Mainak Ghosh
Staff Software Engineer at Starburst
Fremont, California, United States
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Top SchoolMainak Ghosh is a Staff Software Engineer with a decade of experience building distributed data systems, currently focusing on integrations between Kafka and Apache Iceberg at Starburst. His career spans impactful engineering roles at Twitter and research internships at Microsoft and IBM, blending production-grade systems work with research-driven problem solving. He holds advanced degrees from IIT Kharagpur and a PhD track at UIUC, reflecting deep academic grounding in computer science. Early work on Adobe InDesign and long-term roles at major platforms give him a strong foundation in both large-scale infrastructure and product-focused development. Known for navigating the intersection of streaming and analytical storage, he brings pragmatic solutions to complex data pipeline challenges. Based in Fremont, CA, he pairs rigorous technical depth with an ability to translate research insights into reliable, deployable systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
B.E. Information Technology, B.E. Information Technology at Jadavpur UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignM.Tech Computer Science and Engineering, M.Tech Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurNational Gems Higher Secondary School
Bengali, English, Hindi
Github Skills (24)
kafka10
apache-druid10
hadoop10
java10
hive10
sql10
streaming10
database10
druid10
apache9
dotnet9
scala9
big-data9
apache-hive9
column-oriented9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
twitter-forks/druid
Aug 2019 - Jul 2021
Apache Druid - Column oriented distributed data store ideal for powering interactive applications
Contributions:1 review, 13 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 years
idealdata-storeapachebig-datadruid
twitter-forks/hive
Oct 2018 - Apr 2019
Mirror of Apache Hive
Contributions:7 commits, 10 PRs, 3 pushes in 6 months
apache-hivehive
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