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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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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 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%.

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