Hi, I'm Murali Krishna Nepalli, a frontend engineer with 14+ years of experience delivering large-scale, high-performance web apps for enterprise clients like Atlassian, IBM (Services Australia), IKEA, and Reece Group. I specialize in React, Next.js, and Angular ecosystems and have a track record of leading frontend teams, contributing to composable design systems, and shipping products that score well on Core Web Vitals. I work well as a contractor, onboarding quickly, collaborating cross-functionally with design, product, and backend teams, and delivering in fast-paced environments while maintaining code quality and performance.

Murali Krishna Nepalli

Hi, I'm Murali Krishna Nepalli, a frontend engineer with 14+ years of experience delivering large-scale, high-performance web apps for enterprise clients like Atlassian, IBM (Services Australia), IKEA, and Reece Group. I specialize in React, Next.js, and Angular ecosystems and have a track record of leading frontend teams, contributing to composable design systems, and shipping products that score well on Core Web Vitals. I work well as a contractor, onboarding quickly, collaborating cross-functionally with design, product, and backend teams, and delivering in fast-paced environments while maintaining code quality and performance.

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Hi, I’m Murali Krishna Nepalli, a frontend engineer with 14+ years of experience delivering large-scale, high-performance web apps for enterprise clients like Atlassian, IBM (Services Australia), IKEA, and Reece Group. I specialize in React, Next.js, and Angular ecosystems and have a track record of leading frontend teams, contributing to composable design systems, and shipping products that score well on Core Web Vitals.

I work well as a contractor, onboarding quickly, collaborating cross-functionally with design, product, and backend teams, and delivering in fast-paced environments while maintaining code quality and performance.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Frontend Developer at Southpaw (Reece Group)
October 1, 2025 - Present
Owned and built the end-to-end kiosk UI in 3 months, enabling customers to browse and locate products across Reece’s catalogue using Algolia-indexed data. Built and maintained a scalable component library underpinning the kiosk experience and contributed to architectural decisions.
Frontend Developer — Contractor at IBM Consulting
April 1, 2025 - August 1, 2025
Migrated a Centrelink online application to Angular 18+, improving maintainability and enabling access to modern framework capabilities. Collaborated with BAs and backend teams to design and integrate APIs; triaged production issues and delivered fixes under tight SLAs.
Frontend Developer — Contractor at University of Technology Sydney
November 1, 2024 - April 1, 2025
Identified and resolved a high volume of pre-production accessibility, performance, and UI bugs; mentored a junior developer and stabilised the site for launch. Conducted WCAG 2.1 audits and improved Core Web Vitals; built Storybook components and contributed to tooling and CMS strategy.
Frontend Technical Lead at Overdose Digital
July 1, 2023 - July 1, 2024
Led frontend development of composable e-commerce sites for major retail brands; owned full frontend codebase; translated customer requirements into tasks; established code quality standards; configured CI/CD via GitHub Actions; optimised sites for Core Web Vitals and performance.
Senior Frontend Engineer at EPAM Systems
April 1, 2022 - July 1, 2023
Developed and maintained Jira Issue View features used by millions; triaged customer-reported bugs and expanded the internal unit testing library. Increased Cypress end-to-end coverage; contributed to internal hackathons and the browser attachments panel.
Frontend Engineer at Aligent Consulting
September 1, 2020 - March 1, 2022
Built and maintained Magento PWA Studio storefronts; collaborated with UX designers and business consultants to translate requirements into accessible interfaces. Maintained strong unit test coverage with Jest and React Testing Library.
Frontend Engineer at Youramigo
June 1, 2018 - August 1, 2020
Built YourAnswer — a JavaScript widget providing intelligent site search and voice shopping capabilities for e-commerce clients. Mentored junior developers and applied Design Thinking to improve UX.
Frontend Consultant at GlobalLogic India
June 1, 2017 - May 1, 2018
Frontend consultant on VMware vSphere web client migration (Adobe Flex → Angular).
Senior Frontend Engineer at Sabre Travel Technologies
September 1, 2016 - June 1, 2017
Senior Frontend Engineer on Sabre Sonic Inventory GUI for airline carriers.
Frontend Consultant at Capgemini India
September 1, 2014 - September 1, 2016
Frontend consultant on IKEA Retail Website (ikea.com).
Senior Engineer at Happiest Minds Technologies
January 1, 2013 - August 1, 2014
Senior Engineer on Pearson e-text and Intel DC Bar applications.
Frontend Engineer at Zaloni Technologies
October 1, 2010 - January 1, 2013
Frontend Engineer on enterprise applications for Cisco.

Education

B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Sri Krishna Devaraya University, India
January 1, 2009 - March 1, 2026

Qualifications

Accessibility: How to Design for All
January 1, 2021 - March 1, 2026
The Practical Guide to Usability
January 1, 2021 - March 1, 2026
Design Thinking: The Beginner’s Guide
January 1, 2020 - March 1, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Retail, Professional Services