, California. He blends deep systems expertise—Java, Scala, Golang, C++, Python, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Spark—with production experience across major clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle Cloud) and many datastores (MySQL, Cassandra, Redis, Spanner, Vitess). Kishen has made notable open-source contributions to Apache Hive, improving Hive Metastore behavior and JDBC integrations that support complex DDL and Calcite workflows. A former engineering lead and scrum master with an algorithms-focused MS from UT Arlington, he brings pragmatic leadership and hands-on implementation to large-scale back-end problems. Outside engineering he studies entomology and Indian classical music, reflecting a rare combination of technical rigor and humanistic curiosity.

15 years of coding experience

MS, Computer Science ( Algorithms Major ), MS, Computer Science ( Algorithms Major ) at The University of Texas at Arlington

BE, Computer Science, BE, Computer Science at NIE, Mysore, India

Kannada, Hindi, English

Github Skills (8)

javas10

databases10

sql10

apache-hive10

java10

database10

testing9

thrift8

Programming languages (5)

JavaShellC++GoPython

Github contributions (5)

apache/hive

Jul 2020 - Sep 2021

Apache Hive

Role in this project:

Back-end Developer / Database Engineer

Contributions:63 reviews, 13 commits, 21 PRs in 1 year 2 months

Contributions summary:Kishen primarily contributed to the Apache Hive project by addressing issues related to the Hive Metastore. Their work involved modifying unit tests and adjusting code within the `ql` and `standalone-metastore` directories to ensure correct behavior. The user implemented changes to support advancements in write IDs for various DDL operations like adding and dropping constraints and also included sending `tableId` in the `get_partitions_by_names` HMS API. Additionally, they worked on implementing JDBC methods invoked by Calcite.

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kishendas/hive

Jun 2020 - Sep 2021

Apache Hive

Contributions:125 pushes, 18 branches in 1 year 3 months

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