Rajat Gupta
Security Engineer at Qualcomm
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRajat Gupta is a systems security engineer with eight years of hands-on experience in vulnerability research, kernel/static analysis, and defensive tooling, currently driving security work at Qualcomm in San Diego. He helped build ARM64 symbolic-execution and CodeQL-based analysis engines to uncover high-severity bugs in millions of Snapdragon devices and Windows kernel drivers, and previously discovered dozens of 0-days while developing x86 static analysis frameworks. Rajat contributes to well-known open-source projects like mitmproxy, fixing deep HTTP proxy bugs, and improved test automation and coverage for honeypot tooling, reflecting both practical exploit-finding and production-quality engineering. His background blends rigorous academic research at Georgia Tech and UCSB with applied industry impact, and he has a knack for turning research prototypes into scalable analysis pipelines.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4/4, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4/4 at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, 9.22/10, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, 9.22/10 at Vellore Institute of Technology
English, Hindi
Github Skills (17)
debugging10
python10
testing10
http10
proxy10
asyncio10
security10
mitmproxy10
test-automation10
aiohttp10
honeypot9
mtls8
libtls8
tls138
tls128
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mushorg/snare
Mar 2019 - Oct 2019
Super Next generation Advanced Reactive honEypot
Role in this project:
Back-end & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end & Test Automation EngineerContributions:10 commits, 12 PRs, 66 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Rajat primarily focused on improving the project's test coverage and fixing code style issues. Their contributions included adding new tests for various components, enhancing existing tests, and addressing code style violations based on PEP-8 standards. They also worked on fixing a header issue in the tanner handler and implementing fixes in the cloner. The user demonstrated a clear understanding of the project's architecture and testing methodologies.
honeypotsecurity
mitmproxy/mitmproxy
Dec 2018 - Feb 2019
An interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 9 PRs, 18 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Rajat primarily contributed to bug fixes and feature enhancements within the mitmproxy project, focusing on HTTP proxy functionality and related components. They addressed issues in client replay, query array handling, and URL encoding/decoding, indicating a deep understanding of HTTP protocol nuances. Their work involved modifications to core files related to content views, request handling, and console tools, demonstrating proficiency in Python and the project's internal workings.
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