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Hi, I’m Ilyas Issa, a frontend-focused web developer based in Atlanta, GA. I recently completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from East Africa University in Bosaso, Somalia, and I’m actively building a portfolio of responsive, accessible web interfaces. I’ve contributed to freelance and internship projects, improving performance, user flows, and collaboration across teams. I’m always eager to learn new technologies and apply best practices to deliver polished, user-centric software. Currently I’m focused on React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Agile workflows, delivering frontend solutions for SaaS and consumer-facing sites. I enjoy transforming ideas into clean code, optimizing performance, and helping teams ship high-quality products quickly.…Hi, I’m Ilyas Issa, a frontend-focused web developer based in Atlanta, GA. I recently completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from East Africa University in Bosaso, Somalia, and I’m actively building a portfolio of responsive, accessible web interfaces. I’ve contributed to freelance and internship projects, improving performance, user flows, and collaboration across teams. I’m always eager to learn new technologies and apply best practices to deliver polished, user-centric software. Currently I’m focused on React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Agile workflows, delivering frontend solutions for SaaS and consumer-facing sites. I enjoy transforming ideas into clean code, optimizing performance, and helping teams ship high-quality products quickly.

Ilyas Issa

Front-End Developer, Full Stack Developer, Web Developer, +4

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Hi, I’m Ilyas Issa, a frontend-focused web developer based in Atlanta, GA. I recently completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from East Africa University in Bosaso, Somalia, and I’m actively building a portfolio of responsive, accessible web interfaces. I’ve contributed to freelance and internship projects, improving performance, user flows, and collaboration across teams. I’m always eager to learn new technologies and apply best practices to deliver polished, user-centric software. Currently I’m focused on React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Agile workflows, delivering frontend solutions for SaaS and consumer-facing sites. I enjoy transforming ideas into clean code, optimizing performance, and helping teams ship high-quality products quickly.…Hi, I’m Ilyas Issa, a frontend-focused web developer based in Atlanta, GA. I recently completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from East Africa University in Bosaso, Somalia, and I’m actively building a portfolio of responsive, accessible web interfaces. I’ve contributed to freelance and internship projects, improving performance, user flows, and collaboration across teams. I’m always eager to learn new technologies and apply best practices to deliver polished, user-centric software. Currently I’m focused on React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Agile workflows, delivering frontend solutions for SaaS and consumer-facing sites. I enjoy transforming ideas into clean code, optimizing performance, and helping teams ship high-quality products quickly.

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Hi, I’m Ilyas Issa, a frontend-focused web developer based in Atlanta, GA. I recently completed a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from East Africa University in Bosaso, Somalia, and I’m actively building a portfolio of responsive, accessible web interfaces. I’ve contributed to freelance and internship projects, improving performance, user flows, and collaboration across teams. I’m always eager to learn new technologies and apply best practices to deliver polished, user-centric software.

Currently I’m focused on React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Agile workflows, delivering frontend solutions for SaaS and consumer-facing sites. I enjoy transforming ideas into clean code, optimizing performance, and helping teams ship high-quality products quickly.

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Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Somali

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Work Experience

Frontend Developer Intern at Aurora Web Studio

April 1, 2025 - October 28, 2025

Developed an internal troubleshooting tool with React and Firebase, boosting the support team's efficiency by over 40%. Enhanced client conversion by 30% by redesigning the checkout flow, migrating the database to Firebase, and developing the frontend with Next.js and TypeScript. Partnered with the COO to streamline client communication processes, resulting in a 30% reduction in client meetings and a 70% increase in team productivity by implementing efficient workflow solutions. Developed a custom React hook to debounce search inputs, significantly reducing unnecessary RESTful API requests by 66%, leading to improved performance and efficiency on client SaaS platforms.

Frontend Developer at Self-Employed

March 1, 2025 - March 1, 2025

Delivered 5 professional websites using HTML5, CSS3 (+ SCSS, BEM), JavaScript, and React best practices, improving client satisfaction. Improved website performance by optimizing code, implementing caching, and lazy loading images and components, reducing load times by an average of 32%. Enhanced websites with SEO, responsive design, multi-platform hosting support, increasing traffic by an average of 25%.

Front End Developer Intern at Aurora Web Studio

April 1, 2025 - November 5, 2025

Developed an internal troubleshooting tool with React and Firebase, boosting the support team's efficiency by over 40%. Collaborated with the frontend team to implement responsive UI components and optimize data flows for faster issue resolution.

Frontend Developer at Freelance / Self-Employed

March 20, 2025 - March 20, 2025

Delivered 5 professional websites using HTML5, CSS3 (+ SCSS, BEM), JavaScript, and React best practices. Improved site performance through code optimization, caching, and lazy loading; enhanced SEO and cross-platform compatibility; streamlined client communications to reduce meetings and accelerate delivery.

Frontend Developer at Blockchain NFT Application

August 1, 2025 - November 5, 2025

Transformed a static single-page application into an interactive UI with animations and transitions using Axios for dynamic data rendering. Used Git for version control and collaboration to support a growing frontend team.

Frontend Developer at Car Rental Website

June 1, 2025 - November 5, 2025

Developed a car rental web application enabling users to browse available vehicles, view details, and manage bookings through a responsive React interface integrated with live data.

Full Stack Developer at Movie Website

May 1, 2025 - November 5, 2025

Built a movie discovery web app using React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS that fetches real-time movie data from an external API, enabling interactive search and exploration of films.