Experience:
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Senior Frontend Developer Oct 2023 – Present
Future Cities for Engineering Consultations (FCEC) — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Architected and shipped an internal Employee Portal (React + Node.js + Django, JWT auth) with a role-based access control system spanning 47 granular permissions, personalized dashboards, leave management, document expiry tracking, and internal messaging.
- Built a full budget-lifecycle module with multi-stage approval workflows, versioning, audit trails, and typed sub-items (iqama renewals, medical insurance, business trips) including expense tracking and increment-request flows.
- Delivered 6 production web properties including aqeaw.com (bilingual Next.js 14 portfolio), fcec.sa and futurecode.sa (bilingual corporate sites), fceco.sa, and Kheir Fragrances (Shopify Liquid e-commerce); deployed on Vercel with custom DNS configuration.
- Built and maintained three production bilingual Arabic/English sites with full RTL support in Next.js App Router — bidirectional layout, locale-aware routing, and Arabic font loading.
- Achieved Lighthouse scores of 85–89 Performance, 88–95 Accessibility, 92–100 SEO, and 96–100 Best Practices across production deployments (fcec.sa, fceco.sa, futurecode.sa) via code splitting, next/image optimization, and deferred third-party scripts.
- Prototyped a React Native CLI application with FlatList virtualization, React Navigation, form validation, and search/filter, targeting Android.
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Frontend Developer Apr 2023 – Sep 2023
KreativStorm — Berlin, Germany (Remote)
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- Built responsive React + ES6 interfaces consuming REST APIs across multiple client projects.
- Translated Figma and Adobe XD designs into pixel-perfect React components, contributing to a shared component library.
- Applied technical SEO fundamentals (semantic HTML, meta tags, structured data, sitemap generation) and mobile-first responsive layouts.
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Frontend Developer Jul 2021 – Feb 2023
Crewlogix — Lahore, Pakistan
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- Built and maintained custom Shopify themes in Liquid and React-based client interfaces across multiple stores.
- Collaborated with designers and backend engineers in agile sprints; participated in code reviews and PR workflows.
- Integrated third-party Shopify apps and custom Liquid sections for client stores, including product filters, review widgets, and conversion-focused landing pages.
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Junior Web Developer May 2015 – Oct 2018
TEXOL — Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Built and maintained corporate websites in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript; handled cross-browser compatibility and legacy browser support.
- Integrated CMS workflows and managed content updates across multiple client sites.
- Supported ongoing maintenance, bug triage, and deployment.
Education:
MS, Computer Science
Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — 2019 – 2021
BSc, Electrical Engineering
University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan — 2010 – 2014
Skills:
Core (daily, 3+ yrs):
React.js, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Design, Git, REST APIs, Figma-to-code
Working (shipped production):
Next.js 14 (App Router), Shopify Liquid, Node.js, Express, JWT Auth, i18n / RTL (Arabic), Vercel
Familiar:
TypeScript, React Native (CLI), Django, MongoDB, Wix
Tools:
VS Code, GitHub, Postman, Chrome DevTools, Lighthouse
Additionally:
LANGUAGES
English (fluent) · Urdu (native) · Arabic (conversational)