Current
Vice President
Open Source Community, VIT-AP
Leading and contributing across multiple student technical projects while helping shape the engineering direction and execution of the community.
Portfolio / 2026
IzhaanRaza
Backend systems developer building automation, infrastructure, and security-oriented platforms.
I work across backend engineering, AI-agent tooling, workflow automation, technical operations, and systems-heavy project work. My current direction is centered on real execution, observability, distributed control, and infrastructure that can hold up in live environments rather than just demos.
Snapshot
Current role
Vice President, Open Source Community, VIT-AP
Event leadership
Infrastructure Lead, RECON - a 3-day DEFCON-style event
Current focus
Backend systems, workflow automation, security infrastructure
I work across backend engineering, AI-agent tooling, workflow automation, technical operations, and systems-heavy project work. My current direction is centered on real execution, observability, distributed control, and infrastructure that can hold up in live environments rather than just demos.
Roles and leadership
Work that puts me on the hook for execution.
I am increasingly drawn to roles where the responsibility is not just shipping code, but making systems, teams, and event infrastructure actually work when people depend on them.
2026
Infrastructure Lead
RECON
Led infrastructure for a 3-day DEFCON-style event and built KoTH Orchestrator as the competition platform backbone.
2025 - Present
Technical Engineer
Prayanaa
Contributing to technical assets, platform work, and workflow improvements for events and initiatives.
2025 - Present
Lead Full-Stack Engineer
Vectr
Working across implementation, creative execution, and structured delivery for student technical work.
Current focus
What I am actively exploring and building.
The point is not to chase domains for their own sake. I care about systems that can be operated, debugged, and extended with less hand-waving.
01
KoTH orchestration
Building a distributed cyber-competition platform with referee-managed rotation, rule enforcement, and deployment validation.
02
Leadership through infrastructure
Taking ownership of systems that teams and events depend on, not just isolated project code.
03
Network reasoning
Learning subnetting, reachability analysis, segmentation, and practical diagnostics through controlled labs and authorized campus work.
04
Systems tooling
Using Rust and Go for CLI utilities, monitoring tools, and developer-facing workflow improvements.
Capabilities
Technical depth across software, systems, and infrastructure.
Area 1
Backend engineering
Python, FastAPI, Flask, REST APIs, request flows, validation, persistence.
Area 2
Automation and agents
n8n, LangChain, AutoGen, tool calling, memory layers, workflow orchestration.
Area 3
Infrastructure and operations
Docker, Linux, WSL, HAProxy, deployment validation, remote orchestration.
Area 4
Security and networking
KoTH platforms, QA harnesses, network diagnostics, segmentation reasoning, observability.
Area 5
IoT and embedded systems
ESP32, Raspberry Pi, sensors, hardware-backed systems, edge-to-backend integration.
Area 6
Languages and storage
Python, Java, Rust, Go, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Supabase, pgvector.
Selected work
Projects that reflect where my work is heading.
I am prioritizing projects that show architecture, control, integration, and operational thinking instead of one-off demos.
Featured
KoTH Orchestrator
Distributed cyber-competition platform with a referee-managed control plane, replicated challenge rounds, quorum-based scoring, and deployment plus vulnerability validation tooling.
PythonFastAPIDockerHAProxyParamiko
Featured
Tool-Based AI Agent
Local-first agent architecture built around structured tool execution, Obsidian memory, WSL interoperability, and reasoning-to-execution separation.
PythonWSLObsidianTailscaleLLM Tools
Private / not published
Featured
VISU-X
Multimodal backend for a humanoid assistant, combining audio, memory, and model-driven interaction with structured backend pipelines.
FastAPIWhisperGroqSupabasepgvector
Private / not published
Additional work
University Mail Summary Agent
Event-driven email summarization workflow that filters academic mail, generates summaries, and triggers cross-platform notifications.
n8nGeminiPub/SubOAuth
P.E.S.R.S. EV Slot Booking
Backend application for EV slot booking with request validation, booking flows, and Dockerized deployment.
FlaskMongoDBDocker
Pollution Data Rover
Sensor-backed environmental monitoring system that combines Raspberry Pi ingestion with pollution mapping using GPS-tagged readings.
PythonRaspberry PiSensorsGPS
Timeline
A clearer record of the work behind the current direction.
2026
Vice President, Open Source Community
Leading student open-source work and contributing across multiple technical projects at VIT-AP.
2026
Infrastructure Lead, RECON
Led infrastructure for a 3-day DEFCON-style event and built KoTH Orchestrator in that context.
2025
Technical Engineer at Prayanaa
Supporting technical operations, event assets, and process-oriented engineering work.
2025
Lead Full-Stack Engineer at Vectr
Contributing across delivery, implementation, and technical execution for student initiatives.
2024
Winner, OJAS Technical Fest hackathon
Won a national-level hackathon at NIT Jamshedpur with a Web3-based peer-to-peer social networking project.
2022
Atal Tinkering Lab
Served as Secretary and received Best Innovation Prize in robotics work.