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I am Talha

Software Engineer @ the intersection of AI · Health · Decentralisation

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I'm a seasoned software engineer with 8 years of experience, having served as solo developer building MVPs, an engineering lead and CTO. I've navigated the complexities of GDPR and HIPAA compliance, led teams through technical due diligence, and successfully guided a startup through acquisition. Most recently, I was at BotMD, a Singapore-based, YC-backed healthcare startup.

Key Achievements

  • Led the company through technical due diligence and successful acquisition of the startup.
  • Led a team of 4 engineers to build a production-ready product
  • Implemented code and infrastructure changes across all company products to ensure compliance with HIPAA and GDPR regulations, strengthening data security and privacy
  • Stabilised authentication modules and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) platforms, reducing reported bugs by 70%.
  • Led gradual rewrite of the legacy codebase, ensuring backwards compatibility and rectifying system-level flaws that led to depreciation of legacy code

Skills

Frontend

React, React Native, NextJS, ElectronJS, TailwindCSS, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS,

Backend

NodeJS, Express, MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Docker, NGINX, Django, Python,

DevOps

Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD, Git, GitHub, GitLab, Linux, Bash,

AI/ML

LangChain, OpenAI APIs, Prompt Engineering, RAG, LLMs,

Experience

Currently building Zestio

July 2025 - Present

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Zestio is a self-monitoring app for biohackers and fitness enthusiasts.

Its integrates with wearable devices to track various metrics like sleep, exercise, and many more biomarkers.

It uses AI to analyse the data and provide personalised insights and actionable tips to help you optimise your health and perform at your best every day.

Senior Front-end Engineer @ BotMD

July 2023 - February 2025

  • Developed and maintained a suite of healthcare applications, including three web platforms and a cross-platform React Native app.
  • Built responsive and scalable UIs using React, Chakra UI and internal UI library, ensuring consistency across platforms and good user experience.
  • Worked with backend engineers to improve Django-based APIs and streamline data flow and monitoring.
  • Conducted code reviews, provided/ received mentorship, and implemented best practices like writing MR descriptions, testing procedures and impacted modules
  • Interviewed candidates for various technical positions

Full-stack engineer & Engineering lead @ Uvi Health

April 2022 - July 2023

  • Developed and maintained a suite of applications addressing women's health, including two web platforms, nodeJS applications and a cross- platform React Native app.
  • Led an amazing team of 4 engineers, a designer and a QA tester to build a great production
  • Conducted code reviews, provided/ received mentorship, and implemented best practices like writing MR descriptions, testing procedures and impacted modules
  • Interviewed candidates for various technical positions

Full-stack engineer & Engineering lead @ Camify

March 2019 - January 2022

  • Developed and maintained a suite of applications enabling content creators to manage live streaming to multiple platforms simultaneously.
  • Prototype, design, iterate and build the product from scratch
  • Lead a team of 3 engineers to build the product

Front-end engineer @ Learnyst

February 2018 - March 2019

  • Developed and maintained a cross-platform React native application for Learnyst, a leading education management system.

Education

  • Bachelor of Computer Applications, from the University of Mysore, India