Experience & Certifications
Timeline of professional software engineering roles, IoT internships, hackathons, campus leadership, and verified industry credentials.
Software Developer / Engineer
Engineering end-to-end software applications, managing production Linux servers, configuring automated deployment pipelines, and administering self-hosted internal infrastructure.
- Software Application Development: Building, testing, and maintaining responsive web applications, backend APIs, and database integrations.
- Server Management & Deployments: Administering production Linux servers, managing environment configurations, and ensuring high system availability.
- CI/CD & DevOps Automation: Designing automated continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for streamlined releases.
- Self-Hosting & Infrastructure Maintenance: Deploying containerized internal services via Docker, configuring reverse proxies, and maintaining system security and backups.
IoT Assistant Scheme Student Trainee
Selected for a national skilling initiative funded by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt of India (IIIT Kottayam was the first higher education institution to host PM VIKAS training).
- Network & Power Theory: Resistors, KCL/KVL, V-I diode characteristics, RC/RLC filters, and bridge rectifiers (instructed by Dr. Anand, HOD ECE).
- Microcontrollers & GPIO: ATmega328P & ESP32 register configurations, pull-up/down logic, ADC reads, I2C/SPI/UART/GPIO buses (Dr. Della Thomas).
- Digital Circuits & FreeRTOS: Combinational logic, sequential flip-flops, K-maps, and dual-core FreeRTOS task scheduling (Dr. Vineeth).
- IoT Stack & Networking: 7-layer OSI data flows, TCP/IP sockets, MQTT, HTTP WebSockets, and LoRaWAN meshes (Dr. S. Venkatesh & Shajulin Sir).
Team Leader — Smart India Hackathon
Led a 6-member engineering team designing AI-driven smart agriculture hardware and software prototypes for the national Smart India Hackathon 2025.
- System Architecture: Directed full-stack integration connecting IoT sensors with local AI model inference.
- Team Leadership: Managed sprint task assignments, pitch presentation drafting, and live hardware prototype demonstrations.
Tech Lead — FOSS Club CEP
Steering open-source software initiatives, Arch Linux customization workshops, and free software advocacy across the college campus.
- Linux & Open Source Workshops: Mentored junior students in Linux terminal proficiency, shell scripting, and git workflows.
Vice Chair — IEEE SPS Execom
Serving as Executive Committee Vice Chair for IEEE Signal Processing Society, leading audio hardware, drone workshops (SIGNAL 4.0), and digital communication sessions.
- Signal Processing & Drones: Completed SIGNAL 4.0 Drone Workshop & Design Sessions at TKMCE Kollam (Feb 2026). Participated in SYNERGY 25 (IEEE ComSoc).
Campus Learning Coordinator
Organizing campus tech workshops, peer-to-peer coding bootcamps, and open-source learning circles across CEP Poonjar.
- Peer-to-Peer Mentorship: Facilitating Flutter, Python, and web development study jams for student developers.
Executive Committee Member
Facilitating student startup ideation, product prototyping, and entrepreneurship initiatives at CEP Poonjar.
- Startup Incubation: Guided student teams through ideation canvas, MVP development, and pitch presentations.
Industry Certifications & Skill Badges
NASSCOM Digital 101 (Gold)
Gold Grade (80.00% Score)
Cert ID: FSP/2025/5/10223851
Issued by NASSCOM FutureSkills Prime & MeitY (Govt of India).
IEEE Cybersecurity Workshop
Informatyka 5.0 Network Security
IEEE Computer Society Kerala Chapter. Packet analysis, firewall config & vulnerability auditing.
Exploring Deep & Dark Web
Cert ID: OHA-DWEB-2025-12
Offenso Hackers Academy (Dec 2025). TOR onion routing, darknet defensive privacy & OSINT.
OWASP Web Hacking & Defence
Cert ID: CEP/WHD/2025/12
Website Security Council Research (Dec 2025). Penetration testing: SQLi, XSS, SSRF, CSRF.
K-DISC YIP 7.0 Contributor
Voice of Stakeholder (VOS)
Issued by Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council for innovative problem-solving contributions.
TryHackMe Security Badges
Hands-on Labs
Active practitioner completing offensive penetration testing rooms, Linux privilege escalation, and network defense.