Vadodara, India
Sahil Maurya
aka Kairos
Aspiring AppSec engineer. I spent three years building
systems—now I specialize in breaking them to make them secure.
I'm currently a Full-Stack Developer Intern at ElevanceSkills, making a deliberate move into Application Security.
Most of what I know about software I learned by building it—full-stack projects, AI-integrated tools, and freelance work for real clients. But that same instinct is what keeps pulling me toward security: once you've shipped enough software, you start noticing where it tends to break.
Whether it's leading a team to 1st place at HackFest 2k26, building civic-tech platforms like Vigil, or running network security experiments on my own infrastructure, the common thread is always the same: going deeper until I actually understand what's happening under the hood.
Long-term, I want to work as an Application Security Engineer—someone who brings real development experience to finding and fixing vulnerabilities, not just cataloguing them.
No shortcuts. No steps skipped. Just the actual work.
Phase 1 — Deep Foundations
Networking · Linux · Python · Cryptography · 3 real projects. Goal: Deep foundations + 3 projects launched.
Experience & Highlights
- ElevanceSkills (Internship): Built Rivolo AI, a real-time mock interview platform powered by Llama 3.3 70B.
- 1st Place, HackFest 2k26: Led Team Kairos to win with HealthGenie, an offline-first AI public health assistant.
- Vigil (Civic Tech): Built an AI-powered public reporting tool to transparently track civic issues.
- Freelance Web Dev: Delivered end-to-end full-stack projects for real clients, prioritizing local SEO and performance.
- PassHive: Built a minimalist, privacy-first local password manager.
Theory before teardown. I document my learning process, CTF writeups, and vulnerability research here.