Prateek Thakare
Senior Security Engineer at GoDaddy
Bengaluru, Karnataka, 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.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BE - Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering, BE - Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering at D. Y. Patil Pratishthans D.Y. Patil College of Engineering ,Pune
English
Github Skills (15)
application-security10
pentesting10
python-scripts8
refer7
python5
automation4
data-structures4
cpp3
open-source3
java2
javascript2
mobile-application2
algorithms1
mobile-development1
security1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
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
application-securityattack-surface-managementbugbountycaasmosint
Prateek-Thakare/mdbookaction
Aug 2023 - Nov 2023
Contributions:17 pushes in 3 months
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