About

Lakshay Arora is a highly motivated and passionate Software Engineer II at Cisco, with a strong interest in data science and software development. He is a logical thinker who possesses a deep understanding of computing and its applications. Lakshay has a relevant experience of 3.19 years, during which he has worked on several projects such as an Alexa-based security system, a Twitter analysis tool, and a sporting website, among others. Currently, Lakshay is working at Cisco, where he is developing features within the data pipeline that support real-time processing of events through Kafka and Flink, storing them in Elastic Search, and querying through GraphQL endpoints. He has also worked as a Software Engineer and Software Engineering Intern at Cisco, where he developed full-stack features, built frontends using Angular, backend APIs using Spring Boot, and added queries in SQL. He also worked on a security initiative where he implemented burst filters in their log4j framework, which reduced the possibility of DNS attacks by 67%. Lakshay has a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree in Computer Science from Vellore Institute of Technology and completed his high school education from Delhi Public School Indirapuram. He also attended Global Indian International School in Malaysia. Lakshay's tech stack includes Software Engineering, SQL, Data Science, Elastic Search, Kafka, Search, Spring Boot, Frontend, Backend, AngularJS, test, and UI. He is a skilled professional who is always eager to learn new technologies and stay updated with the latest trends in the field of software development. Lakshay's website, https://lucky-119.github.io/, showcases his various projects and achievements.