Open to software engineering roles · Bengaluru

Software engineer building backend services in Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL

Software engineer and 2026 Computer Science graduate building Python/FastAPI services, PostgreSQL-backed REST APIs, and CI/CD pipelines on AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes, with a background in security engineering.

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Selected impact

~1,000engineers using a config API I built
75%faster incident triage with RAG search
90%faster vendor-risk assessment

From backend APIs, internal tools, and production support across Seceon Inc., GoTo Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., and PESU-ISFCR.

What I work on

Backend Services & APIs

Python and FastAPI services, REST API design, and PostgreSQL data models, tested with pytest and shipped through CI/CD.

Cloud & Production Engineering

Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and Linux: deploying services, reading logs, and rolling back when production breaks.

Security by Default

Authentication, authorization, and API security built in from the start, backed by security engineering internships and CompTIA Security+.

Experience

  1. Aug 2026 – PresentBengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Software Engineer Intern

    Seceon Inc.

    • Develop software for Seceon’s cybersecurity products across backend systems and Linux infrastructure supporting security operations.
  2. Jan 2026 – Jul 2026Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Intern, Security Engineering

    GoTo Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.

    • Reduced incident triage time by up to 75% with RAG search over thousands of past Jira incidents and tickets, using pgvector and Azure.
    • Reduced vendor-risk assessment time by 90% with a new AI-assisted scanner (React, FastAPI) that has assessed dozens of vendors.
    • Built a configuration-management REST API using FastAPI and PostgreSQL for an internal incident platform used by approximately 1,000 engineers.
    • Supported production incident response by analyzing logs, diagnosing application and container failures, and rolling back Kubernetes deployments.
    • Wrote and maintained automated tests, and maintained GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows across build, test, and deployment stages.
  3. Jun 2025 – Jul 2025Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    SOC Intern

    PESU-ISFCR

    • Built a real-time email threat-detection filter that flags phishing, spoofed-sender, and malicious messages before inbox delivery.
    • Investigated phishing and account-takeover activity in red-team and blue-team exercises, and triaged and escalated incidents during SOC monitoring.
  4. Jun 2024 – Jul 2024Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Research Trainee

    PESU-ISFCR

    • Developed a repeatable workflow to collect, compare, and report Google Drive Desktop forensic artifacts across the application lifecycle.

Latest writing

Why authorization bugs outlive authentication bugsAuthentication is a single gate you can test once. Authorization is a decision repeated at every endpoint, and that asymmetry is why broken access control keeps topping the charts.Application Security3 min read

Technologies

Languages

  • Python
  • C
  • C++
  • Bash
  • SQL
  • Go

Backend & Cloud

  • FastAPI
  • Flask
  • REST APIs
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Linux
  • WebSockets
  • React

Tools

  • Burp Suite
  • Nmap
  • Kali Linux
  • GitHub Actions
  • Git
  • pgvector
  • pytest

Engineering

  • CI/CD
  • Backend Development
  • API Design
  • Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Applied Machine Learning

Security

  • Application Security
  • API Security
  • Security Engineering
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Incident Response
  • Threat Detection
  • Penetration Testing
  • Authentication & Authorization
  • IAM
  • OWASP Top 10
  • Secure SDLC
  • Cloud Security
  • Container Security
  • Digital Forensics

Education and credentials

B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering

2022 – 2026

PES University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Cyber Security and Connected Systems. GPA: 8.7/10

Certifications

Achievements

  • Top 10, Terrathon 24-hour hackathon, IoT anomaly-detection challenge (Mar 2025)
  • Top-10 team finishes, ISFCR CTF events, PESU (2022–2024)

Building something? Let's talk.

Open to software engineering roles, especially backend and platform work, and to security-minded teams. Email is the fastest way to reach me.