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I'm a product-focused frontend engineer with 7+ years delivering scalable, user-centric applications across fintech and SaaS. I specialize in React, Next.js, Vue.js, and TypeScript, and I own features end-to-end from problem definition to production. I enjoy building reusable UI systems and shaping architecture to improve velocity. I’ve shipped AI-powered interfaces (RAG + LLM streaming), optimized onboarding and payment flows, and led micro frontend initiatives to strengthen reliability and scalability. I’m passionate about collaboration with ML and backend teams to turn ideas into reliable products while maintaining focus on user experience.…I'm a product-focused frontend engineer with 7+ years delivering scalable, user-centric applications across fintech and SaaS. I specialize in React, Next.js, Vue.js, and TypeScript, and I own features end-to-end from problem definition to production. I enjoy building reusable UI systems and shaping architecture to improve velocity. I’ve shipped AI-powered interfaces (RAG + LLM streaming), optimized onboarding and payment flows, and led micro frontend initiatives to strengthen reliability and scalability. I’m passionate about collaboration with ML and backend teams to turn ideas into reliable products while maintaining focus on user experience.

Waleed Arshad Awan

Front-End Developer, Web Developer, Full Stack Developer, +2

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I'm a product-focused frontend engineer with 7+ years delivering scalable, user-centric applications across fintech and SaaS. I specialize in React, Next.js, Vue.js, and TypeScript, and I own features end-to-end from problem definition to production. I enjoy building reusable UI systems and shaping architecture to improve velocity. I’ve shipped AI-powered interfaces (RAG + LLM streaming), optimized onboarding and payment flows, and led micro frontend initiatives to strengthen reliability and scalability. I’m passionate about collaboration with ML and backend teams to turn ideas into reliable products while maintaining focus on user experience.…I'm a product-focused frontend engineer with 7+ years delivering scalable, user-centric applications across fintech and SaaS. I specialize in React, Next.js, Vue.js, and TypeScript, and I own features end-to-end from problem definition to production. I enjoy building reusable UI systems and shaping architecture to improve velocity. I’ve shipped AI-powered interfaces (RAG + LLM streaming), optimized onboarding and payment flows, and led micro frontend initiatives to strengthen reliability and scalability. I’m passionate about collaboration with ML and backend teams to turn ideas into reliable products while maintaining focus on user experience.

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I’m a product-focused frontend engineer with 7+ years delivering scalable, user-centric applications across fintech and SaaS. I specialize in React, Next.js, Vue.js, and TypeScript, and I own features end-to-end from problem definition to production. I enjoy building reusable UI systems and shaping architecture to improve velocity.

I’ve shipped AI-powered interfaces (RAG + LLM streaming), optimized onboarding and payment flows, and led micro frontend initiatives to strengthen reliability and scalability. I’m passionate about collaboration with ML and backend teams to turn ideas into reliable products while maintaining focus on user experience.

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Work Experience

Senior Frontend Engineer at UOB Bank

January 1, 2024 - Present

Built and shipped payment scheduling and notification workflows for a multi-country corporate banking platform, supporting large-scale enterprise transactions and improving reliability of critical payment flows. Led migration from a monolithic Webpack setup to a micro frontend architecture using Module Federation, enabling independent deployments and reducing cross-team release dependencies. Improved reliability and quality by reducing SonarQube issues by 20% and raising Jest test coverage by 25%. Built reusable UI systems and standardized component patterns, reducing UI defects by 15% and accelerating delivery across squads. Built and shipped a RAG-based internal AI assistant with real-time LLM streaming to help engineers retrieve contextual knowledge. Collaborated on embeddings and retrieval pipelines with backend and ML teams to deliver an end-to-end AI-powered developer tool used across engineering.

Senior Software Engineer at Dijital.my

January 1, 2021 - November 1, 2023

Shipped full-stack features across SaaS, BNPL, and DeFi products using React, Next.js and Node.js. Led frontend migration from React to Next.js, improving performance, SEO, and scalability of core modules. Built secure onboarding flows for BNPL and DeFi (KYC, wallet authentication) and designed onboarding UIs for high-volume user journeys. Optimized large dataset rendering with React Query + GraphQL, reducing unnecessary network calls and improving responsiveness. Delivered React Native features for StreamKar with real-time interactions. Strengthened code quality by standardizing frontend practices and reviewing PRs, improving sprint velocity and reducing defects. Supported AWS-based deployments and Dockerized environments.

Software Engineer at Serics Technologies

September 1, 2018 - December 1, 2020

Developed HR automation and event booking systems using React, TypeScript and Node.js. Built responsive, reusable UI components aligned with design systems and accessibility best practices. Improved frontend performance through code splitting, lazy loading, and bundle optimization. Worked directly with UX to refine flows and enhance UI/UX consistency.

Software Engineer at Shoclef

September 1, 2016 - August 1, 2018

Built core features for an AR-driven e-commerce platform combining live video commerce, product discovery, and real-time interactions. Developed customer-facing and admin-facing modules using React and Laravel, enabling smoother product listings, order management, and user workflows. Integrated third-party APIs for payments, real-time notifications, and streaming services, improving platform reliability and user engagement. Delivered features in a fast-paced startup environment, contributing to weekly product iterations and rapid prototype cycles.