Pratik Thakare
Package Consultant Industry Packages at IBM
Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Top SchoolPrateek Thakare is a Senior Security Engineer based in Bengaluru with 7 years of hands-on experience in offensive and defensive security across startups and large platforms. He has progressed from security consulting and internships at Payatu to bug hunting with Synack and production security roles at PhonePe, and now drives security at GoDaddy. Comfortable in offensive testing and program-level security, he blends practical bug bounty instincts with engineering discipline to harden high-traffic services. Prateek’s background includes focused training in malware analysis and a BE in Computer Engineering, reflecting a strong foundation in threat analysis and reverse engineering. Despite a self-deprecating public persona, his steady career progression shows a curious practitioner who turns exploratory learning into measurable security impact.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Operations and Information Technology, 7.61, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Operations and Information Technology, 7.61 at Lovely Professional UniversityBachelor of Engineering - BE, computer science and engineering, 8.56, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, computer science and engineering, 8.56 at JD College of Engineering, Khandala
Github Skills (24)
vulnerability10
application-security10
security-framework10
pentesting10
refer9
algorithms8
python-scripts8
java7
python7
data-structures7
cpp7
automation5
github5
algorithm5
open-source3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Prateek-Thakare/mdbookaction
Aug 2023 - Nov 2023
Contributions:17 pushes in 3 months
PhonePe/mantis
Nov 2023 - Feb 2025
Mantis is a security framework that automates the workflow of discovery, reconnaissance, and vulnerability scanning.
Contributions:17 reviews, 17 PRs, 51 pushes in 1 year 3 months
security-frameworkvulnerabilityapplication-securityattack-surface-managementosint
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