Experience - Talha Amjad

A selection of work across product delivery, AI reasoning, cloud-native infrastructure, and mentoring.

Sep 2026 – Present

LFX Mentee - Generic xPU Topology-Aware Scheduling

The Linux Foundation Mentorship · CNCF Volcano · Remote

As an LFX mentee with CNCF Volcano, I am designing and implementing a vendor-neutral scheduler-side framework that makes physical xPU topology and concrete device availability visible during scheduling.

Model device, domain, and fabric availability through a provider abstraction that normalizes annotations, CRDs, Device Plugin companion data, vendor APIs, and DRA ResourceSlices.
Design topology-aware filtering, scoring, and gang-wide planning with atomic reservation and rollback of nodes, device domains, and concrete device IDs before binding.
Cover HCCS, NVLink, NVSwitch, multi-node, and rack-scale fabric layouts, with DRA and Device Plugin enforcement plus KWOK-based functional and scale validation.

GoKubernetesVolcanoxPU topologyDRADevice PluginKWOK

Aug 2026 – Present

Community Member / Contributor

Volcano (A Cloud Native Batch System) · Remote

Contribute scheduler and infrastructure fixes across device-aware reclaim and preemption, GPU and Pod resource accounting, DRA scheduling, controller reliability, and queue-scoped admission design.

Improve reclaim and preemption paths where device feasibility must remain correct after tentative evictions.
Work on GPU and Pod resource accounting, DRA scheduling behavior, and controller-level reliability fixes.
Shape queue-scoped admission controls that add local policy without weakening cluster-wide safety boundaries.

GoKubernetesVolcanoSchedulingDRAAdmission Webhooks

Oct 2025 – Jan 2026

AI Reasoning Engineer

Turing · Palo Alto, CA (Remote)

Designed complex mathematical and algorithmic challenges to train large language models. Developed production-grade C/C++ solutions with detailed time and space complexity analysis.

Designed mathematical and algorithmic tasks intended to evaluate and improve model reasoning.
Produced production-grade C/C++ reference solutions for the challenges.
Documented time and space complexity so each solution could be evaluated with clear technical criteria.

C/C++AlgorithmsMathematicsLLM trainingComplexity analysis

Sep 2024 – Oct 2025

Associate Software Engineer

Maima Soft · Lahore, Pakistan (Hybrid)

Promoted from intern to associate in under one year. Built and maintained enterprise accounting, pharmacy, and school management systems serving thousands of users.

Progressed from intern to associate engineer in under one year through client-facing product work.
Built and maintained accounting, pharmacy, and school-management systems used in daily operations.
Worked across frontend, backend, and data concerns to keep enterprise workflows dependable for users.

React.NETASP.NETSQL ServerEnterprise systems

Jul 2024 – Sep 2024

Intern Software Engineer

Maima Soft · Lahore, Pakistan (Hybrid)

Worked alongside senior engineers on client-facing projects, gaining hands-on experience with .NET, SQL Server, and React in production.

Worked alongside senior engineers on client-facing software delivery.
Built practical experience with .NET services, SQL Server data work, and React interfaces.
Learned how production application work moves from implementation to real client use.

React.NETSQL ServerClient delivery

2025 – Present

Trainer / Mentor

Dev Weekends · Lahore, Pakistan (Hybrid)

Mentor students and junior developers on problem-solving, data structures, and full-stack development.

Mentor students and junior developers through structured problem-solving practice.
Teach data structures and algorithms as practical tools for building stronger engineering fundamentals.
Guide full-stack development work with an emphasis on clear implementation and steady learning.