Led a team of 4 developers in upgrading the Chameleon-I V3 SaaS platform using React, Node.js, Express, and microservices with NATS for improved scalability and performance. Enhanced a custom full-stack framework, MareJs, replacing Next.js and reducing page load times by 50%. Built efficient frontend components with React optimizations and achieved sub-200ms backend response times. Developed a real-time notification system using NATS WebSockets and a secure authentication system with express-session. Integrated the Chat4Me AI chatbot platform into multiple international client sites and WhatsApp with a comprehensive front-end dashboard for monitoring and management, optimized a PostgreSQL database achieving 99% uptime, and reduced customer support response time by 40%. Mentored intern developers to improve onboarding and code quality.

Lead Developer at Klenka IT Solutions

July 1, 2023 - August 1, 2025

Led a team of 4 developers upgrading Chameleon-I V3 (UK-based SaaS) to a microservice architecture using Node.js, Express.js, and NATS to improve scalability and performance. Enhanced MareJs (a Vite-based full-stack framework) to replace Next.js, achieving 50% faster page loads. Built high-performance frontend components with lazy loading, memoization, caching, React hooks, and dynamic layouts. Scaled the microservice backend to sub-200ms response times, and implemented a real-time notification system using NATS WebSockets for SMS updates. Engineered secure authentication with Express and session management, reducing unauthorized access. Mentored 3+ interns on codebase, security, NATS, microservices, and internal frameworks.

Software Engineer at Chat4Me

February 1, 2024 - July 1, 2025

Integrated the AI chatbot platform into 5+ international client websites and WhatsApp, enabling agencies to manage multiple AI-driven bots within their own environment. Created a comprehensive front-end dashboard for editing bot details, configuring allowed domains, and viewing conversations for monitoring. Designed and optimized the PostgreSQL database supporting 200+ daily active users with 99% uptime. Leveraged MareJs to streamline development and maintainability. Reduced customer support response time by 40% through optimization, automation, and chatbot features. Deployed the full-stack Chat4Me on a private Linux server using PM2 and Nginx.

Software Engineer at MareJs

September 1, 2024 - July 1, 2025

Engineered dynamic frontend routing and backend API handling, enabling seamless migration from existing Next.js codebases, reducing page loading speed by over 50%. Built middleware functionality similar to Next.js to improve flexibility and developer experience. Integrated optional NATS support for real-time communication to extend the framework’s scalability and performance.