Soumyakanti Das
Senior Software Engineer at Cloudera
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolSoumyakanti Das is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Jose with six years of experience building distributed systems and big-data platforms, currently advancing core capabilities at Cloudera. He is proficient in Java and Python and has contributed to the widely used Apache Hive project—implementing metastore client caching and aggregate column statistics work that speeds query compilation. A Rochester Institute of Technology MSCS graduate with a 4.0 GPA, he blends research experience and teaching support with hands-on production engineering. His background spans big data consulting at Capgemini to Cloudera internships and full-time roles, giving him deep exposure to scalable backend systems and query engines. A self-learner focused on security and machine learning as well as distributed systems, he is actively seeking full-time roles in SDE, big data, or ML engineering. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of addressing subtle correctness and tooling issues (SpotBugs fixes and parser bug resolutions) that improve long-term system reliability.
6 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0 at Rochester Institute of TechnologyMaster's Degree, Physics, Master's Degree, Physics at Birla Institute of Technology and Science
English, Hindi, Bengali
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Github Skills (8)
javas10
metastore10
sql10
apache-hive10
java10
database9
databases9
big-data8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
apache/hive
Aug 2020 - Dec 2022
Apache Hive
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:197 reviews, 24 commits, 72 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Soumyakanti primarily focused on improving the Apache Hive metastore client. Their contributions include implementing caching layers to accelerate query compilation and adding functionality to support aggregate column statistics, specifically for the Hive metastore client. The user also addressed various SpotBugs errors and resolved parsing issues related to IS and DISTINCT queries. Furthermore, they were involved in fixing issues related to scalar subqueries.
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soumyakanti3578/hive
Jul 2020 - Mar 2025
Apache Hive
Contributions:400 pushes, 67 branches in 4 years 9 months
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