Talha Mahmood

Australia (Remote)

Leading the Portal team on a production SaaS event platform, driving AI/LLM integration into the existing product.

• Lead the Portal team, owning feature development and backend architecture for a production SaaS platform
• Design and integrate REST APIs and real-time WebSocket (Socket.IO) data flows, ensuring reliable, low-latency data across the product
• Built the React Native mobile app with WatermelonDB for offline-first data sync, keeping the app usable without a live connection
• Integrated 100ms to power live webinars and virtual events with real-time video streaming
• Integrated an in-product AI assistant (OpenAI API, RAG) into the platform, automating manual workflows and adding intelligent capabilities
• Maintain and optimize the Node.js/NestJS backend, improving performance and system reliability under growing load
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and system-design discussions

United States (Remote)

Owned the React frontend for a US-based care-matching platform.

• Owned design, development, and maintenance of the React frontend for MatchRite, a US-based care-matching platform
• Built reusable, responsive UI components in React and TypeScript, improving delivery speed and UX consistency
• Collaborated across time zones with backend and product teams to ship features on schedule and to spec

Remote

Delivered full-stack features for client-facing web applications, including Digital Will and Circle It.

• Delivered full-stack features across React and Node.js for client-facing web applications

Islamabad, Pakistan

Built and maintained scalable web applications across React, Angular, and Node.js.

• Built and maintained scalable web applications using React, Angular, and Node.js
• Worked with AWS (EC2, CloudWatch logs, Elasticsearch) and PostgreSQL/MySQL for data-intensive systems
• Contributed to system design, performance optimization, and production monitoring

Islamabad, Pakistan

Developed web application features using JavaScript frameworks and RESTful APIs.

Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Built responsive websites and interactive web features for client projects.

In-Product AI Assistant (RAG) — Node.js · NestJS · OpenAI API · Vector Search · WebSockets

• Integrated an in-product AI assistant into Panelist that answers user questions over portal data using Retrieval-Augmented Generation, reducing repetitive support requests.
• Designed the retrieval pipeline (embeddings + semantic search)
• Streamed LLM responses to the UI in real time over WebSockets

Document Q&A with Source Citations — React · TypeScript · OpenAI · Vector Database · Node.js

• Developed a RAG-based feature that lets users query uploaded documents in natural language and get answers with cited sources.
• Implemented chunking, embedding, and semantic retrieval to keep responses accurate and grounded in the source content

Workflow Automation Agent — Node.js · LLM APIs · Prompt Engineering · Guardrails

• Created an AI agent that automates multi-step manual workflows, cutting hands-on effort for routine tasks.
• Added prompt templates, output validation, and safety guardrails to keep results reliable in production