Backend engineering, cloud systems, and security

Resume / Portfolio

I build backend systems with a handmade feel.

I like turning messy problems into practical products — fast APIs, real-time services, and cloud workflows that stay understandable.

Current focus

Realtime backends, secure cloud systems, and careful process design.

Now

Completed 3rd Year, B.Tech CSE @IIIT Kottayam.

Building side projects and open-source experience.

Stack

Go, FastAPI, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis

Practical tools for APIs, services, and automation.

About

About Me

A quieter, more honest snapshot of how I work and what I like building.

Backend developer who enjoys building scalable systems and real-time apps. I mostly work with Go, Node.js, and FastAPI, and care a lot about performance, clean architecture, and good developer experience.

I'm also into competitive programming (250+ DSA problems solved) and CTFs (top 10 at BITSCTF), and I like solving tricky DSA and distributed systems problems.

Currently a 3rd-year B.Tech student at IIIT Kottayam, spending time on side projects, open source, and getting better at building systems that actually scale.

Skills

A toolkit centered on backend systems, APIs, and cloud-native engineering.

These are the technologies I use most when designing scalable services and developer-friendly infrastructure.

Languages

GoJavaScript/TypeScriptPythonCC++SQL

Backend & APIs

FastAPIExpress.jsFiberRESTGraphQLgRPCMicroservices

Databases & Messaging

SQLitePostgreSQLMySQLRedisMongoDBKafkaRabbitMQ

Auth & Security

JWTOAuth2Auth0RBACTOTP (2FA)

DevOps & Cloud

DockerKubernetesCI/CD (GitHub Actions)Terraformn8nAWSAzureCloudflareSupabase

Tools

GitGitHubPostmanInsomniaBurp SuiteGhidraNmapWireshark
Experience

Open-source and project work grounded in systems thinking.

A snapshot of the work that best reflects my engineering interests.

2026

Open Source Contributor

OneBusAway, Maglev API Server

Contributed to a high-performance Go transit API by improving realtime indexing, observability, batching, API correctness, and database performance.

2024 - 2025

Cybersecurity Sublead

BetaLabs

Mentoring juniors in secure system design and practical security fundamentals while staying active in CTFs and systems-focused engineering.

Projects

Recent builds across realtime systems, microservices, and security-focused products.

A few representative projects from my recent work.

Quizzler

Real-time quiz platform with FastAPI, WebSockets, JWT auth, leaderboards, and AI quiz generation.

JustChat

Privacy-first realtime chat app using Node.js, Socket.IO, Redis, and ephemeral session handling.

Go Microservices

Production-style microservices architecture with gRPC, Kafka, RabbitMQ, and containerized services.

CryptLock

Secure password manager with client-side encryption, TOTP 2FA, and zero-knowledge style vault flows.

Contact

Interested in backend engineering, systems work, or open-source collaboration?

You can reach me directly by email for internships, collaborations, or engineering opportunities.