Shiva Deviah
Senior Software Engineer at Google
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShiva Deviah is a Senior Software Engineer in Mountain View with 11 years of experience building scalable backend and full‑stack systems, currently at Google after progressing through roles on Google Consumer Shopping. He blends strong academic foundations—an MS in Data Science from USC and a top‑ranked BE in Computer Science—with hands‑on engineering across Java, JavaScript/TypeScript and large‑scale query systems. Notable open‑source work includes performance and memory optimizations to Apache AsterixDB’s hybrid hash join, addressing spill handling and out‑of‑memory risks in real-world big‑data joins. Shiva’s background spans machine learning research, applied search and ads systems, and developer education, reflecting an ability to move from low‑level algorithmic improvements to product feature delivery. Known for tackling tricky performance bottlenecks, he brings both research rigor and production discipline to complex data systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, 9.84, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, 9.84 at PES UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Data Science, 3.8, Master of Science - MS, Data Science, 3.8 at University of Southern CaliforniaHigh School, Indian School Certificate (ISC), 97.25%, High School, Indian School Certificate (ISC), 97.25% at Bishop Cotton Boys' School
English, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani
Github Skills (16)
asterixdb10
hashtable10
javas10
query-optimization10
aster10
asterix10
java10
databases9
sql-database9
database9
data-structure9
relational-databases9
datastructures-algorithms9
algorithm9
data-structures9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
apache/asterixdb
Oct 2017 - Jul 2021
Mirror of Apache AsterixDB
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Shiva primarily focused on enhancing the Apache AsterixDB's backend functionality related to query optimization and hybrid hash join implementation. Their contributions involved improving the logical plan display, optimizing join operations, and handling large objects within the join process to prevent memory issues. They addressed specific performance bottlenecks and memory constraints related to the hybrid hash join, including managing spilled partitions. The user made adjustments to the code to optimize the usage of memory resources, prevent excessive memory usage, and reduce the risk of out-of-memory errors.
asterixdb
shivajah/JSON-Wisconsin-Data-Generator
Dec 2020 - Aug 2021
This repository provides a JSON data generator inspired by Wisconsin Benchmark. Advanced features such as variable length strings using various size distributions, nullable/optional attributes, skewed attributes, etc. are added as well.
Contributions:5 releases, 4 PRs, 20 pushes in 8 months
json-datanullablevariable-lengthbenchmarkdata-generator
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