Saksham Ghimire

Software Engineer | SIEM Engineer

Tinkering with ideas until they work (or explode). A software engineer with around 5 years of experience, always diving into research and building things—sometimes even ones that already exist, because why not?

About

Started in cybersecurity, diving into SIEM systems, and gradually transitioned into software development. Over the years, worked on a variety of systems, including SIEM platforms, ERP solutions, and ETL pipelines. Passionate about exploring new ideas, learning continuously, and sharing technical insights online.

Software Engineer

If, at first, you do not succeed, call it version 1.0.

Designing and building reliable software with clean, efficient architecture, using patterns like pub-sub, finite state machines (FSM), and other design strategies. Skilled in creating scalable, event-driven systems and APIs, with experience across SQL and NoSQL databases. Experienced in leveraging cloud platforms like AWS and GCP to deploy and manage applications effectively.

SIEM Engineer

Where's Waldo ?? Hunting for elusive sanity in settings.

Designing and managing robust SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) and SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) solutions. Creating precise Ansible scripts to handle complex firewall and network configurations, ensuring smooth security operations. Configuring and optimizing Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana to build a reliable log management infrastructure that strengthens overall system security.

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Education

Msc Data science & computational intelligence

2022 - 2024

Softwarica College

Gained skills in machine learning, data analysis, and AI-driven solutions, applying theoretical concepts to real-world datasets and projects.

BSc Hons Computer Networking & IT security

2018 - 2021

Islington College

Pursued specialized education in Networking and Cybersecurity, acquiring knowledge of network architecture, protocols, and security frameworks

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

2024 - Present

Leapfrog Technology

  • Optimized data retrieval performance by designing and implementing database partitioning and indexing strategies in PostgreSQL
  • Engineered a robust ETL pipeline for healthcare data using Airflow, automating data ingestion and processing
  • Developed a complete ERP system, integrating third- party tools like Odoo and AutoCAD for extended functionality
  • Enhanced the application’s user experience by developing an intuitive frontend

Software Engineer

2023 - 2024

Tekvortex

  • Built a content curation platform that identifies and highlights relevant content, providing analysts with real-time, actionable intelligence
  • Engineered a logging pipeline that stores user behavioral data in Elasticsearch, enabling the creation of dashboards that track user engagement, page visits, and link interactions for in-depth analytics
  • Integrated Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) into the development workflow, significantly improving code reliability and ensuring features met business requirements
  • Optimized search functionality by implementing custom tokenizers for different indexes in Elasticsearch, significantly improving search relevance and efficiency for various user queries.

Software Engineer (SIEM)

2020 - 2023

Vairav Technology

  • Automating SOC operations which includes automated response to threat, automating daily tasks of analysts, and SOAR integration
  • Respondent at multiple cybersecurity workshops concerning specific software or cybersecurity approach in general
  • Engineered a complete SIEM pipeline using Logstash to ingest logs into Elasticsearch, enabling centralized log analysis
  • Team Lead for all golang respective backend projects

Skills

Projects

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Correlation Engine

A Golang-powered correlation engine using Pub/Sub channels to process logs and efficiently detect anomalies in network activity.

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Threat Intel

A hybrid system that analyzes logs, queries threat intelligence sources, enriches data with Python crawlers, and pushes alerts to Elasticsearch.

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Employee Management System

A cross-platform monitoring solution with Golang clients and a Python server, exchanging system metrics over gRPC for reliable communication.

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CDC (SQL)

A flexible CDC script for MySQL and PostgreSQL that auto-generates triggers to maintain detailed pre- and post-update audit logs for tables.

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Rule Matching Engine

An open-source Golang library for real-time JSON rule matching, supporting aggregation, event chaining, and advanced Boolean logic operators.

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Portfolio Builder

A Golang-based static site generator that creates customizable personal portfolio websites directly from simple YAML configuration files.

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Articles

Beyond Basics of Postgres: Risk of cross-row read in check constraint

July 27, 2025

Exploring the implications of cross-row reads in Postgres check constraints

database postgres
Published on Medium

Matching json with jsontology

Sept 21, 2024

Exploring custom made simple json matching engine

golang
Published on Medium

Understanding python GIL

Feb 25, 2024

Exploring the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) in Python and its implications for concurrency

python concurrency
Published on LinkedIn