Akashdeep Samantra

I’m a Senior Frontend Engineer with 8+ years building scalable, accessible interfaces in React and TypeScript. My rare hybrid background across engineering and UX design means I lead design systems from tokens to Storybook documentation, run usability testing, and bring my own Figma prototypes into production components.

In my current role, I owned the frontend for a React-based store cash management application used across 15,000+ stores and 500,000+ users. I optimized UI performance for large datasets and complex workflows using virtualised rendering, memoisation, and profiling, and I helped maintain 99.9% uptime through browser-level monitoring and targeted edge-case fixes.

Previously, I led development of a React design system at Instazen Solutions (acquired by Qualitia Software), reducing UI bugs by 60% across product teams. I translated wireframes and Figma prototypes into production-ready, accessible React components aligned with WCAG 2.1 AA, improving accessibility scores from 65 to 95, and I cut load time by 45% using code splitting, lazy loading, and React Server Components.

I care deeply about performance, accessibility, and the craft details that make interfaces feel effortless. I aim to raise engineering quality through strong testing practices (85%+ coverage with Jest and React Testing Library), thoughtful API collaboration, and consistent component patterns.