Ritiek Malhotra
Software Engineer at Edra Labs
India
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Top SchoolRitiek Malhotra is a software engineer with nine years of experience building backend systems, mobile features, and OSS tools from India. He has shipped production backend infrastructure at scale—driving ticketing, fleet expansion, and automation at Cityflo—and now works at Edra Labs. An active open-source contributor, Ritiek has improved projects across Python and Rust ecosystems, from Spotify and YouTube tooling to ScanCode’s Cargo support and MusicBrainz client work done during Google Summer of Code. He combines systems-level rigor (authentication, parsing, robust subprocess replacements) with practical user-facing fixes like codec handling and player gestures, and has even built security-focused tooling such as a Telegram-based RAT demonstrating low-level Windows automation. His background blends academic research contributions in plasma data tooling with hands-on product engineering, reflecting a curiosity for both principled design and pragmatic delivery.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School Non-Medical, High School Non-Medical at Bal Niketan Model Senior Secondary SchoolBachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science at CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY
English, Hindi, Punjabi
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Github Skills (79)
cargo10
package-management10
python10
youtube-api10
atomics10
testing10
command-line-interface10
spotify-api10
javas10
movie-player10
videojs10
spotify10
plasma-physics10
api10
sdk10
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
spotDL/spotify-downloader
Jul 2016 - Sep 2020
Download your Spotify playlists and songs along with album art and metadata (from YouTube if a match is found).
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:24 releases, 4 reviews, 861 commits in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Ritiek's commits primarily focused on developing and maintaining a Python-based application for downloading Spotify playlists, incorporating features for converting audio files and embedding metadata. The user implemented changes in the core functionality, including improving the process of extracting titles, fixing encoding issues to prevent errors, and allowing for custom file formats. They also added support for handling various audio codecs and made the application more robust and user-friendly by addressing several bugs.
songpythonmp3youtubesong-lyrics
mvrozanti/RAT-via-Telegram
Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Windows Remote Administration Tool via Telegram
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:58 commits in 5 days
Contributions summary:Ritiek developed a Windows Remote Administration Tool (RAT) utilizing Telegram for command and control. Their work primarily involved creating the core functionality of the RAT, including screen capture, keylogging, and file manipulation commands. The user also implemented a self-destruct mechanism to remove traces of the tool, demonstrating an understanding of security considerations.
windowsadministrationremote-administration-tooltelegramremote-administration
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