Adithya Rajesh Pillai

Adithya Rajesh Pillai

Researcher in Cybersecurity, AI & ML.

2025 Computer Science Graduate from Vellore Institute of Technology, solving hard and complex problems in the software and research space. Currently at Enovatin, I am building tools being used by sales & IT teams across different sizes of organisations. Previously, I have interned at Wipro as a Solutions Intern, Software Engineer Intern at ThoughtMinds and Software Engineer Intern at Ellowtech.

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Actively researching at the intersection of AI safety, machine learning, and cybersecurity - exploring adversarial robustness in LLM-integrated systems, prompt-injection attack chains across agentic workflows, and defensive architectures for autonomous pipelines. Focused on understanding how intelligent systems fail under real-world threat models and building secure, reliable foundations that hold up as AI capabilities scale into critical infrastructure.

Experience

Places I've worked, problems I've poked at, and what I learned breaking and building things along the way.

Founding Engineer

Enovatin Technologies
  • Owned full lifecycle of 8 features from PRD to production with zero post-launch incidents; ran usability sessions with 5 clients, identified and shipped fixes for 3 UX gaps, improving task completion rates.
  • Redesigned a sequential AI workflow into a multi-agent orchestration pipeline, cutting completion time from ~40s to 15s; built an async job queue with background workers, offloading 60% of processing and improving response time 3x.
  • Added isolated auth middleware for admin routes to eliminate privilege escalation paths; configured audit logging for 100% of admin actions, enabling full compliance traceability.

Cybersecurity Solutions Intern

Wipro
  • Delivered CXO-level SOC-CMM assessment reports for Fortune 500 European enterprises, translating NIST CSF and ISO 27001 findings into audit-ready actions.
  • Standardised solution architectures across multiple pre-sales engagements, reducing rework by 20%.
  • Produced 6 client-ready case studies on security assurance and ROI-driven remediation with enterprise partners.

Software Engineer Intern

ThoughtMinds
  • Fine-tuned Llama 2 for a text-classification task, improving prediction accuracy from 65% to 85%.
  • Migrated a ReactJS frontend to Next.js + TypeScript, enabling SSR on 5 routes and cutting page load time 30%.
  • Ran cross-environment testing across AWS and Azure, logging endpoint behaviour in staging and production to catch deployment regressions.

Software Engineer Intern

Ellowtech
  • Optimised candidate-search SQL queries through indexing and restructuring, cutting filtered lookup time by 25%.
  • Documented internal API contracts for developer onboarding flow, adopted as reference across the frontend team.
  • Configured Azure RBAC across dev/staging/prod for a client deployment, enforcing least-privilege access.

Projects

Infrastructure Cost Optimisation Agent

Agentic FinOps
  • Built an agentic FinOps tool that autonomously analyses AWS spend and surfaces cost-saving recommendations.
  • Added an LLM-driven validation step that reviews each recommendation for feasibility and risk before surfacing it.
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Home Lab SIEM

Security tooling
  • Built a real-time alert notification service with severity-based priority queuing and multi-channel delivery.
  • Engineered per-recipient token-bucket rate limiting via Redis scripts to prevent alert fatigue.
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Batch Transaction Processing Engine

Systems programming
  • Built a batch processor in C that reads a master account file and a transaction file, writing an updated master.
  • Generated an end-of-day summary report with total debits, credits and closing balance of reconciliation.
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Blogs & Publications

Journals

Privacy and Data Protection Challenges in Industry 4.0: An AI-Driven Perspective

Co-authors: Tanisha Jauhari, Adithya Rajesh Pillai, Gaurpriya Singh Roy, Adhip Koshy, Stuti Kothari, Ajitha DPaper

The paper explores how AI techniques can safeguard sensitive information and ensure compliance. It explores fundamental technologies such as cyber-physical systems and the complex application of AI in analytics and predictive maintenance.

Conferences

Blogs

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Education

B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering

Vellore Institute of Technology · Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Grade: 8/10 (First Class Honours)

Electives:

  • BCSE334L: Predictive Analytics
  • BCSE353E: Information Security Analysis and Audit
  • BCSE354E: Information Security Management
  • BCSE401L: Internet of Things
  • BCSE410L: Cyber Security

Global Public School

Kochi, Kerala, India

AS/A Levels — Mathematics, Physics, Information Technology, English Language

IGCSE — Mathematics, English Language, Information Technology, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Management, Art & Design

Modern International School Bangkok

Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok Patana School

Bangkok, Thailand

United Nations International School, Hanoi

Hanoi, Vietnam

Swami Vivekananda Public School, Channannikadu

Channannikadu, Kerala, India

Singapore International School, Hanoi

Hanoi, Vietnam

International School of Dhaka (ISD)

Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Skills

Languages: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL (PostgreSQL), Bash, HTML/CSS

Frameworks: React, Next.js, Node.js, FastAPI, Flask, Redux, LangChain, TensorFlow, Keras

Tools & Platforms: Git, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, Linux, Redis, VS Code, Cursor, Claude Code, Grafana, PostHog, Postman, Figma, Burp Suite, Nmap, Wireshark, Splunk, Wazuh, Nessus, Microsoft Sentinel

Soft Skills: Analytical thinking, cross-functional collaboration, technical communication, research synthesis, attention to detail, stakeholder management, product intuition, structured problem-solving, adaptability, ownership mindset

Key Concepts

AI & ML — Notes · Code

Cybersecurity — Notes · Code

Networks — Notes · Code

Cloud Computing — Notes

System Design — Notes

Docker + Kubernetes — Notes

Backend Development — Notes · Code

Frontend Development — Notes · Code

Data Structures & Algorithms — Notes · Code

Database — Notes

C, C++ & Rust — Notes · Code

Go — Notes · Code

GPU & Hardware — Notes · Code

Cryptography — Notes · Code

Achievements

Malva Labs — Initiated a non-profit research organisation focusing on AI Safety & Alignment, Biosecurity and Hardware.

Security Research — Won $20k+ from Live Hacking & Capture the Flag events. Frequent Bug Bounty hunter & contributor.

Hackathons — Participation in over 35 hackathons worldwide, coming Top 3 in 5 Major League Hacking & DevPost hackathons.

Certifications — EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEHv12), Google Cloud Computing Foundations.

Community Service & Charity Work

Care & Support Service — 10+ year tradition of spending time and donating to orphanages and old age homes, communicating & learning.

Fundraising — Hosting food stalls funding children's health and participating in marathons for cancer research & flood support.

Extracurricular

English Cricket Board — ECB ACO Certified Cricket Umpire Level 1, Certified Cricket Scorer Level 2.

Sports — Long-distance runner (marathons & half-marathons); played Basketball, Football & Cricket at a high level.

Art — Participated & won state-wide and district-wide art competitions & exhibitions, specialising in oil painting & charcoal drawing.

Languages: English (Fluent), Malayalam (Fluent), Mandarin (Intermediate), Hindi (Intermediate), Thai (Basic), Spanish (Basic).