Payal Lenka
Full-stack developer and BE CSE student
payal-lenka
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Joined April 2026
Summary
Hands-on full‑stack developer with a focus on microservices and backend systems — Payal authors and maintains personal projects (TaskShare, a microservices learning project) that demonstrate building service-oriented architectures using Java and Spring Boot. github+2
Active open-source contributor — Payal has filed and contributed to issues in public repositories (including microsoft/vscode and gohugoio/gohugoioTheme) and lists participation in Hacktoberfest, showing engagement with community-driven development and open-source improvement. github+1
Campus technology leader and organizer — while pursuing a BE in CSE at RNS Institute of Technology, Payal has held leadership and member roles in campus organizations including Google Developer Student Club RNSIT, IEEE CTSoc, BigO RNSIT, and served as an E‑Cell IIT Bombay campus ambassador. rocketreach+1
Technical writer and content creator — Payal writes in-depth technical articles on Medium about architecture and security topics (JWT, OAuth, NextAuth, CSRF, stateless vs. stateful systems) and has experience in SEO/content creation roles. medium+1
Work
Education
Projects
Writing
Mastering Authentication and Security: JWT, OAuth, NextAuth, and the Backbone Concepts of Middleware, Stateless vs. Stateful Systems, and CSRF Protection
January 1, 2025Medium article covering authentication and security fundamentals including middleware, CSRF protection, stateless vs. stateful systems, JWT, OAuth, and NextAuth.
Microservice Architecture
October 1, 2024Medium article explaining microservice architecture concepts, using Java-based examples and demonstrating an implementation with Eureka service discovery and modular services.