MUHAMMAD TALHA SHAIKH

Junior Full-Stack & AI Engineer

Karachi, Pakistan·Talha369852@gmail.com·+92 312 1964939·talhaweb.xyz·github.com/Talha-Shaikh1·linkedin.com/in/talha-shaikh

Professional Summary

High-velocity Junior Full-Stack & AI Engineer (~1.5 years of intensive building experience) trained through GIAIC (Governor Sindh Initiative for GenAI & Web3), with a proven track record of architecting, building, and deploying production-grade web systems and AI applications solo. Mastered Next.js, TypeScript, Python, FastAPI, and OpenAI Agent SDK / RAG during coursework and applied projects. Architected Botaura, a live multi-tenant RAG chatbot SaaS integrated with the WhatsApp Cloud API as a registered Meta WhatsApp Tech Provider, and built TikTok Follow Exchange (getf4f) with screenshot proof verification. Dedicated to rapid skill acquisition, clean system design, and immediate engineering impact.

Technical Skills

Languages & Frameworks: TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), Python, Next.js 16 (App Router, Server Components, Server Actions), React 19, FastAPI, Node.js

AI & Vector Retrieval (RAG): OpenAI SDK, OpenAI Agent SDK, LangChain, pgvector, Cosine Similarity & BM25 Hybrid Retrieval, Multilingual Embeddings, Chunking Strategies, Prompt Engineering

Databases & ORM: PostgreSQL, Neon DB, Supabase, MongoDB, Prisma ORM, Drizzle ORM

Cloud & DevOps: Vercel, Docker, Cloudflare R2, Git & GitHub Actions, Sentry, Hugging Face Spaces

Integrations & Third-Party APIs: WhatsApp Cloud API (Meta Tech Provider), Webhook Orchestration, Stripe Payments, Resend, Sanity Headless CMS

Architecture & Best Practices: Multi-Tenant Row-Level Security (RLS), RESTful API Design, JWT Authentication, Responsive UI/UX Design, Performance Optimization (90+ Lighthouse)

Featured Systems & Engineering Projects

Botaura — Multi-Tenant RAG AI Chatbot & WhatsApp Commerce SaaS [Flagship]

Founder & Solo Engineer

Live: https://botaura.app · Architecture: talhaweb.xyz/projects/botaura

▹Architected and deployed a multi-tenant SaaS platform from scratch spanning 162+ production routes, enabling businesses to train custom AI chatbots on proprietary knowledge bases (docs, catalogs, websites) and automate WhatsApp customer sales.
▹Implemented an end-to-end Hybrid RAG Pipeline: Integrated OpenAI embeddings with pgvector cosine similarity and BM25 search, handling multilingual English/Roman-Urdu conversations with automated confidence thresholds and human handoff.
▹Registered as a Meta WhatsApp Tech Provider: Built a centralized token routing engine by phone_number_id, orchestrating real-time webhooks, message templates, ad attribution, and delivery reconciliations across multiple merchant accounts without exposing per-client secrets.
▹Designed Strict Multi-Tenant Isolation: Enforced server-side tenant resolution using signed JWTs, business UUID cascading, and hashed API keys, preventing cross-tenant data leakage by design.
▹Engineered Full Commerce Automation: Implemented zero-code WhatsApp cash-on-delivery (COD) checkout, cart-recovery automations, broadcast marketing campaigns, and a universal Store API for WooCommerce/Shopify sync.

Tech: Next.js 16, TypeScript, FastAPI, Python (asyncpg), PostgreSQL (Neon), pgvector, Cloudflare R2, Clerk Auth, Resend, Sentry, Meta Graph API.

TikTok Follow Exchange (getf4f) — P2P Creator Growth Platform

Full-Stack Engineer

Live: https://f4f-tiktok.vercel.app/

▹Architected an organic P2P creator exchange platform with a 24-hour delayed reciprocal task matching engine to protect creators from TikTok algorithmic shadowbans.
▹Engineered screenshot proof verification and automated trust scoring with -15 penalty rules for unfollow violations.
▹Implemented a credit economy with referral bonuses, 48-hour inactivity auto-protection, and admin seed pool cold-start mechanisms.

Tech: Next.js, TypeScript, Clerk Auth, Tailwind CSS, PostgreSQL, PWA.

Bait-ul-Kutub — Smart Library Management System (LMS)

Full-Stack Engineer

▹Modeled relational database architecture in PostgreSQL via Prisma ORM with active loan lifecycles, member tiers, and real-time inventory tracking.
▹Integrated OpenAI semantic search enabling natural language book queries and contextual recommendations.

Tech: Next.js, TypeScript, Prisma ORM, PostgreSQL, Tailwind CSS, OpenAI API.

AI Humanoid Robotics Interactive Platform

AI & Frontend Engineer

▹Visualized ROS 2 publisher-subscriber node graphs, sensor loops, and kinematics principles for interactive learning with embedded OpenAI QA.

Tech: Next.js, TypeScript, Python, ROS 2 Architecture Visualizer, OpenAI API, Tailwind CSS.

The Arqa & Comforty — Headless E-Commerce Platforms

Frontend / Full-Stack Engineer

▹Engineered performant headless storefronts on Sanity CMS with Stripe checkout and persistent global cart state, achieving 90+ Google Lighthouse score.

Tech: Next.js, Sanity CMS (GROQ), Stripe Checkout, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS.

Education & Credentials

Cloud Native Applied Generative AI & Full-Stack Engineering — Governor Sindh Initiative (GIAIC)

Ongoing

Comprehensive training & hands-on development in Next.js, TypeScript, Python, FastAPI, OpenAI Agent SDK, RAG pipelines, and Vector Databases.

Meta WhatsApp Tech Provider Accreditation — Verified Cloud API Integration Architecture

Verified

Intensive Project-Based Systems Development — Real-world full-stack & AI applications

2022 – Present