Aryan Kumar

4x UNO Winner | Building UniAuth | CyberSec Enthusiast | Professional Yapper

Jalandhar, Punjab, India

About

Backend Engineer with 3+ years building scalable microservices and high-performance services. Architected platforms serving 22k+ DAUs, reduced p95 API latency by 43%, and shipped hackathon-winning decentralized applications. Experienced with cloud, and production infrastructure management. I created the viral app CheckValorant (Riot Games hated it so much that they sent a legal notice), which used to provide in-game insights about Valorant. I have also built in-house tools for social media automation, and faster news tracking at Gamzo. I am passionate about backend development, and cyber security, and I constantly seek to learn novel ways of solving challenges in the IT sector. I write code, play games, and discuss them. I enjoy collaborating with others, sharing ideas, and learning from different perspectives. My goal is to become a computer scientist who can create innovative and impactful solutions to make the world a better place to live in. (。⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠。 iykyk)

Experience

  • Software Engineer at Lovely Professional University
    Nov 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    Created UniAuth, an OAuth 2 based Identity Provider for 100k+ users, replacing legacy authentication across all university portals. Managed on-premise infrastructure deployment with integration into existing WAFs and CDNs, establishing SSO capabilities across UMS, LPU Touch, OAS, LPU Live, and external platforms. Replaced SMS-based OTPs with WebAuthn Passkeys, cutting authentication costs for faculty and implementing MFA for the rest. Performed Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) on LPU Live (messaging service) and discovered a critical auth bypass vulnerability leading to message interception across all user accounts and groups.

  • Software Engineer at Engineer's Cradle
    Sep 2024 - Apr 2025 · 8 mos

  • Google Developer Student Club - LPU (Jalandhar, Punjab, India · On-site)
    • Web Team Lead
      Aug 2023 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Organised and spoken at multiple events. Contributed to multiple internal projects. Interviewed and selected team members.

    • Core Team
      Feb 2023 - Sep 2023 · 8 mos

  • CTF Developer at Encrypt Edge
    Jan 2024 - Mar 2024 · 3 mos

  • Founder at Gamzo
    Mar 2018 - Aug 2023 · 5 yrs 6 mos

    Conceptualized and built content strategy. Built in-house tools for social media automation. Built in-house tools for faster news gathering and tracking.