Vikash Kumar
Software Engineer at Starburst
Summary
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RockstarVikash Kumar is a software engineer with nine years of experience specializing in backend systems for big data and distributed query engines. He has contributed to high-profile open-source projects like Trino and Apache Iceberg, focusing on Delta Lake integration, time-travel/versioning features, and metadata/catalog reliability. Vikash’s work emphasizes pragmatic refactoring, dependency updates, and bug fixes that improve performance and maintainability across complex data platforms. Comfortable navigating large codebases and integrations with systems like Hive and AWS Glue, he brings a detail-oriented approach that uncovers and removes redundant complexity. His contributions show a balance of engineering craftsmanship and practical system-level understanding that benefits production-grade data infrastructure.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (13)
management10
javas10
query-engine10
delta-lake10
catalog10
metastore10
java10
apache-iceberg10
testing9
sql9
hive7
aws-glue7
rest-api5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
trinodb/trino
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Official repository of Trino, the distributed SQL query engine for big data, formerly known as PrestoSQL (https://trino.io)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:904 reviews, 38 commits, 144 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Vikash primarily worked on improving the Delta Lake integration within the Trino query engine. Their contributions focused on refactoring code to remove redundant variables and fixing typos. They updated the code to utilize the `QueryResult#getOnlyValue` method in the testing framework. Additionally, the user contributed to integrating features, such as support for register table procedures and time travel with versioning in Delta Lake.
prestodbdbmsindexingjdbcbigdata
apache/iceberg
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
Apache Iceberg
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 reviews, 8 commits, 10 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Vikash primarily contributed to the core functionality of Apache Iceberg, focusing on refactoring and optimization efforts. They removed redundant code, updated dependencies, and fixed bugs related to metadata handling and catalog interactions. The commits also demonstrate work on improving the integration with various systems, including Hive, REST session catalog, and AWS Glue. Their work indicates a strong understanding of the Iceberg codebase.
apache-icebergapachebig-datadatastreamjava
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