Pavan Damalapati
Software Engineer at Columbia University
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolPavan Damalapati is a software engineer focused on distributed databases and machine learning with nine years of experience building high-volume data systems that power ML and data science applications. He has deep backend experience from Hevo and Celonis, working with Kafka, multiple OLTP/OLAP databases, and server frameworks to optimize ingestion, scheduling, and error classification at scale. As a Columbia MS student and graduate research assistant in the Wu Lab, he co-authored papers and helped build tools for training tree-based models on SQL and visualizing complex joins—work that bridges systems research and practical tooling. He routinely turns ambiguous requirements into product wins (e.g., first-to-market Firebolt integration and an 8x ingestion improvement) and automates operational workflows so non-engineers can safely manage errors and costs. He also documents experiments and learnings on his technical blog, signaling a strong habit of communication and reproducible engineering.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology, Computer science and engineering, 9.42/10, Bachelor of Technology, Computer science and engineering, 9.42/10 at Manipal Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0 at Columbia University in the City of New York
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Github Skills (161)
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javascript9
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
pavan-kalyan/pavan-kalyan.github.io
Feb 2020 - Nov 2023
My Blog
Contributions:17 PRs, 97 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 9 months
my-blogjekyll
pavan-kalyan/Kontests-Unofficial
Dec 2019 - Jan 2022
Flutter App which retrieves and displays all the upcoming contests from sites like codeforces.com, atcoder.jp etc. Data retrieved from Kontests.net api.
Contributions:3 releases, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 years 1 month
apiflutter-appdisplayscodeforces-comdart
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