Hello, I'm

Yash Patel

Software Engineer @ Cisco - Cloud Security

B.Tech student at NIT Surat building scalable full-stack and cloud-native systems. I build Zero Trust security solutions at Cisco and share technical writing and engineering notes on Medium.

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Portfolio

Projects

A selection of projects I've built — from GSOC open source to production e-commerce platforms.

Strinja.Shop

Full-stack e-commerce platform saving ~30 manual hours weekly for a nail & string art startup. WhatsApp broadcasting drove 50% higher engagement; real-time dashboard improved decision-making by 90%.

React.js Node.js MongoDB AWS WhatsApp API

GitCord · GSOC '25

Open-source tool automating Discord roles via GitHub activity (PRs, issues, commits). GitHub OAuth, 7+ tiered roles, weekly digest, and 1-click Vercel CI/CD deployment.

React TypeScript GitHub Actions Firebase Discord API

Dotslash./

Hackathon website for ACM's flagship event serving 1,000+ users. Registration module with Google Sheets API handling 100+ team registrations seamlessly.

AstroWind TypeScript Google Sheets API Firebase

PathEase

Indoor navigation app for visually impaired users with real-time voice assistance.

Flutter Kotlin Speech-to-Text ML

EyeSee

Assistive AI web app with real-time text recognition, object detection, and audio output for visually impaired users.

Flask Python OpenCV YOLOv5

ACM NIT-SURAT

Official ACM chapter website for NIT Surat — events, team, and community hub for 5,000+ students.

AstroWind React.js Firebase

SecureDash

One-stop gateway for secure access with JWT authentication and role-based control.

JWT React.js MongoDB

VersaWrite App

No-code AI app for translation, summarization, and content generation — built in 48 hours at Makeathon '23.

No Code AI Open Weaver

Portfolio Website

Personal portfolio built with EJS, Node.js, and responsive CSS — showcasing projects, experience, and achievements.

EJS Node.js Express

Career

Experience

Professional and community work where I've shipped automation, scalable interfaces, and security solutions.

Cisco Systems

Software Engineer - ZTNA India TeamAug 2026 - Present

Contributing to Cisco's Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) product, engineering identity-aware access controls and secure connectivity for customers at global scale.
Designing and improving cloud-native services that enforce policy-driven access across distributed environments, with a focus on reliability, observability, and production readiness.
Collaborating across security, platform, and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable capabilities that help millions of users securely access private applications and enterprise resources.

Cisco Systems

Software Engineering Intern - Cloud Security (BAP Team)Jan 2026 - Jun 2026

Built a QE automation framework for Zero Trust (BAP), enabling automated browser-based testing (Chromedp, SAML) across multi-env deployments.
Boosted Auth Broker branch coverage from 58% to 79% (+21%) using Go testing, improving reliability of core authentication and policy.
Resolved production-level issues including session handling and proxy debugging, and contributed to deployments using AWS, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.

Mirai Minds

Software Developer InternMay 2024 - July 2024

Integrated compareLLM (Hugging Face) into the platform, improving user interaction and increasing engagement by 30%.
Developed 8+ drag-and-drop UI components using Ensemble UI, dynamically converting YAML to React code in real-time.
Optimized frontend performance, reducing render time by 40% and improving scalability of the system.

Association for Computing Machinery

Core DeveloperApril 2024

Maintained and enhanced the ACM-NIT Surat and Dotslash websites, improving the experience for 5,000+ students through regular updates and troubleshooting.
Organized events and hackathons with cross-functional teams, helping increase participation and workshop efficiency by 20%.

Expertise