Prateek Jain
Backend Engineer at bunq
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolPrateek Jain is a backend engineer with 8 years of experience building scalable APIs and improving system reliability, currently based in Amsterdam and working at bunq. He has strong open-source credentials—formerly a FOSSASIA maintainer and contributor to projects like the popular Open Event Server and SecureDrop—where he focused on authentication, database integrity, exception handling and testing. At Glints he shipped high-impact features that cut API latency tenfold, integrated third-party services, and implemented recommendation and fraud-prevention systems that materially improved platform metrics. He combines hands-on backend work with occasional full-stack contributions (including Facebook OAuth and mobile UI fixes) and a history of mentoring through Google Summer of Code and GCI. Prateek’s background spans startups to large engineering teams, and he often brings operational rigor (CI/CD, monitoring, alerting) to open-source and commercial projects alike. An advocate for free education and digital freedom, he blends community-driven development with production-grade engineering discipline.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Technology, Computer Engineering at Aligarh Muslim University
Github Skills (29)
javascript10
pytest10
apidoc10
python10
sec10
testing10
authentication10
user-authentication10
flask-ask10
emberjs10
api10
front-end-development10
oauth10
flask10
api-design9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
fossasia/open-event-server
Sep 2018 - Feb 2021
The Open Event Organizer Server to Manage Events https://test-api.eventyay.com
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 42 commits, 73 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Prateek primarily contributed to the back-end logic of the Open Event Server. Their commits demonstrate work on user authentication, database interactions, and API implementations, including fixing Facebook OAuth and ensuring proper database setup. They implemented changes to improve code structure and added features like case-insensitive email handling and updating password reset emails to include additional tokens. Their changes also included improvements to event and order-related routes.
api-testapieventsorganizer
freedomofpress/securedrop
Mar 2020 - Sep 2021
GitHub repository for the SecureDrop whistleblower platform. Do not submit tips here!
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:4 reviews, 50 commits, 12 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Prateek focused on improving the exception handling and testing of the SecureDrop platform's backend. They addressed issues related to password length validation and disconnected submissions. The user added tests to verify correct server behavior and ensure data integrity. They also contributed to correcting logic within the tests and ensuring the API responses were accurate.
usabilitypythonsubmitflask-applicationsecuredrop
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