Taleh Rzayev

Hi, I'm Taleh Rzayev.
Software engineer and AI researcher.

I have 4 years of frontend experience building production web applications with React and Next.js, and hands-on backend experience - REST APIs, databases and deployment. As an AI researcher, I build adaptive learning systems: knowledge tracing, reinforcement learning and grounded LLM tutors.

  • 4 years frontend experience
  • Backend: Node.js · Spring Boot
  • AI research · adaptive learning
  • English B2 · Slovak A2
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Software engineering

Production frontends with React and Next.js, backends with Node.js and Spring Boot - designed from schema to interface.

5 case studies

AI research

Learner modelling · Reinforcement learning for pedagogy · Grounded conversational tutors

2 research projects

Experience

05/2026 - 09/2026Freelance

Full-Stack Developer

Diaspor.org · Remote

Multi-site publishing platform for diaspora organisations: every organisation gets its own branded subdomain news site, and a main portal aggregates approved news into a national feed.

  • Designed the architecture end to end - Spring Boot REST API, React admin panel, Next.js SSR public site.
  • PostgreSQL with versioned migrations, S3 for media, Dockerized backend.
  • Implemented role-based access.

Java · Spring Boot · PostgreSQL · React · TypeScript · Next.js · AWS S3 · Docker

Read the architecture case study

03/2023 - 08/2026Full-time

Frontend Developer (Strong Junior)

Edumedia-Azerbaijan LLC · Baku, Azerbaijan · On-site

Frontend development for Azerbaijan's national education web platforms.

  • Video.edu.az - new version built with Next.js.
  • Portal.edu.az and Pts.edu.az - new services and ongoing support.
  • Digital.edu.az, Karabakh.edu.az, Ict.edu.az, Ite.az, MarsAcademy.az; support for Edu.gov.az.

HTML5 · CSS3 · JavaScript · jQuery · React · Context API · Redux Toolkit · Next.js · Figma · GitLab

07/2022 - 12/2022Internship

Frontend Developer (Intern)

Azerbaijan International Telecom - AzInTelecom · Baku, Azerbaijan · On-site

Sima Reporting System - client and admin dashboards.

  • Completed the internship with a Certificate of Distinction.

HTML5 · Sass · BEM · JavaScript · React · Redux Toolkit · GitLab · Gitflow

Skills

Frontend
ReactNext.js 14+ (App Router, SSR, Middleware, SEO)TypeScriptJavaScript (ES6+)HTML5CSS3 / SassTailwindBootstrap
State & data
Redux ToolkitContext APIReact QueryReact Hook FormFormikZodAxios / REST
UI & design
shadcn/uiAnt DesignFigmaAdobe XD
Backend & databases
Node.jsExpressNestJSJava · Spring BootPostgreSQLMySQLMongoDB
DevOps & tools
Git (GitHub, GitLab)Docker & ComposeCI/CDLinux / BashNginxPostmanSwaggerJira
AI
Prompt engineeringLLM APIs (Gemini, Llama)RAG & embeddingsPython

Research

Research

I research adaptive, AI-driven learning: how a system can model what a learner knows, decide what to teach next, and explain it in natural language that stays grounded in the course.

  • Learner modelling

    Bayesian Knowledge Tracing · Spaced repetition · Error taxonomies

  • Reinforcement learning for pedagogy

    PPO · Reward shaping · A/B evaluation

  • Grounded conversational tutors

    Retrieval-augmented generation · Neuro-symbolic control · Real-time speech