Sayooj Samuel
Senior Software Engineer at Gen
Kerala, India
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Top SchoolSayooj Samuel is a Senior Software Engineer with 8 years of experience specializing in networking, cloud and distributed systems, currently building at Gen. A longtime cryptanalyst and active CTF player with Team bi0s (aka v4d3r), he brings deep practical security instincts to production engineering. His background includes progressive roles at NortonLifeLock where he moved from intern to software engineer, demonstrating rapid technical growth in security-focused environments. Based in Kerala, India, he combines systems-level thinking with hands-on coding to deliver resilient, scalable services. Known for a curiosity about Google technologies and crypto-anarchist leanings, he often approaches problems from unconventional, adversarial perspectives. This blend of defensive security experience and distributed systems expertise helps him bridge rare gaps between researchy cryptography and production-grade cloud software.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science at Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamKendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
English, German, Hindi
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Github Skills (109)
cracking10
recovery10
password-recovery10
gpgpu10
hashcat10
password-generator10
opencl9
aes-gcm9
self-contained9
password-manager9
syntax-highlighting9
cryptanalysis9
virtual-assistant9
google-assistant-sdk9
cuda9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
sayoojsamuel/Crypto
Dec 2017 - Oct 2020
for crypto tasks and files
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 55 pushes in 2 years 10 months
cryptographycryptocryptocurrencypaddinghmac
sayoojsamuel/dragonload
Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
Dragonload is a state of the art Distributed Download Manager written in Python to distribute large scale downloads on different machines to better utilize high-speed intranet connected to low-speed internet.
Contributions:2 releases, 23 commits, 4 PRs in 9 months
intranetpythonartspeeddownload-manager
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