Ayush Agarwal
Software Engineer (Api Security) at Akto.io
Greater Allahabad Area India
Summary
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Top SchoolAyush Agarwal is a software engineer specializing in API security with three years of industry experience and ongoing work at Akto.io after foundational engineering roles at Dunzo. A B.Tech student from IIIT-Allahabad, he blends strong competitive programming instincts with practical backend and security engineering—contributing notable enhancements to the open-source Akto API security project, including multi-auth support and secure cookie token handling. He has a track record of hardening API testing and CI/CD test execution, and has implemented pragmatic fixes to improve reliability and validation of URL patterns. Based in Greater Allahabad, Ayush brings a developer-first mindset to building secure, testable APIs and enjoys turning competitive problem-solving skills into production-grade security features.
3 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology, Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology at Indian Institute Of Information Technology
Github Skills (12)
testing10
javas10
api-security10
authentication10
user-authentication10
java10
api-testing10
security10
devsecops9
git8
docker6
dockers6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
akto-api-security/akto
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023
Proactive, Open source API security → API discovery, API Security Posture, Testing in CI/CD, Test Library with 1000+ Tests, Add custom tests, Sensitive data exposure
Role in this project:
Backend & Security Engineer
Backend & Security EngineerContributions:423 reviews, 101 commits, 385 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Ayush contributed to the Akto API security project by implementing and modifying backend testing features, primarily focusing on API security testing and validation. They added tests to validate URL patterns, implemented multi-authentication support, and enhanced test execution with try-catch blocks. Furthermore, the user addressed security concerns by modifying cookie handling mechanisms to support token replacement within cookie-based authentication, directly influencing how the system handles authentication and security aspects.
api-discoveryapi-securityapi-security-postureapi-security-testingapi-testing
akto-api-security/helm-charts
Nov 2023 - Apr 2025
All Helm charts for Akto
Contributions:1 review, 13 PRs, 18 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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