AMARA OKONKWO
Senior Frontend Engineer
Summary
Frontend engineer with 9 years of experience building and maintaining customer-facing web applications using React and TypeScript. Proven ability to collaborate with design and backend teams to deliver accessible, high-performance interfaces. Experienced in mentoring junior engineers and driving accessibility compliance.
Role matches (1)
Score this candidate against another role:
- Senior Frontend Engineer
Engineering
95%- Skills
- 100%
- Experience
- 100%
- Education
- 100%
- Semantic
- 67%
The candidate is a very strong match for the Senior Frontend Engineer role, possessing all required and many preferred skills with extensive experience. Further discussion on ownership and impact would be beneficial.
Strengths
- 9 years of experience in frontend development, exceeding the minimum requirement.
- Proficient in all required skills: React, TypeScript, CSS, REST APIs, and Git.
- Extensive experience with preferred skills including Next.js, GraphQL, Testing Library, Accessibility, and Figma.
- Demonstrated experience in mentoring junior engineers and driving accessibility compliance.
Gaps
- While the candidate has strong experience in building customer-facing interfaces, the specific impact on business metrics is not detailed.
- The CV does not explicitly mention experience with building and owning interfaces, which is a key aspect of the role description.
Matched:ReactTypeScriptCSSREST APIsGitNext.jsGraphQLTesting LibraryAccessibilityFigma
Experience
Senior Frontend Engineer
Meridian Health · 2021-03 to present
Own the patient-facing booking application, built in React, TypeScript and Next.js, serving roughly 400,000 monthly users. Led the migration from Create React App to the Next.js App Router, cutting Largest Contentful Paint from 4.1s to 1.3s. Built and maintain the company design system: 42 components documented in Storybook, with tokens synced from Figma. Drove the product to WCAG 2.2 AA, passing an external accessibility audit with zero critical findings. Mentor three mid-level engineers through weekly one to ones, code review standards and promotion documentation. Partner with backend on REST API contract design, and introduced typed client generation from OpenAPI schemas.
Frontend Engineer
Kestrel Logistics · 2018-06 to 2021-02
Built the shipment tracking dashboard in React and TypeScript, consuming REST APIs across four internal services. Introduced Testing Library and Jest to a codebase with no tests, raising coverage from 12% to 78% over two quarters. Migrated the reporting data layer from REST to GraphQL with Apollo Client, removing 11 redundant endpoints. Rebuilt the CSS layer on CSS Modules, retiring a 6,000 line global stylesheet.
Junior Frontend Developer
Brightline Studio · 2016-08 to 2018-05
Built responsive marketing sites in HTML, CSS and JavaScript from Figma handoffs for 14 client projects. Introduced Git branching conventions and pull request review to a team that had been committing to trunk.
Education
BSc, Computer Science
University of Lagos · 2016
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AMARA OKONKWO Senior Frontend Engineer Lagos, Nigeria (open to fully remote) | amara.okonkwo@example.com | +234 802 555 0147 linkedin.com/in/amara-okonkwo | https://amaraokonkwo.dev PROFILE Frontend engineer with 9 years building and owning customer-facing web applications in React and TypeScript. Comfortable working directly with design and backend to ship accessible, fast interfaces, and experienced in mentoring mid-level engineers through code review, pairing and promotion support. Strongest in design systems, performance work and accessibility compliance. TECHNICAL SKILLS Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript (ES2022), HTML5, CSS3, Sass Frameworks: React, Next.js (App Router), Redux Toolkit, TanStack Query, React Router Styling: CSS, Tailwind CSS, CSS Modules, styled-components, design systems, design tokens APIs: REST APIs, GraphQL, Apollo Client, WebSockets Testing: Testing Library, Jest, Vitest, Playwright Accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA, ARIA, keyboard navigation, screen reader testing (NVDA, VoiceOver) Tooling: Git, GitHub Actions, Vite, Webpack, Storybook, Figma Performance: Core Web Vitals, code splitting, bundle analysis, Lighthouse CI PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Senior Frontend Engineer, Meridian Health Remote | March 2021 to Present l Own the patient-facing booking application, built in React, TypeScript and Next.js, serving roughly 400,000 monthly users. l Led the migration from Create React App to the Next.js App Router, cutting Largest Contentful Paint from 4.1s to 1.3s. l Built and maintain the company design system: 42 components documented in Storybook, with tokens synced from Figma. l Drove the product to WCAG 2.2 AA, passing an external accessibility audit with zero critical findings. l Mentor three mid-level engineers through weekly one to ones, code review standards and promotion documentation. l Partner with backend on REST API contract design, and introduced typed client generation from OpenAPI schemas. Frontend Engineer, Kestrel Logistics Hybrid, Lagos | June 2018 to February 2021 l Built the shipment tracking dashboard in React and TypeScript, consuming REST APIs across four internal services. l Introduced Testing Library and Jest to a codebase with no tests, raising coverage from 12% to 78% over two quarters. l Migrated the reporting data layer from REST to GraphQL with Apollo Client, removing 11 redundant endpoints. l Rebuilt the CSS layer on CSS Modules, retiring a 6,000 line global stylesheet. Junior Frontend Developer, Brightline Studio On site, Lagos | August 2016 to May 2018 l Built responsive marketing sites in HTML, CSS and JavaScript from Figma handoffs for 14 client projects. l Introduced Git branching conventions and pull request review to a team that had been committing to trunk. EDUCATION BSc Computer Science, University of Lagos 2012 to 2016 | Second Class Honours, Upper Division CERTIFICATIONS l Meta Front-End Developer Professional Certificate, 2022 l Deque University: Web Accessibility Specialist coursework, 2023 LANGUAGES English (native), Yoruba (fluent), French (conversational)