Mahdi Ghorbani

I've owned the entire Next.js 14 frontend at ApplyKite, a study-abroad platform reaching 300K+ users. As the sole frontend engineer on a seven-person team, I handled architecture, implementation, and releases for both the public platform and dashboard.

I led technical SEO for a 3.7M-page site, maintaining roughly 300K indexed URLs and 370K+ canonical and noindex rules. SSR optimisation generated 369K+ organic clicks from 24M+ impressions in six months, increased CTR by 36%, and improved average Google position from 9.1 to 8.1.

I also built data-heavy dashboard modules, Google OAuth and One-Tap onboarding, responsive desktop-first interfaces, and GSAP-powered landing-page interactions. In my final eight months at ApplyKite, I expanded into backend delivery with reviewed Python and FastAPI pull requests.

I co-founded Khoneko and built its client application with Next.js, Zustand, and NextUI, reducing time-to-interaction by 25%. Across freelance work, Monopon, and personal projects, I've taken products from design and scope through implementation, animation, and live release.