Eliot Shytaj
CS & Applied Math/Stats @ Stony Brook
with modern web technologies.
Pathfinding
Experience
My journey in software development and technology
Jun 2025 – Aug 2025
Jun 2025 – Aug 2025
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Software Engineering Intern
New York, New York
Directed a team of 9 interns to develop an AI-driven compliance dashboard supporting document upload, task tracking, and collaboration for internal audit workflows.
Built and integrated a chatbot leveraging EU AI Act standards to automate compliance checks, improving review speed and consistency across client documentation.
Engineered a Java automation script that scanned and validated over 10,000 client documents, identifying missing data and print process errors to eliminate 3+ days of manual QA work per release cycle.
Automated regression testing with Selenium and Cucumber to verify accuracy of client-facing print statements, boosting reliability and reducing release defects by 25%.
Jan 2025 – May 2025
Jan 2025 – May 2025
Stony Brook University
Security Research Assistant
Stony Brook, NY
Researched Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerabilities in Snort, analyzing over 1,000 regex patterns across community and registered rule sets to identify inefficient or vulnerable expressions.
Developed a Python script to parse and batch-process Snort rule files through a Java-based ReDoS evaluation tool built by a graduate researcher, improving testing efficiency by approximately 70%.
Created a testing environment by compiling Snort from source, enabling reproducible experiments and transferring the setup to a PhD researcher for extended evaluation.
Aug 2023 – Aug 2025
Aug 2023 – Aug 2025
Deck & Fence Contracting
Website Developer
New York, NY
Developed and maintained a responsive website using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, increasing user engagement by 30% through an improved user interface and experience.
Boosted client inquiries by 20% through innovative features, maintaining an average of 50 visitors per month.
Leveraged AWS for hosting and domain management, improving loading speed by 25% and achieving 100% cross-platform compatibility across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
Featured Projects
Building innovative solutions with modern technologies
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I'm always open to discussing new projects, opportunities, or just having a conversation.
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Location
Currently in New York, New York, but I'm available remotely.


