About

Arjun Kumar is an experienced Application Security Engineer with over 10 years of relevant experience in the field. He is currently working with Airbnb as an Application Security Engineer, where he is responsible for ensuring the security of applications used by the company. Arjun has also worked with other renowned companies such as MZ and Machine Zone, Inc. in the past, where he held senior positions as an Application Security Engineer. Arjun's expertise lies in performing Pentests and Design Reviews for upcoming features for various web stacks such as PHP, Python, Java, native code in C++, and UI code in Lua. He also has experience in conducting infrastructure and network penetration tests, container security (Docker + Kubernetes), and threat modeling. Arjun is passionate about sharing his knowledge and has conducted weekly CTFs and introduced people to pentesting using publicly available Boot-to-root VMs (vulnhub). He has also written reusable security libraries to make writing secure code easier for engineers. Arjun completed his Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Science from Manipal Institute of Technology in 2013. He also attended Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram for his secondary education. Arjun's technical skills include Kubernetes, Docker, PHP, UI, Web, Infra, Python, and Java. Overall, Arjun Kumar is an accomplished Application Security Engineer with a proven track record of ensuring the security of various applications. He is a dedicated professional who is passionate about sharing his knowledge and helping others learn about application security.