Rachit Naithani is a software engineer with five years of experience focused on backend systems and payments infrastructure, currently contributing at JUSPAY and Mindbody from New Delhi. He was an early engineer on Hyperswitch, an open-source Rust payments switch, where he strengthened authentication and access control by adding JWT support, API key handling, and email JWT blacklist features. Comfortable moving a product from zero to one, he blends hands-on security improvements with pragmatic product thinking. A continual learner by practice and intent, he brings instrumentation-and-control engineering roots to building reliable, secure payment flows.
5 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Instrumentation and Control, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Instrumentation and Control at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
An open source payments switch written in Rust to make payments fast, reliable and affordable
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:364 reviews, 11 commits, 19 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Rachit primarily focused on refactoring and enhancing the authentication mechanisms within the router component, which is critical for payment processing. Their contributions included the addition of JWT authentication, which strengthens the security aspect of the system. Furthermore, the user addressed API key-related functionalities and implemented changes related to user management, indicating a focus on the security and access control of the payment switch. The user also contributed to the addition of a feature for email JWT blacklist, suggesting their involvement in security enhancements.
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Rachit Naithani - Software Development Engineer at JUSPAY