Abhishek Saral's CV

• Email: abhisheksaral17@gmail.com
• Location: Sunnyvale, CA
• LinkedIn: abhisheksaral
• GitHub: absktoday

Summary

Software Engineer specializing in FIPS 140-3 Level 3 compliant platforms for Federal and Enterprise environments. Expert in Java 21/Jakarta EE and PKI, with a proven track record of architecting hardened FIDO2/Passkeys enabled identity systems (SSO/mTLS) and secure content distribution networks on bare-metal Linux. Focused on 'Defense in Depth' for mission-critical enterprise-scale infrastructure.

Experience

Software Engineer, StrongAuth Inc. -- Cupertino, CA

2021 – present

• Architected and engineered a high-security enterprise platform web application using Java and Jakarta EE, implementing a custom PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) to manage end-to-end encryption and digital signatures for all sensitive assets.

• Engineered a FIPS-compliant Single Sign-On (SSO) gateway, leveraging WebAuthn/Passkeys, granular RBAC and NIST-validated cryptographic modules to enforce Zero Trust principles for 600+ users within a strictly regulated federal environment.

• Spearheaded the migration from Java EE 8 to Java 21/Jakarta EE 10, optimizing the stack to reduce memory footprint by 40% and improve request throughput by 25%.

• Engineered a 4-node High Availability (HA) cluster on bare-metal RHEL/Rocky Linux, implementing real-time data redundancy (rsync) and OS-level hardening to ensure 99.99% uptime.

• Implemented a Zero-Trust access model via Mutual TLS (mTLS) and custom PKI, effectively 'cloaking' the application from network discovery and neutralizing external attack vectors.

• Developed cross-platform biometric authentication clients (iOS/macOS) using SwiftUI, integrating FIDO server capabilities for hardware-backed identity assurance.

Lead Engineer, MoreGyms -- Sunnyvale, CA

2023 – 2024

• Architected a serverless microservices discovery engine on GCP, scaling the platform to support 30,000+ active users with sub-second search latency via TypeSense and Cloud Functions.

• Orchestrated data strategy using Firebase Cloud Firestore, implementing aggressive client-side caching in SwiftUI and Flutter to reduce database read costs by over 30%.

Education

San Jose State University, BS in Software Engineering -- San Jose, CA

2017 – 2021

• Relevant Coursework: Data Structures and Algorithms (Java) • Enterprise Software Platforms • Cryptography Fundamentals

• Dean's Scholar (2020, 2021)

Skills

Languages: Java (17/21), Swift, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, C++

Enterprise Tech: Jakarta EE (8-10), Jakarta Faces (JSF), CDI, Hibernate, Spring Boot, React, Node.js

Infrastructure: Bare Metal Linux (RHEL/Rocky), HA Clusters, Payara/GlassFish, Docker, AWS, GCP

Cybersecurity: PKI, mTLS, Zero Trust Architecture, FIDO, OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, RBAC