Zishan Khan
Backend & AI Engineer
Executive Summary
Backend and AI Systems Engineer with proven experience designing production-grade REST APIs on government infrastructure, event-driven multi-agent architectures, and real-time Voice AI telephony systems. Expert in Node.js, TypeScript, Next.js, and Python, with deep hands-on expertise in LangGraph, Twilio telephony, pgvector, Redis/BullMQ task queues, and Docker containerization. Winner of 2x Smart India Hackathon (SIH 2024 & 2025) and Nxtwave Mega Challenge.
Key Highlights
Production REST API backend deployed on government infrastructure across 9 modules and 91 source files (THDC India)
Real-time autonomous Voice AI & telephony platform with Twilio, streaming ASR, and ElevenLabs neural TTS
Production RAG platform (Haanna) serving 200+ concurrent users with <150ms p95 latency (pgvector)
National Winner — 2x Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2024 & 2025 (Govt. of India)
Winner — Nxtwave Mega Challenge (1st Prize among thousands of developers)
Event-driven multi-agent runtimes with Redis/BullMQ, WebSockets, and pgvector semantic memory
Technical Skills
ML & AI
Languages & Core
Tools & Concepts
Databases & Storage
Frameworks & Libraries
DevOps & Infrastructure
Soft Skills
Work Experience
Backend Developer
Sep 2025 - PresentTHDC India Limited
- Architected and deployed a production REST API backend in Node.js/TypeScript (Express) on government infrastructure, covering document lifecycle management across 9 modules and 91 source files.
- Designed a multi-tier RBAC system with role-gated state transitions, ownership enforcement, and full audit trails; maintained >80% Jest test coverage with GitHub Actions CI.
- Built document generation pipelines (DOCX + QR) with Cloudflare R2 artifact storage and tamper-proof public verification endpoints.
Self-Employed (Remote)
Jan 2026 - PresentFreelance Software Engineer
- Engineered Haanna, a production RAG chat platform serving 200+ concurrent users — sole engineer across Python AI pipeline, Node.js backend, infrastructure, and monitoring.
- Deployed a pgvector + LangChain RAG pipeline with persistent semantic memory and structured prompt assembly over REST API, sustaining <150ms p95 LLM inference latency.
- Built real-time messaging via Socket.io with Redis-backed BullMQ queues for async LLM task processing; integrated HuggingFace open-source models as live fallback inference layer.
- Monitored system health and LLM throughput with Prometheus, Grafana, and MLflow; deployed full stack via Docker on self-managed VPS.
Full-Stack Developer
Nov 2024 - Jan 2025KKRF Group
- Built Next.js web applications with Three.js 3D components, GSAP animations, and Spline integrations; deployed to production with Lighthouse-optimized performance and SEO.
- Owned full project lifecycle across three concurrent client engagements — from architecture decisions through deployment.
Full-Stack Developer
May 2024 - Jul 2024Bigbooster Technology
- Shipped full-stack SaaS features using Next.js, TypeScript, and AWS S3, handling frontend, backend, and deployment independently.
- Built reusable Tailwind CSS component library reducing UI development time across multiple product screens.
Technical Trainer
Mar 2024 - Nov 2024Archway
- Delivered backend and web development workshops; mentored students through hands-on project-based learning.
Web Development Team
Aug 2023 - Aug 2024GDSC
- Built and maintained event web pages for the campus developer community.
Projects
Platform.voice – Autonomous Voice AI & Telephony Platform
2026Engineered a real-time autonomous Voice AI platform integrating Twilio, streaming ASR, LangGraph multi-agent orchestration, and ElevenLabs neural TTS for human-like inbound and outbound calling. Built an event-driven runtime with Redis/BullMQ, WebSockets, PostgreSQL (pgvector), and persistent call state for campaigns, interruption handling, and RAG knowledge retrieval.
Tech Stack:
Node.js, TypeScript, Fastify, Twilio, ElevenLabs, Redis, BullMQ, PostgreSQL (pgvector), LangGraph, WebSockets
Haannaa AI – Cognitive Companion & Production RAG Platform
2026Engineered a production-grade AI companion platform using Cognitive Graph architecture (LangGraph) and Next.js, implementing multi-LLM fallback orchestration (Hugging Face, Azure OpenAI, Groq). Architected dual-vector Semantic Memory (RAG) using PostgreSQL with pgvector and Redis intent caching. Built a real-time Cognitive Loop pipeline via Ably WebSockets.
Tech Stack:
Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, LangGraph, PostgreSQL (pgvector), Prisma, Redis, Ably, Docker, Prometheus, Grafana
AI/ML Lab – Machine Learning Engineering Workspace
2025Implemented supervised, unsupervised, and deep learning models in PyTorch with Weights & Biases experiment tracking (loss curves, sweeps, model comparisons). Integrated HuggingFace Transformers for open-source model inference and exposed model inference via FastAPI REST endpoints consumed by an interactive Next.js frontend with client-side 1D CNN telemetry classification.
Tech Stack:
Python, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, HuggingFace Transformers, FastAPI, Next.js, Weights & Biases, ONNX
AI Learning Path Generator – Agentic System
2024Engineered a production-grade AI learning platform using Next.js and LangChain.js to generate structured, day-wise learning paths with Zod-validated LLM outputs. Integrated Composio OAuth to write directly into users' YouTube (playlist creation), Google Drive (document upload), and Notion (page creation) with per-user credential isolation.
Tech Stack:
Next.js, TypeScript, LangChain.js, Gemini, Composio, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Tailwind CSS
Volunteering Experience
GDSC - Web Development
Aug 2023 - Aug 2024
- Managed web development for GDSC activities
- Built and maintained responsive web pages
Archway - Technical
Mar 2024 - Nov 2024
- Trained college students in blockchain
- Conducted technical workshops
Education
B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering
IPS Academy (IES), Indore
2022 - 2026
Awards & Certifications
Awards
- WINNER - Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2024 & 2025
- Nxtwave Mega challenge Winner - 1st Prize
Certifications
- Certified Agentic AI Developer
- Certified Full-Stack Developer
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) Course Completion Certificate
- Natural Language Processing (NLP) Course Completion Certificate