Frontend engineer specializing in migrating legacy JavaScript to React and building Next.js (TypeScript) applications. Experienced with SSR/SSG, UI consistency, responsive layouts, and production issue diagnosis. Owns end-to-end frontend delivery: CMS integration, type generation, CI/CD quality gates, and performance improvements measured via Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals. Also mentors developers through real-world projects and code reviews.

TATO JAKHUA

Frontend engineer specializing in migrating legacy JavaScript to React and building Next.js (TypeScript) applications. Experienced with SSR/SSG, UI consistency, responsive layouts, and production issue diagnosis. Owns end-to-end frontend delivery: CMS integration, type generation, CI/CD quality gates, and performance improvements measured via Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals. Also mentors developers through real-world projects and code reviews.

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Frontend engineer specializing in migrating legacy JavaScript to React and building Next.js (TypeScript) applications. Experienced with SSR/SSG, UI consistency, responsive layouts, and production issue diagnosis.

Owns end-to-end frontend delivery: CMS integration, type generation, CI/CD quality gates, and performance improvements measured via Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals. Also mentors developers through real-world projects and code reviews.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Beginner
Beginner

Language

Georgian
Fluent
English
Advanced
Russian
Advanced
Spanish; Castilian
Intermediate

Work Experience

Front-End Engineer at Noxtton (Tether)
October 1, 2025 - Present
Build and maintain React/Next.js applications for the Credo Bank platform, Digitaledu.ge, and an e-commerce platform for building materials. Designed content models and automated CMS-to-TypeScript type generation to eliminate CMS/frontend mismatches. Owned the CMS publishing pipeline with separate development/production branches and a review workflow, plus CI/CD checks requiring passing ESLint and TypeScript before deployment. Diagnosed and resolved production authentication/session race-condition issues by restructuring session handling and improving error handling. Improved performance via memoization, lazy loading, code splitting, and bundle-size reduction, validating improvements with Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals.
JavaScript / React Mentor at Academy of Digital Industries
July 1, 2024 - Present
Mentored aspiring engineers through React, JavaScript, and TypeScript coursework focused on production-grade frontend standards. Guided students through real-world projects and code reviews, and developed course materials and learning resources.
Front-End Engineer at Argonaut Research Technologies
January 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025
Migrated a legacy JavaScript application to React and delivered an MVP supporting early revenue growth and contributing to a Letter of Intent from the BBC. Built a questionnaire module and contributed across multiple product modules as part of a small, fast-growing engineering team. As the team scaled, took on mentoring responsibilities for new developers while continuing feature development. Improved frontend architecture, performance, and API integrations; contributed to CI/CD processes and cloud infrastructure. Part of the team that received a 150,000 GEL grant by GITA as winner of a Georgian Startup Competition.

Education

Bachelor's Degree at Georgian University
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2018
High School Diploma at 21st Public School
January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2015

Qualifications

Certificate of Achievement, React Course
January 1, 2023 - August 4, 2026
Certificate of Achievement, JavaScript Course
January 1, 2023 - August 4, 2026
GITA Startup Grant Winner — 150,000 GEL
January 1, 2025 - August 4, 2026

Industry Experience

Education, Financial Services, Retail, Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment