Kevin Biju

Doer
DISC Type : ds

Software Engineer at ClickHouse

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Overview

Kevin is a software engineer at ClickHouse, focusing on distributed data systems. With founding engineer experience at PeerDB (YC S23), he has deep expertise in databases like Postgres and MySQL. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering from BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, where he was awarded a silver medal for academic performance.

Outside of his main technical focus, Kevin is a polyglot developer who enjoys writing both technical blogs and prose. He has a keen interest in exploring Postgres internals and sharing his findings. In his spare time, he also enjoys discovering new musical artists.

He has contributed a patch to PostgreSQL to fix a bug, which was accepted and backported to all supported versions.

Personality Overview

Risk-Accepting

Strategic Planner

Fast-paced

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.  They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.

Topics They Care About

Database Internals
He writes in-depth blog posts on Postgres logical replication protocols and has contributed accepted patches to fix bugs in the core PostgreSQL project.
Startup Engineering
As the second engineer at PeerDB (YC S23), he has direct experience building a product from the ground up and navigating the challenges of an early-stage startup.
Distributed Data Systems
His work at ClickHouse and PeerDB involves building data pipelines and connectors, focusing on efficient data movement between systems like Postgres, Snowflake, and BigQuery.

Media Appearances

Kevin has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2024
Software Engineer at ClickHouse
6-2023 - 7-2024
Founding Engineer at PeerDB (YC S23)
5-2022 - 7-2022
Software Engineer Intern at Amazon

Education

2019 - 2023
Bachelor of Engineering - BE from BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

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Insights For Selling To Kevin

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Focus on the results that your product produces, expect some strategic questions in return
  • Use phrases like 'your team deserves', 'best in class' etc.
  • During followups, use phone or text if needed, they should be fine

DONT's

  • Avoid putting conscious effort into relationship-building
  • Don't go over them unless you are left with no other option
  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Kevin is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Kevin

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Kevin move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Kevin take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Kevin

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