My Role at Osano
At Osano, I served as a full-stack engineer, building and maintaining privacy focused solutions to help organizations comply with global data privacy regulations. I worked across both frontend and backend, implementing new features and optimizing functionality to support seamless user experiences, robust data security, and scalability.
As the primary engineer responsible for implementing Osano’s multi-factor authentication (MFA) login page and capabilities, I led the design and development of secure authentication flows. Collaborating closely with cross functional teams, I contributed to Osano's mission of making privacy compliance accessible and manageable for businesses worldwide.
Case Studies
Case Study 1: Developing a Privacy-Focused Cookies Management Dashboard at Osano
Project Overview
As a Full-Stack Engineer at Osano, I contributed to building and optimizing a Cookies Management Dashboard to help businesses manage cookie consent and comply with global privacy regulations, such as GDPR and CCPA. The Cookies Management Dashboard provided users with a clear interface to configure, monitor, and manage cookie settings, streamlining privacy compliance across web applications.
Challenges and Goals
Privacy Compliance and User Consent: Meeting the evolving requirements of GDPR and CCPA meant ensuring the dashboard could provide user-friendly, accurate, and up-to-date consent options.
Intuitive User Experience: Users required an easy-to-navigate dashboard that made it simple to configure cookie preferences and understand their compliance status.
Real-Time Tracking and Reporting: Providing users with the ability to view real-time consent data and track analytics on cookie compliance was essential to the solution's functionality.
Key Actions and Solutions
Backend Architecture for Compliance:
Built backend services to manage cookie data securely and efficiently, ensuring that data stored complied with privacy laws.
Integrated data retrieval processes that supported real time updates, allowing users to see their compliance data instantly.
Intuitive Dashboard Design and Frontend Development:
Designed and implemented frontend components to make the dashboard intuitive and informative, using clear visual indicators and streamlined navigation to enhance usability.
Worked with designers to make the cookie configuration options easy to understand, ensuring users could make informed compliance decisions.
Real-Time Reporting and Analytics:
Developed analytics features that allowed users to view consent rates and compliance status in real time, providing insights that supported compliance efforts.
Leveraged data caching and efficient querying to enable smooth, fast access to reports without affecting performance.
User Centric, Compliance Driven Approach:
Collaborated with product and compliance teams to ensure that every feature on the dashboard aligned with data privacy regulations.
Provided regular feedback and updates to stakeholders, making sure the dashboard met user needs and legal requirements.
Outcomes
Enhanced Compliance Management: The Cookies Management Dashboard simplified compliance processes for users, helping businesses manage cookie consent efficiently.
Improved Usability: The dashboard's intuitive design made it easy for users to configure settings and monitor compliance, increasing user satisfaction and compliance rates.
Real Time Insights: Real time analytics and reporting empowered users to understand consent trends and adjust their settings as needed.
Case Study 2: Implementing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Enhanced Security at Osano
Project Overview
In my role as a Full-Stack Engineer at Osano, I led the development of Osano’s Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) feature, creating a secure, user friendly login system that enhanced data security for users accessing Osano's platform. This MFA feature was a critical addition to Osano’s offerings, providing a robust security layer and aligning with Osano’s commitment to making privacy compliance accessible and secure.
Challenges and Goals
Secure Authentication: The primary goal was to design a secure authentication process that would safeguard user accounts and protect sensitive data.
Balancing Security and User Experience: Ensuring high security without sacrificing ease of use was a key challenge, as the MFA flow needed to be seamless to avoid user frustration.
Compatibility with Various Authentication Methods: Osano’s MFA needed to support multiple authentication methods, such as SMS, email, and app-based verification, to provide flexibility and meet user preferences.
Key Actions and Solutions
Designing MFA Architecture:
Architected the MFA solution to support various authentication factors, leveraging encryption protocols to secure user data.
Designed workflows to enable easy setup and management of MFA options, making the feature accessible and straightforward for users.
Implementing Secure Authentication Flows:
Created frontend components for the login page that provided a seamless MFA setup and login experience, prioritizing usability and clarity.
Developed backend services to verify authentication requests securely and maintain session integrity, preventing unauthorized access.
Collaborating Across Teams for Compliance and Usability:
Partnered with cross-functional teams to ensure the MFA feature aligned with Osano’s privacy and compliance standards.
Conducted usability tests and collected feedback to optimize the MFA experience, striking a balance between security and user convenience.
Optimizing for Performance and Scalability:
Implemented caching and load balancing mechanisms to ensure the MFA feature could handle increasing user demand without performance issues.
Conducted rigorous testing to ensure that MFA would perform reliably even with high user traffic and growing platform needs.
Outcomes
Increased Platform Security: MFA added a critical layer of security to Osano’s platform, reducing the risk of unauthorized access and boosting user confidence.
User-Friendly Authentication: The streamlined MFA setup and login process allowed users to enhance their security with minimal friction, supporting both security and usability goals.
Scalable Security Infrastructure: The solution was built with scalability in mind, ensuring it could accommodate Osano’s growth and support an expanding user base effectively.