Afzal Ahmad

Senior Full Stack Engineer (Frontend Leaning)

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Afzal Ahmad

Senior Full Stack Engineer · Frontend Leaning

securedeveloper@gmail.comgithub.com/securedeveloperlinkedin.com/in/securedeveloper/

Profile

Senior frontend engineer with 12+ years of experience building scalable web and mobile products using React, React Native, TypeScript, Next.js, and modern frontend architecture. Focused on reliable user experiences, performance, accessibility, SDK integrations, and product quality across FinTech, InsurTech, IoT, and applied AI systems. Based in Austria, working remotely with US and European teams.

Skills

Frontend & MobileReact, React Native, TypeScript, JavaScript, NextJS, Vue, HTML, CSS, Accessibility, Design Systems, Mobile SDKs, Web Performance, responsive UI, i18n, Redux, jQuery, Bootstrap, BackboneJS, FoundationVisualization & GISChart.js, D3.js, Mapbox, Leaflet, Google Maps, AG Grid, telemetry, geolocationBackendNodeJS, Python, FastAPI, Flask, Django, aiohttp, asyncio, Pydantic, REST APIs, GraphQL, Apollo, React-PDF, PDFKit, Puppeteer, jsPDF, PHP, Laravel, Socket.IO, CodeIgniter, Stripe, Twilio, JotformTooling & TestingJest, Vitest, Playwright, PyTest, React Testing Library, Cypress, pnpm, Yarn workspaces, Turborepo, Git, Github Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Jenkins, Webpack, Vite, ESLint, Prettier, Mocha, BabelData & CloudAWS Lambda, S3, Supabase, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL, MongoDB, AWS, GCP, Docker, Terraform, GrafanaApplied AIPython, Pandas, NumPy, OpenAI APIs, Prompt Engineering

Experience

Applied Systems & Cytora · WFH Austria (USA/UK Remote) · Jan 2023 - Present

Sr. Frontend Developer — Applied Systems

Nov 2025 - Present

React · TypeScript · Frontend Architecture · Accessibility · Design Systems

  • Driving frontend delivery for customer facing insurance product surfaces with a focus on reliability, usability, and performance.
  • Owning UI architecture decisions, component standards, and design system alignment.
  • Partnering with product, design, and backend teams to scope, build, and ship high impact features.
  • Improving accessibility, testing practices, and frontend code quality across the stack.

Senior Frontend Engineer — Cytora

Jan 2023 - Present

React · TypeScript · Accessibility · Design Systems · InsurTech

  • Building and maintaining core web application experiences for an insurance risk and workflow platform.
  • Collaborating with cross functional teams to deliver accessible, high quality, and performance focused UI.
  • Improving frontend best practices, code quality, review workflows, and maintainable component architecture.
  • Mentoring teammates and contributing to frontend strategy and product delivery.

SDK Engineer / Frontend and React Native Developer

Sep 2022 - Sep 2023

MeshConnect, formerly GetFront · USA Remote, WFH Austria

React Native · React · TypeScript · SDK · FinTech · Blockchain

  • Worked on FinTech and blockchain infrastructure products focused on account linking, wallet connectivity, crypto transfers, and secure financial user flows.
  • Built and contributed to a full React Native integration SDK for MeshConnect, enabling mobile applications to integrate Mesh flows cleanly.
  • Collaborated with product, backend, and design teams across US overlapping hours to deliver production ready web and mobile experiences.
  • Improved SDK developer experience, integration quality, documentation clarity, and cross platform reliability.

Lead Mobile and Frontend Developer

May 2019 - Dec 2022

ToolSense · Vienna, Austria

React Native · Vue · NodeJS · GraphQL · IoT · GitHub Actions

  • Built web and mobile product experiences for an IoT platform used in construction and asset operations.
  • Led frontend and mobile development across dashboards, operational workflows, and React Native mobile app features.
  • Implemented integrations, data flows, and frontend interfaces for device telemetry and asset management.
  • Established CI workflows and GitHub Actions pipelines to improve delivery reliability.

Software Development Consultant

Mar 2022 - Sep 2022

Clevertech · USA Remote, WFH Austria

NextJS · NodeJS · Hasura · OAuth · QuickBooks · Xero · Testing

  • Delivered frontend and full stack features for remote international product teams.
  • Integrated OAuth and financial services including QuickBooks and Xero.
  • Added analytics tooling including LogRocket, Heap, and Datadog.
  • Established unit testing pipeline and improved code quality practices.

Frontend Engineer

2021 - 2022

GetParker · USA Remote, WFH Austria

React · TypeScript · FinTech · Ecommerce Finance · Product UI

  • Worked on FinTech and ecommerce finance product experiences for business customers.
  • Built user facing frontend flows around onboarding, account management, and financial workflows.
  • Collaborated with US based product and engineering teams through overlapping working hours.
  • Contributed visible product impact through improved frontend structure, usability, and delivery quality.

Frontend Engineer

May 2017 - Jun 2019

MobFox · Vienna, Austria

React · TypeScript · NodeJS · PHP · Webpack · Jest · AdTech

  • Delivered frontend features and service based projects for mobile advertising platforms.
  • Built dashboards and product interfaces for AdTech workflows.
  • Strengthened React, TypeScript, Node.js, and testing practices.
  • Coordinated with development, testing, and API teams to improve delivery workflows.

Android / Full Stack Developer

Mar 2013 - Aug 2016

BTech Group · Islamabad, Pakistan

Android · Java · C# · ASP.NET · NodeJS · PHP · AngularJS

  • Built solutions for payments, shopping carts, and business platforms.
  • Delivered projects across legal, medical, and commercial domains.
  • Worked across full stack technologies from C# and Java to PHP and Android.
  • Developed early mobile and web product experience across client facing systems.

Web Developer

Jul 2012 - Mar 2013

MaxRemind · Rawalpindi, Pakistan

PHP · WordPress · OpenCart · PrestaShop · Payments

  • Built PHP and WordPress solutions for healthcare and business workflows.
  • Integrated payment gateways and ecommerce functionality.
  • Delivered ecommerce implementations using OpenCart and PrestaShop.

Education

MSc Artificial Intelligence

Oct 2024 - Aug 2026

Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz · Linz, Austria

Master of Science, Telecommunications and Internet Technologies

Sep 2020 - Nov 2023

Fachhochschule Technikum Wien · Vienna, Austria

BSCS, Computer Science

2010 - 2014

Barani Institute of Information Technology · Rawalpindi, Pakistan

FSC (Pre-Engineering), Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics

2006 - 2010

Haripur · Haripur, Pakistan