Leadership Talk Season 3
An event-registration platform for a 2-day leadership event, featuring Cashfree payment integration and seat-availability checks for 500+ registrations.
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Backend Engineer
Hi, I'm Lakshay
I build backend systems with Node.js, Express and TypeScript, including payment and authentication workflows. I'm currently building Resource Hub.
Authentication • Payments • AWS
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Experience
Backend Engineer
InternWare
I worked on authentication, payment workflows, coupon management, and admin tooling for production event-registration systems handling real users and transactions.
Read full experience →Skills & Technologies
Backend Engineering
Node.jsTypeScriptExpress.jsREST APIsPostgreSQLMongoDBOAuth 2.0WebhooksIdempotencyConcurrency Control
Cloud & Distributed Systems
AWS LambdaSNSSQSCloudWatchIAMPresigned URLs
DevOps & Deployment
DockerGitHub ActionsLinuxCI/CD
Latest Articles
Technical writing on backend engineering, system design, security, and lessons learned from building real systems.
OAuthGoogle
How Google OAuth Works: Understanding Login with Google
Discover how Google OAuth authentication works behind the scenes. Learn about authorization codes, access tokens, refresh tokens, and the complete OAuth 2.0 flow.
3 min read
PaymentsArchitecture
Payment Architecture Evolution: From Client-Side Risks to Reliable Webhooks
How payment gateway architecture evolves from insecure client-side flows to server-side order creation, webhooks, and reconciliation — and how we applied it at Internware.
4 min read
AuthenticationJWT
Access and Refresh Tokens: A Practical Guide
Learn why single long-lived tokens create UX and security problems, how access and refresh tokens solve them, and the key implementation decisions you need to make.
3 min read
Let's Build Something Reliable
I'm open to Backend Engineer opportunities where I can work on authentication, payments, distributed systems, or backend infrastructure. Reach out via email or connect on social platforms.
dev@lakshaymahajan.com