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Chaitanya Gandham

@chaitanyagandham

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Lead frontend engineer specializing in scalable Angular/React SPAs and accessible UI architectures.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can lead frontend architecture for scalable Angular/React SPAs, deliver WCAG 2.1 accessible UI, and apply AI-driven UI enhancements—while collaborating across teams in a strong engineering culture with CI/CD and performance focus.

I’m a Lead Frontend Engineer with 10+ years designing and building scalable, high-performance web applications with Angular and React. I focus on enterprise-grade SPAs, reusable component libraries, and modern UI architecture that teams can extend with confidence.

In my recent work, I improved application performance by 30% using code splitting, lazy loading, and React rendering optimizations. I also reduced unnecessary API calls by 25% through TanStack Query caching and stronger server-state management, while delivering WCAG 2.1 compliant experiences.

I bring practical AI-driven UI experience—using GPT and LLM-based workflows to enhance user experience and developer productivity, including proof-of-concept chatbot integrations. I’m hands-on with micro frontends, REST/GraphQL integration, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), and CI/CD automation, and I actively support quality through code reviews and mentoring.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Frontend Engineer

State of Illinois

Aug 2024 - Feb 2026 (1 year 6 months)

Developed an enterprise React application for secure, high-performance, WCAG 2.1-compliant digital services, improving performance by 30% through code splitting/lazy loading and render optimizations. Reduced unnecessary API calls by 25% using TanStack Query caching and built an LLM-powered chatbot proof of concept to explore AI-driven UX improvements.

React TypeScript Redux toolkit Tanstack Query Docker

Senior Software Engineer

Lee Enterprises

Sep 2023 - Jul 2024 (10 months)

Built scalable, high-performance React SPAs for a digital media platform, reducing API response time by 30% and improving UI performance and scalability. Implemented GraphQL integration, AWS-based services, and automated CI/CD deployments to support reliable, frequent releases.

React Redux TypeScript GraphQL AWS EC2 S3 Lambda DynamoDB Jenkins Terraform Performance Optimization A B Testing

Senior Software Engineer

OpenText

Jan 2022 - Feb 2023 (1 year 1 month)

Designed and delivered scalable micro-frontend-based React architecture enabling independent UI module development and faster deployment cycles. Improved UI performance through optimized rendering and state management while building reusable component libraries and integrating with REST APIs.

React Redux TypeScript RxJS Azure Azure DevOps Cypress Component Libraries

Full Stack Developer

DBS Bank

Jul 2018 - Dec 2021 (3 years 5 months)

Migrated legacy systems to Spring Boot microservices for improved scalability and deployment efficiency, and built secure enterprise banking features for transaction processing and customer data management. Developed Angular UI (7/11) with SSO/LDAP authentication and implemented REST APIs, performance optimizations, and CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and PCF.

Angular Java Spring Boot REST APIs LDAP PostgreSQL Azure DevOps PCF

Frontend Developer

Bank of America

Jul 2017 - Jun 2018 (11 months)

Developed enterprise Angular UI for Merrill Lynch applications, building reusable components and integrating secure REST APIs using HTTP Interceptors. Improved performance with dynamic loading and lazy modules, maintained cross-browser compatibility, and supported Azure DevOps CI/CD deployments in Agile teams.

Angular HTML5 CSS3 Bootstrap REST APIs Performance Optimization Azure DevOps Browser compatibility

Frontend Developer

Xerox

Sep 2016 - Jun 2017 (9 months)

Built responsive Angular web applications with modular, reusable UI components and ensured enterprise UI standards and cross-browser compatibility. Styled with SASS, integrated backend services via AJAX, wrote Jasmine unit tests, and deployed across environments using CI/CD pipelines.

Angular JavaScript HTML5 CSS3 Bootstrap SASS AJAX Responsive Design

Frontend Developer

Airtel

Jun 2015 - Aug 2016 (1 year 2 months)

Developed responsive UI pages using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery, implementing client-side validations and performance-focused improvements. Integrated backend services via AJAX (JSON/XML) and maintained version control with SVN Tortoise while troubleshooting cross-browser UI issues.

HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript jQuery Bootstrap AJAX