Senior Frontend Engineer & Architect
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Open to relocation
I build and architect frontend systems for web applications. Over 7 years, I've shipped features end-to-end, designed system architectures, and led frontend development at scale. Today, I combine this experience with AI-assisted development — using tools like Claude Code and Cursor to ship faster without compromising quality.
I've done this at companies like Careem (Uber's MENA subsidiary), Motive, and most recently at LocAI and WakeCap — both AI-first startups where I was hired to build their web platforms from the ground up.
I actively leverage AI to amplify my engineering capabilities
I use AI coding assistants as force multipliers — not replacements for engineering judgment
Claude Code
Complex refactors, architecture exploration, code reviews
Cursor
Inline completions, rapid prototyping, boilerplate generation
ChatGPT & Claude
Design decisions, debugging complex issues, learning new patterns
Custom Workflows
PR reviews, test generation, documentation, migrations
This portfolio was built with AI assistance — showcasing how I integrate these tools into real projects.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · 2025-Present
Leading frontend development for an AI-powered construction site safety platform:
Abu Dhabi, UAE · 2024-2025
Hired as the founding frontend engineer to architect and build the entire web platform from scratch. Designed the core frontend systems and led architectural decisions:
Dubai, UAE · 2023-2024 · Uber's MENA subsidiary
Architected and built the admin dashboard for Careem's micro-mobility vertical from scratch. Owned the repo, designed the frontend architecture, and shipped the product for the Medina city launch:
Islamabad, Pakistan · 2020-2022
Contributed to enterprise-scale Angular application serving thousands of fleet operators:
Beyond architecture, I ship features independently — from design handoff to production
Pixel-perfect interfaces from Figma, responsive layouts, complex component libraries, design systems
Complete feature ownership — API integration, state management, UI, validation, error handling
Unit tests (Jest), integration tests (RTL), E2E tests (Cypress/Playwright), code reviews
Bundle optimization, lazy loading, Core Web Vitals, render performance, memory profiling
Systems I've designed and implemented across multiple products
Custom auth flows, session management, role-based access control, IAM integrations
React Query patterns, caching strategies, error boundaries, optimistic updates
Event tracking, reverse-ETL pipelines, Rudderstack, Mixpanel, Pendo
Redux, NgRx, Context API, server state vs client state patterns
Grafana dashboards, Prometheus metrics, alerting, error tracking
Single-spa orchestration, module federation, independent deployments
Writing — I occasionally write about web development. My articles are published on the UnusedCSS blog and my personal blog.
Open to opportunities — I'm looking for my next role as a Frontend Architect or Senior Engineer where I can own and shape frontend systems. Open to relocation in Australia, USA, EU, Canada, or New Zealand.
If you're building something interesting and need someone who can architect frontend systems that scale — I'd love to hear from you.
7 years of frontend craftsmanship, now supercharged with AI. I build production-grade web applications that users love and teams can maintain.
Leveraging AI to augment development workflows with intelligent automation:
Daily development with Claude Code and Cursor for intelligent code generation, refactoring, and problem-solving.
Building AFK automated agents that transform GitHub Issues into PRs with self-review capabilities.
Developing inline agentic tools for real-time code assistance, debugging, and documentation generation.
Completed Tactical Agentic Coding and Agentic Horizons courses by IndyDevDan.
Converting mockups into interactive, pixel-perfect screens
Building fully functional applications with modern ecosystems
Managing UI state and integrating APIs at scale
Ensuring code quality and reliability with comprehensive coverage
Production monitoring and user behavior analytics
Beyond frontend, I've delivered Backend Proof-of-Concepts
Server instances, middleware, and RESTful endpoints
Structured databases with ORM integration
Document stores with ODM patterns
My work ideology is empathy-first — both for the users as well as the teammates. I believe in delivering work that generates value at the user's end, and productivity at my team's end. I prioritize being a team-player who delivers not only the code, but also his share towards ensuring a culture of engineering-excellence — a culture that delivers peace of mind, and heart, to the ones embedded in it.
7+ years architecting production-grade web applications across 3 countries and 6 companies.
Building AFK automated agents for GitHub Issues to PR automation
React micro-frontends using single-spa for site safety platform
Built the entire frontend platform from scratch for Iqra'a — an AI-powered EdTech solution for UAE's educational system
At LocAI, I served as a Senior Software Engineer (Frontend). My core responsibility included developing, maintaining and evolving the Iqra'a - an EdTech solution for UAE that leverages AI to automate, enhance and evolve Educational System in UAE.
