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Bunmi Alao

@bunmialao

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Senior frontend engineer building scalable, secure SaaS web experiences with end-to-end ownership.

United Arab Emirates

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a team where I can own a frontend domain end-to-end, improve performance and security, and ship scalable SaaS features with strong testing and CI/CD. I value clear trade-off communication, mentorship, and practical AI-assisted productivity.

I’m a Senior Frontend Engineer with 8+ years of hands-on experience across JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern component-based frameworks, building and scaling SaaS platforms across cybersecurity, e-commerce, and government. I’m comfortable taking technical ownership of a frontend domain end-to-end—breaking down ambiguous problems into clear implementation plans, identifying architectural bottlenecks before they become blockers, and driving improvements in performance, security, and long-term maintainability.

I’ve led technical documentation, code reviews, and mentoring to raise team-wide standards, while communicating technical trade-offs to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders. From taking technical responsibility for realtime WebSocket features and dashboard responsiveness to building reusable component patterns and integrating headless CMS workflows, I focus on shipping reliable experiences with strong quality practices and practical AI-assisted engineering to improve productivity and code quality.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Current

TryHackMe

Apr 2025 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Took technical ownership of frontend dashboards and product surfaces on a high-traffic cybersecurity platform, improving dashboard responsiveness via profiling and performance optimization of data fetching/rendering. Built reusable component patterns, implemented real-time features with WebSockets, standardized linting/testing and CI/CD checks in GitHub Actions, and led code reviews to raise engin

WebSockets CI CD GitHub Actions Performance Profiling Data Fetching Linting Testing Code Review Component Architecture

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Tradeling

Sep 2020 - Mar 2024 (3 years 6 months)

Owned end-to-end architecture of a Strapi headless CMS integration, covering backend content modeling through a reusable React component library that enabled non-technical teams to publish content independently. Designed and shipped a React and Next.js back-office application, optimized shared frontend rendering with code-splitting and memoization, and led CI/CD automation plus code reviews and me

Strapi React Next.js Headless CMS CI CD Memoization Code Review Mentorship

Software Developer

IBM

Dec 2018 - Nov 2019 (11 months)

Built modular services and responsive web interfaces for citizen-facing workflows on Abu Dhabi's TAMM e-government platform, including charts and map-based interfaces and integrations with external business/investment APIs for calculators and dashboards. Reduced redundant requests through caching and frontend optimization, and added unit and integration tests into CI workflows to support more stab

API Integration Caching Charts Unit Testing Integration Testing

Software Engineer

Andela

Aug 2017 - Feb 2018 (6 months)

Built web applications for publishing and messaging products with a focus on clean UI, responsiveness, and maintainable frontend code. Collaborated with distributed teams using clear specs and async communication, contributed bug fixes and documentation improvements to open-source commerce tooling (Python-based), and added unit and integration tests to prevent regression.

Responsive UI Unit Testing Integration Testing Documentation Open Source Contributions

Systems Engineer

Interswitch

Jan 2016 - Aug 2017 (1 year 7 months)

Supported production payment systems across deployment, maintenance, and incident response for business-critical infrastructure. Coordinated upgrades and operational changes with bank and partner teams and supported HSM deployments and secure transaction environments with integrations across ATM, POS, web, and mobile channels.

Production Support Incident Response Payments Operations Upgrades HSMs

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Hult International Business School

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Data Analysis, Financial Management & Decision Making, Marketing Strategy

2024 - 2025

Completed an MBA at Hult International Business School with a focus on business data analysis, financial management and decision making, and marketing strategy.