Khwahish Patel

Research Aide @ Arizona State University

About

Top 3 contributor out of 550+ global applicants. That's how I started my open-source career and I've been building in public ever since. I'm an MS Computer Science student at Arizona State University (graduating 2027) with hands-on experience in software development, open-source infrastructure, and applied research. At Protocol Labs, I contributed to Web3 and public goods tooling alongside a global developer community shipping production code, reviewing peers' work, and earning recognition as a top-ranked fellow. What I bring to an internship:Strong CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, systems)Real-world open-source shipping experience, not just classroom projectsAsync collaboration across time zones with senior engineers and mentors Actively seeking Summer 2026 Software Engineer Internships - open to backend, full-stack, infrastructure and developer tooling roles. 📬 [khwahishpatel29@gmail.com] | github.com/khwahish29]

Country

City

United States

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

.NET Framework, C#, Software Development, Agile Methodologies, Computer Vision, Python (Programming Language), Research Support

Experience

Research Aide

Arizona State University

2025-11 - Present · 11 mos

Dev Guild Fellow

Protocol Labs

2025-1 - 2025-8 · 8 mos

• Selected from 550+ global applicants (top 6.5%); ranked top 3 contributor across three cohorts by code output and peer review quality • Shipped 45+ pull requests to py-libp2p, go-libp2p, rust-libp2p, js-libp2p, storacha and akave, features now used by developers in production.