Avinash Kumar

Software Engineer

Pawxy Inc•  May 2022 - Present•  Bangalore

Played a pivotal role in the founding team, overseeing the entire backend infrastructure for the Pawxy Browser and AREA69 VPN, focusing on user data analysis and identifying opportunities for improvements and issue resolution. AREA69 VPN ● Engineered the AREA69 VPN from the ground up, using Wireguard VPN on bare metal Ubuntu servers. - Spearheaded the growth of the browser user base from zero to 1.7 million, achieving a daily active user (DAU) of 100,000 within the first year. - Designed the complete VPN architecture utilizing the open-source Wireguard VPN, efficiently managing over 250,000 daily VPN requests and supporting 50TB of daily egress data. - Significantly optimized VPN connection times, achieving 80% of requests within 500 milliseconds and 13% between 500-1000 milliseconds, setting a new benchmark for speed among competitors. - Implemented monitoring and automation scripts for the entire VPN server fleet (approximately 50 servers), all managed from a centralized server for enhanced operational efficiency.