Experience

How I got here.

A trail of backend work — products built, systems scaled, and a few hard lessons along the way.

Lightbeam

Senior Member of Technical Staff (Backend)

Feb 2026 - Present

Member of Technical Staff (Backend)

Nov 2022 - Feb 2026

Backend engineering for data security and governance products, with ownership across access scanning, audit-log ingestion, enterprise connectors, analytics infrastructure, prototyping, and production reliability.

Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Re-architected the Access Governance scanning service with parallel batch processing for SMB and OneDrive protocols.
  • Engineered the Actual Access pipeline for high-volume real-time audit-log ingestion from SharePoint, Google Drive, and NetApp, powering downstream ransomware detection and automated response workflows.
  • Built and continue to maintain core integrations including Azure Blob, Salesforce, Box, and Dropbox, taking multiple connectors from zero-to-one into production scale.
  • Built the backend ingestion service for Lightbeam Lens using ClickHouse, including optimized views for file metadata and lineage analytics.
  • Spearhead technical feasibility studies and rapid prototypes for upcoming features to validate architecture before full-scale development.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for critical production incidents, diagnosing complex integration issues and mentoring the team on resolution strategies.

22x

SMB and OneDrive scan throughput increase, from 2M to 45M records per day

4x

Microsoft API throughput increase, from 1M to 4M records per day

10+

primary data-source integrations built from zero to one

Data security Access governance Audit-log ingestion ClickHouse Enterprise connectors

Quickget

Backend Engineer

Backend development for marketplace integrations, operational automation, delivery workflows, and consumer campaign microservices.

Jun 2021 - Nov 2022

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • Engineered a bi-directional Uber Eats integration with real-time inventory syncing and automated order ingestion, opening a new sales channel.
  • Integrated Google Maps, Airtable, and Slack into logistics and operations workflows to reduce manual data entry and dispatch time.
  • Developed scalable backend services for dynamic consumer campaigns, supporting engagement and conversion during peak traffic windows.
  • Worked across API design, backend business rules, marketplace edge cases, operational workflows, and production support.

30%

increase in daily order volume after Uber Eats marketplace integration

Real-time

inventory syncing and automated order ingestion

Marketplace integration Backend APIs Logistics automation Campaign services

Paytm

Backend Engineer (Internship)

Backend work involving Java, Spring Web Services, MQTT, and AWS for IoT middleware-related platform capabilities.

2021

India

  • Built a comprehensive demonstration project that showcased core IoT middleware functionality and deployed it on AWS.
  • Worked with Spring Boot, MQTT protocol, AWS IoT Core, EC2, and RDS to support Paytm's IoT device workflows.
  • Strengthened experience around integration-heavy backend systems, protocol-level behavior, and cloud service boundaries.

6 months

software engineering internship focused on IoT middleware

AWS

IoT Core, EC2, and RDS-backed demonstration project

Java Spring MQTT AWS IoT middleware

OpenMined

Google Summer of Code Student Developer

Open-source contribution focused on implementing the FV homomorphic encryption scheme in PySyft and improving the developer experience for privacy-preserving machine learning.

2020

Remote

  • Implemented the FV homomorphic encryption scheme from scratch in the PySyft library as part of OpenMined's privacy-preserving ML ecosystem.
  • Focused on making cryptographic functionality easier to use from PyTorch and TensorFlow workflows.
  • Used Microsoft's SEAL project as a reference while building a Python-friendly implementation compatible with deep learning use cases.
  • Delivered an easier-to-use homomorphic encryption library path for researchers, developers, and data scientists building more private AI models.

5 months

Google Summer of Code 2020 open-source project

FV

homomorphic encryption scheme in PySyft

Open source PySyft Homomorphic encryption PyTorch TensorFlow

National Institute of Technology, Patna

Android Developer

Early product and mobile engineering work for campus event and activity systems, including Android applications backed by Firebase and Google Maps APIs.

2018 - 2019

Patna, Bihar, India

  • Built Android applications for student activity, event registration, event proposal submission, notifications, feedback, and complaints.
  • Developed event-management and live-scoring tools used around campus events, including real-time score and result display workflows.
  • Worked with Android, Java, Firebase, React, and Google Maps APIs across practical systems for student and event operations.
  • Created software for real users in high-traffic campus settings, where usability and operational simplicity mattered.

SIH

Smart India Hackathon 2019 winner

HackNITP

2019 winner for hostel-management app

Campus

event, registration, scoring, and activity workflows

Android Java Firebase Google Maps API