My role involved collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Design, Backend and QA Teams to realize the product roadmap. I joined the codebase in its birth month and was assigned the core responsibilities of laying and strengthening the ground work. I got to write custom authentication of the codebase, which is responsible for authentication and authorization of the user session. I developed the engagement tracking pipeline using custom events sent to Rudderstack, which then reverse-ETLs them to Mixpanel and Google Analytics.
As the application evolved, we implemented Internationalization to ensure native UAE users could use the application in Arabic. I conducted the effort of centralizing the application's source of strings based on user's choice of language, and coordinated with Translation team to extract, translate and re-inject the large set of strings in an efficient manner.
Architected Careem Bikes Admin Dashboard from scratch — owned the repo, designed frontend architecture, delivered Arabic localization for Medina city launch
I was hired at Careem to architect and build the Careem Bikes Admin Dashboard from scratch. I owned the repo, designed the frontend architecture — the backend integration layer, state management patterns, and platform service integrations. Aided by my colleague Yahya from Jordan, we built the dashboard using NextJS and TailwindCSS.
A key milestone was the Careem Bikes Medina city launch. I was responsible for delivering Arabic notifications and localization, as well as commercial and operations email templates in Arabic. This enabled me to dive deep into Right-to-Left Language challenges in both web and email contexts.
Careem web services must follow standard internal practices of thorough Monitoring and Observability. I designed and implemented the monitoring system and corresponding alerts using Grafana and Prometheus/PromQL — ensuring production health visibility from day one.
First frontend developer for Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme — rewrote legacy codebase from scratch during Ramadan 2023, reducing bugs to historic lows
My main reason to depart from Motive and join Rayn was to pull myself out of the comfort zone. Motive had set processes, that were architected and perfected long before I had joined. After having spent more than 2 years there, I realized my growth and learning curve had flattened out.
I was hired at Rayn as the first frontend developer for Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme - the national Web Dashboard for live and legacy management of national polio campaigns. The foremost challenge was a messy codebase written on need-basis by backend developers - that ran into bugs regularly. During Ramadan 2023, when no campaigns were scheduled, I took the month-long opportunity to tear down the codebase and re-write it from root-level. The resultant code was much more self-explanatory, readable and scalable. The bug count saw its lowest.
I was also tasked with designing, implementing and streamlining dev processes across Design, Frontend, Backend and QA.
Built User Instrumentation pipeline tracking 100% of user interactions — Pendo + Snowflake + Redis for engagement dashboards
I can not be grateful enough for the opportunity to have worked at Motive. Motive enabled me at multiple fronts. I got to witness and experience how scale works. I wrote code, not only to deliver features, but also to understand and gauge how my code is being utilized.
I spent most of the time writing UI and integration layers, engaging heavily in peer reviews, authoring Technical Design Documents, delivering Knowledge Talks and conducting hiring interviews. I was also part of the on-call rotation, participating in 1 Production Fire-fighting session and authoring a post-mortem report.
Apart from core development work, I got to build a User Instrumentation pipeline using a combination of Pendo, Snowflake and Redis. We tracked user engagement using off-the-shelf and custom Pendo events. The said data was then queried with Redis to build engagement-specific dashboards. Working on this feature made me the go-to for anything tracking.
First job, assigned to the most challenging product — Fiber Mountain, a real-time data center virtualization dashboard
Xgrid was my first workplace, my first job. I was super-fortunate with a first job that came with challenging work and great leaders who led with code and example. I met my mentor in the same workplace and I take their advice till date.
I was assigned to the most challenging product/codebase that the company was working on - Fiber Mountain. It was an Angular 2+ dashboard that virtualized an entire data center and communicated with it 2-way in real time.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Open to relocation for the right opportunity in Australia, USA, EU, Canada, or New Zealand.
I partner with businesses and individuals to build exceptional web experiences. Here's how I can help.
Transform your designs into fully functional, production-ready web applications with React, NextJS, or Angular.
Get expert advice on improving, scaling, or evolving your existing application architecture and codebase.
Turn your passionate idea into a working product. I help founders and entrepreneurs ship their vision.
Keep your side-hustle or business project running smoothly with ongoing maintenance and feature development.
Build a high-performing team of web developers. I help with hiring, onboarding, and establishing engineering culture.
Author technical documentation, blog posts, or educational content about web development and frontend technologies.
Flexible engagement for smaller tasks
Fixed scope with defined deliverables
Ongoing partnership for long-term needs
Let's discuss your project. I typically respond within 24 hours.
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mubashir.irfan37@gmail.comHave a question, idea, or just want to connect? I'd love to hear from you.