Gian Merlino

Cofounder at Imply

📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Gian Merlino is the Cofounder and CTO of Imply and one of the original creators of the open-source database Apache Druid. His career is focused on real-time analytics and data infrastructure, with previous software engineering roles at Metamarkets and Yahoo. He earned his Bachelor of Science from Caltech.

He is a key contributor to the open-source community, particularly through his foundational work on Apache Druid, a project he continues to champion and build upon with his company, Imply.

Unique fact: Gian co-created Apache Druid, a popular real-time analytics database used by many major tech companies.

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Experience

7 Years

Current Role

Cofounder

Job Level

Leadership

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

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Priorities

Topics Gian cares about

Apache Druid

As one of the original creators of the open-source Apache Druid project, he frequently speaks about its architecture and evolution.

Real-time Analytics

His work is centered on solving challenges in real-time data analytics, enabling interactive querying on massive, streaming datasets.

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Career

Work history

Cofounder

Imply

3-2012 - 5-2015

Software Engineer

Metamarkets

8-2007 - 3-2012

Software Yahoo

Yahoo!

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Education

2003 - 2007

Caltech

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