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Gerald Anekwe

@geraldanekwe

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Senior full-stack engineer building scalable React/Node/GraphQL production systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can own frontend architecture, design GraphQL/REST contracts, and improve performance in production. I want to ship maintainable systems, collaborate cross-functionally, and lead fixes for real incidents while mentoring others.

I’m a Senior Full Stack Engineer with 7+ years building and scaling production web applications end-to-end. I’ve owned frontend architecture, designed GraphQL and REST API contracts, and improved load performance with measurable results, while staying effective under real product constraints. I’m comfortable leading technical initiatives, mentoring peers, and driving resolution of complex production incidents.

In my recent work, I delivered core product workflows with Next.js and TypeScript, partnered on GraphQL schema design, and used Apollo Client caching to cut redundant network requests and improve interaction latency by ~25%. I’ve also built data-intensive UI systems using resilient GraphQL/REST data-fetching patterns, led accessibility standards to WCAG 2.1 AA, and reduced reported UI incidents by ~30% through investigation and fixes—plus modernized legacy React systems to improve page load times by ~30%.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Software Engineer

Active8

Apr 2024 - May 2025 (1 year 1 month)

Owned end-to-end delivery of core product workflows in Next.js and TypeScript, collaborating on GraphQL schema and API contracts. Improved client caching and performance by restructuring React rendering and optimizing data-fetch lifecycles.

Next.js TypeScript GraphQL API Design Apollo Client Caching Strategies React Performance Optimization React Render Boundaries

UI Engineer

MNTN

May 2022 - Dec 2023 (1 year 7 months)

Built and maintained data-intensive React UI systems across a shared frontend platform using GraphQL and REST data-fetching patterns. Advanced frontend standards for accessibility and performance and resolved production rendering/data-synchronization bugs.

React GraphQL REST Performance Optimization Responsive UI Incident resolution

Software Engineer

Justworks

Oct 2020 - May 2022 (1 year 7 months)

Led a frontend refactor that improved page load times while preserving HR and payroll workflows. Standardized React component and data-fetching patterns, evolved REST/GraphQL API contracts, and participated in on-call incident response for payroll and compliance features.

React REST GraphQL Refactoring Performance Optimization Incident Response

Software Engineer

The New York Times

Oct 2019 - Apr 2020 (6 months)

Maintained mission-critical legacy newsroom applications with high availability during breaking news cycles. Diagnosed cross-browser rendering and data consistency issues and shipped fixes with zero downtime while incrementally modernizing via React and CSS refactors.

High Availability React Migration CSS Refactors

Frontend Developer

Canvs

Jan 2016 - Jul 2018 (2 years 6 months)

Co-led migration of a production application from Angular to React, improving developer velocity and reducing bundle size. Redesigned frontend architecture for real-time data visualization and analytics dashboards using reusable component patterns and unidirectional data-flow.

Dashboarding Angular React Migration Real Time Analytics Unidirectional Flow