Talha Ihtasham Ali

Senior Software Engineer with 6 years building production web platforms end to end across frontend, backend and databases, strongest in Angular and TypeScript. Architected reusable component libraries and design systems that raised team development efficiency by 40%. Led a team of 7 engineers delivering a national digitalisation programme for the Government of Guyana, shipping civil registration, licensing and public-safety systems into production.

Integrates AI into production frontends (chatbots, retrieval-augmented generation) and uses AI-assisted development daily, with team standards for validating LLM-generated code. Domain depth in national-scale e-government, fintech, EdTech and Web3.

Senior Software Engineer at Mercurial Minds (2026-02 – Present)

• Deliver national digital platforms for the Government of Pakistan under the Pakistan Digital Authority, using Angular, TypeScript and Node.js.
• Deputed to Jazz, Pakistan's largest mobile operator, to deliver a mini-applications proof of concept on the Tencent mini program platform, embedding third-party merchants inside the Simosa super app.

Senior Software Engineer at Augmenteck Hong Kong (2024-11 – 2026-01)

• Team Lead on the Government of Guyana national digitalisation programme, leading 7 engineers to deliver civil and birth registration, policing, licensing, fire-service and prison management systems into production, with supporting ERP and workflow platforms.
• Mentored engineers and ran code review, sprint planning and task allocation across a fully remote team spanning a large time-zone gap.
• Owned the delivery process: change control for shifting client requirements, a fixed demo and QA cadence, and staging environments from day one of development.
• Integrated AI into government workflows, including chatbots and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). Set team standards for validating LLM-generated code across frontend, backend and database boundaries.
• Owned AWS delivery: RDS, Amplify, EC2, Docker, SSH server configuration, deployments and pull-request review. Reduced server latency by 25%.
• Ran user acceptance testing directly with the government client, translating between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Built Web3 platforms on EVM chains (Ethereum, Polygon, BSC) using Web3.js and Ethers.js, including wallet connectivity and a token-reward application for a United States client.

Software Engineer (deputed to NITB) at Solochoicez (Pvt.) Ltd. (2023-10 – 2024-10)

• Delivered national e-government platforms for Pakistan's National Information Technology Board (Ministry of IT and Telecom) on the MEAN stack (MongoDB, Express, Angular, Node.js) and Laravel.
• Hajj 2024 Digitization Operation: built digital booking and automated tracking serving over 150,000 pilgrims against a fixed, immovable deadline.
• Architected the Federal HRMIS system, digitising service records and performance evaluations for thousands of government officers, and the SIFC investor portals serving foreign investors.
• Optimised APIs and database queries across systems handling millions of records, with HTTPS/SSL security and federal data-protection compliance.

Angular Developer at Arthur Lawrence Pakistan (2022-01 – 2023-10)

• Frontend engineer on Upbrainery.com, a Learning Management System serving a global user base.
• Architected and maintained a reusable UI component library in Angular Material, standardising the design system and the component conventions the team built against, increasing development efficiency by 40%.
• Cut initial load times through lazy loading, AOT compilation and state management, keeping the platform responsive across variable network conditions.
• Engineered third-party API integrations and WebSockets for real-time content delivery and progress syncing.

Web3 and Frontend Engineer at NCU Technologies (2020-07 – 2022-01)

• Built production applications in both Angular and React (Redux, Context API), implementing global state management that reduced re-renders on data-heavy dashboards.
• Delivered complete NFT marketplaces (minting, bidding, secondary-market trading) and decentralised exchange (DEX) platforms with wallet connectivity via Web3.js and Ethers.js.
• Synchronised REST APIs with real-time blockchain data providers for live pricing, balances and transaction history.

BSc in Computer Engineering – University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Taxila (2016-10 – 2020-10)