Senior or Frontend Engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable Angular and React applications in fintech and enterprise environments. Experienced in frontend architecture, design systems, performance optimization, state management, and testing. Built reusable component libraries across Angular and React/Next.js, improved application performance, and mentored engineers in distributed Agile teams.

Bjoni Merkuri

Senior or Frontend Engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable Angular and React applications in fintech and enterprise environments. Experienced in frontend architecture, design systems, performance optimization, state management, and testing. Built reusable component libraries across Angular and React/Next.js, improved application performance, and mentored engineers in distributed Agile teams.

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Senior or Frontend Engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable Angular and React applications in fintech and enterprise
environments.
Experienced in frontend architecture, design systems, performance optimization, state management, and testing.
Built reusable component libraries across Angular and React/Next.js, improved application performance, and mentored engineers in
distributed Agile teams.

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Language

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Work Experience

Software Developer - Frontend at Xapo Bank
January 1, 2026 - Present
Architected a scalable React/Next.js component library from scratch using Storybook across multiple product teams, reducing new-feature development time by ~20%. Led migration of legacy Angular modules toward a more scalable architecture, reducing onboarding time for new engineers from ~3 weeks to under 1 week. Drove feature-flagged releases via Flagsmith across 10+ releases, reducing production incidents during launches by an estimated 15%. Optimized RxJS-based state management across core fintech workflows, improving application load performance by ~20%. Expanded frontend unit test coverage to ~70%, improving release confidence and CI/CD reliability. Mentored 2 engineers on Angular architecture, frontend best practices, and code review standards within distributed Agile teams.
Software Developer - Frontend Engineering Group at System S.P.A
December 1, 2024 - March 1, 2026
Owned end-to-end delivery of 8+ frontend features, from technical implementation through integration with REST APIs and production releases. Contributed to a scalable NxMonorepo supporting 3+ Angular applications by standardizing shared libraries and reducing duplicated code by an estimated 25%. Designed and maintained reusable Angular component libraries with Storybook documentation, reducing cross-team component review time by ~30%. Redesigned complex reactive forms and custom validation workflows, reducing production data-entry errors by approximately 15%.
Software Developer – Frontend – Contractor at Lutech Spa
April 1, 2024 - September 1, 2024
Built accessible and themable Angular Material components aligned with client branding and WCAG accessibility requirements. Improved frontend performance through lazy loading, OnPush change detection, and code splitting, reducing initial render time by an estimated 15–20%. Maintained frontend quality through unit and E2E testing using Jasmine/Karma and Cypress/Jest.
Software Developer – Frontend Team at System S.P.A
May 1, 2022 - December 1, 2024
Designed and built reusable Angular component libraries documented with Storybook, reducing duplicated component development across 3+ internal teams. Reduced initial application load time by ~25% through lazy loading and AOT compilation across enterprise Angular applications. Designed and implemented NgRx state architecture including actions, reducers, selectors, and effects, reducing unnecessary re-renders by an estimated 20%. Led adoption of TDD with Jest, improving pre-release defect detection by approximately 30%.
Software Developer Intern at Moove Engineering EU
December 1, 2021 - April 1, 2022
Built RESTful APIs and UI features with Spring Boot, Angular, and MongoDB, improving internal process efficiency by 20%.

Education

Master's degree in Informatics Engineering at Polytechnic University of Tirana
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2024
Bachelor's degree in Informatics Engineering at Polytechnic University of Tirana
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022

Qualifications

Designing RESTful APIs
January 1, 2025 - August 25, 2026
Learn how to build RESTful APIs with Angular using Test Driven Development
January 1, 2024 - August 25, 2026
Certified in testing Angular applications using Jest and Karma
January 1, 2024 - August 25, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services

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