Experience

Tradesea

1. Security & Site ReliabilityMar 2026 - Present

Building security and reliability foundations from scratch.

Angel One

1. Senior Application Security ManagerApr 2024 - Mar 20262 yrs
2. Application Security ManagerApr 2023 - Mar 20241 yr
3. Lead Security EngineerDec 2021 - Apr 20231 yr 5 mos

• Core and founding member - first security hire - building the InfoSec function from the ground up, later helping establish multiple security sub-teams across the org.
• Reported directly to the Group CISO.
• Led the Application Security portfolio: internal and external assessments, VAPT, and SEBI/system audits.
• Single-handedly identified, reported, and drove remediation of 1400+ application vulnerabilities across in-house and vendor systems, using manual techniques.
• Lead incident commander for two major security incidents - cloud infrastructure and API breaches - and directed multiple cybercrime and fraud investigations.
• Built and scaled a high-performing team of 10+ engineers: hiring, mentoring, and defining standards.
• Directed red team exercises, dark web monitoring, and enterprise-wide cyber training programmes.
• Partnered with development, operations, governance, and senior leadership including CXOs to shape security strategy.

Kroger Technology & Digital

1. Software EngineerJan 2021 - Dec 20211 yr

• Built a microservice enabling item replacement in customer orders.
• Improved application stability by implementing the Circuit Breaker pattern to handle transient failures.
• Performed debugging and performance analysis across the codebase.
• Participated in code reviews, working with senior engineers on problem reports and their solutions.