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Abu Dhabi, UAE

KHALIL JANVEKAR

Software Engineer, Frontend

PROFILE

  • Software engineer with a frontend focus and 6+ years of experience shipping production web apps in TypeScript and React.
  • Daily AI-assisted development using CLI agents, custom skills, and MCP servers with Claude, Codex, and opencode.
  • Extensive contract based remote working experience owning features end to end while working asynchronously with teams based in the UK, Europe, USA, Canada, and Eurasia.

TECH STACK

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Astro
  • HTML
  • CSS/SCSS
  • Tailwind CSS
  • shadcn/ui
  • GSAP
  • D3
  • Node.js
  • REST API
  • GraphQL
  • tRPC
  • Prisma
  • Drizzle ORM
  • Postgres
  • Redis
  • MongoDB
  • Python
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • Oracle Cloud
  • Vercel
  • Netlify
  • Cloudflare
  • Docker
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • GitHub Actions
  • CI/CD
  • Jest
  • Mocha
  • Playwright
  • Headless CMS

EXPERIENCE

Software Engineer
Freelancer
January 2026 - present

  • Designed and shipped e-commerce stores, admin dashboards, and public-facing websites.
  • Created design systems from scratch.
  • Turned Figma designs into pixel-perfect React components.

Software Engineer, Frontend
Otacta Inc, Canada (remote)
June 2024 - December 2025

  • Built the LLM-integrated dashboard with AI Chat and analytics in Next.js, taking it from an empty repo through MVP and into production.
  • Shipped the MVP in time for the company’s accelerator launch.

Frontend Developer
Freelancer
September 2023 - May 2024

  • Built GSAP-animated websites.
  • Turned Figma designs into pixel-perfect React components.
  • Built forms and newsletter systems with custom backends instead of paid third-party tools.
  • Added custom Markdown-based blogs to websites that were already live.

Frontend Developer
3Lane Marketing LLC, USA (remote)
June 2023 - September 2023

  • Delivered multiple client projects under NDA, built on Next.js and Tailwind with headless WordPress as the CMS.

Frontend Developer
Art Earth Tech LTD, UK (remote)
December 2021 - July 2023

  • Created the frontend design and development of web3.lifeitself.org, which crossed 1,000 GitHub stars within days.
  • Worked on the frontend team for lifeitself.org and datopian.com.
  • Migrated lifeitself.org from WordPress to Next.js, handling the UI/UX and SEO for the new site.
  • Built D3 graph visualizations for the site.
  • Was one of the first developers on flowershow.app, a Markdown-based site builder used mostly by Obsidian users.
  • Published npm packages and custom build scripts.

Frontend Developer
Freelancer
August 2021 - December 2021

  • Built custom websites using React based frameworks for Upwork clients.

RECENT PROJECTS

  • Arteze
    https://www.arteze.shop

    Web Design & Development

    Multi-region e-commerce shop for a Bahrain based brand that sells artisan goods.

    Tech Stack: Next.js, Tailwind, shadcn/ui, Cloudflare R2 storage, Vercel, Playwright, Python, Docker, Oracle Cloud, GraphQL, Postgres DB, Redis.

  • AMG Club UAE
    https://web.amgclubuae.workers.dev
    https://admin.amgclubuae.workers.dev

    Web Design & Development

    Admin dashboard and public website for a UAE based Mercedes auto club.

    Tech Stack: Turborepo, tRPC, Next.js, Tailwind, shadcn/ui, GSAP, Drizzle ORM, Postgres DB, S3 storage, Cloudflare Workers, Redis.

EDUCATION

  • Diploma in Business Informatics
    AMA International University, Bahrain — 2013

    Coursework in math, statistics, programming, and software engineering projects alongside business studies.

CERTIFICATION

  • Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp
    The Hacking School, India — 2019

    Three-month full stack program covering data structures and algorithms, Linux, and the MERN stack.