About

Achuthan Panikath is an Application Security Engineer at Paychex with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is a dedicated and skilled professional with over half a decade of experience in coding at different positions in different projects. Achuthan is passionate about delivering projects that prioritize society's needs and challenging the status quo. Achuthan's experience includes internships at Dell Technologies, RSA Security, and StackRoute, where he learned extensively about enterprise-level software development and full-stack engineering. At Dell, he implemented an automated system to scan RSA SecurID products, saving a hundred coding hours every year. He also worked with his team to migrate a product to federal security standards to support federal clients. At StackRoute, he developed multiple MERN stack projects independently over two months and helped lay the groundwork for their internal semantic search engine. Achuthan's cybersecurity experiences have been academic and project-oriented, including an ML-based automated Network Security Project, a hands-on Cyber Effects course with Mitre, and multiple embedded systems projects. His yearlong Senior Design Project 'NOID,' a sovereign identity management system, relied heavily on state-of-the-art network and cybersecurity. At Paychex, Achuthan performs security code reviews leveraging OWASP and other industry standards, application security analyses of codebases and open source software, and leads a tailor-made Security Champions program targeted to shift security left in the DevSecOps cycle. He volunteers with Junior Achievement to help economically empower children. Achuthan is a writer, artist, and debater with numerous accolades, bringing an exciting mix of perspectives communicated effectively and creatively. His tech stack includes Backend, Software Engineer, ML, Search, Mobile, Infra, Blockchain, test, VueJS, and JavaScript. With 2.28 years of relevant experience, Achuthan is an asset to any team looking for a skilled and dedicated Application Security Engineer.