Talha Mahmood

I'm a Full Stack Engineer with 7+ years of experience building and scaling web and mobile products across JavaScript and TypeScript, currently leading the Portal team at Panelist. My work spans React, Angular, and React Native on the frontend, Node.js/NestJS on the backend, and production experience with AWS and PostgreSQL.

Over the last two years I've shifted focus toward applied AI — integrating LLM APIs and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) into production systems, not just demos. I've built an in-product AI assistant that answers questions over live data in real time, a document Q&A feature with cited sources, and workflow automation agents with prompt guardrails to keep output reliable. Alongside that, I've consistently shipped measurable results: cutting page load times by 30%, lifting engagement by 40%, and keeping systems at 99.9% uptime under 100,000+ daily interactions.

What draws me to new opportunities is the chance to work on real, hard problems: retrieval and grounding for LLM features, system design decisions that matter at scale, and practical ways to bring AI into products people actually use — reliably, not just impressively in a demo. I'm comfortable owning a problem from architecture through delivery, and I care about building things that are maintainable, not just functional.

I'd welcome the chance to talk about how my background in full stack development and applied AI/RAG integration could contribute to your team. Thank you for your time and consideration.