Talha Balaj
Web Developer at OVERJET
Punjab, Pakistan
Summary
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Top SchoolTalha Balaj is a web developer with 9 years of experience building scalable, high-performance web applications and microservices across React, Node.js, and TypeScript. He has driven end-to-end projects from serverless AWS architectures (DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway) to Next.js checkout experiences for major eCommerce clients. At Nextbridge he architected microservices with NestJS, Redis, and MongoDB to materially improve scalability and at NetelSoft he delivered cross-platform apps, networking dashboards and CI/CD automation. An active contributor to open-source, Talha implemented full Linux support for the popular flutter_secure_storage plugin, fixing memory leaks and extending platform coverage. Based in Punjab, Pakistan, he blends hands-on engineering with consultancy experience, favoring maintainable code and cost-optimized cloud designs.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
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Github Skills (16)
linux10
c-language10
flutter-game10
dart10
cprogramming-language10
flutter-apps10
flutter10
json9
gtk8
flutter-plugin8
http6
nodejs6
bluetooth-low-energy6
mongodb6
post6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
juliansteenbakker/flutter_secure_storage
Dec 2020 - Aug 2021
A Flutter plugin for securely storing sensitive data using encrypted storage.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 25 commits, 2 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Talha implemented full Linux support for the Flutter secure storage plugin, including the creation of a Linux-specific implementation using the libsecret library for secure storage. Their work involved modifying the plugin's C++ code to integrate with the Linux environment, creating new files and modifying existing ones. The user also addressed a bug and memory leaks within the Linux implementation and added a containsKey function.
securesecure-storagersaaesdartlang
talhabalaj/moody_backend
Apr 2020 - May 2021
The REST API for a Instagram Clone called Moody
Contributions:144 commits, 7 PRs, 115 pushes in 1 year 1 month
apimoodyexpressnodejsrest
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