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Saro Babayan

@sarobabayan

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Senior front-end developer specializing in React/Next.js, TypeScript, and performance-driven UI systems.

Armenia

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can lead front-end delivery for high-performance React/Next.js products, push Core Web Vitals/Lighthouse improvements, and build scalable component systems—while collaborating cross-functionally and mentoring engineers.

I’m a Senior Front-End Developer with 8+ years of hands-on experience building scalable, high-performance web applications with React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript (ES6+). I’ve led frontend teams of 3–7 engineers in fintech, SaaS, and enterprise environments, and I’m known for translating complex business requirements into maintainable, accessible, pixel-perfect UIs.

Across my roles, I’ve focused on component architecture and performance optimization—improving Core Web Vitals and achieving Lighthouse 95–98+ via SSR/SSG, code splitting, lazy loading, and caching strategies. I also bring strong engineering discipline through CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI), REST APIs and GraphQL, unit testing with Jest and React Testing Library, and hands-on mentorship through code review and engineering standards.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Frontend Developer

BuroBuro

Jun 2025 - Jan 2026 (7 months)

Developed scalable high-load frontend solutions using React.js, Next.js, and TypeScript, including reusable component architecture and a UI design system. Improved Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores, integrated payments/CRM/analytics, and contributed to CI/CD and unit testing with mentorship and code reviews.

React Next.js TypeScript Component Architecture Design Systems Lighthouse Lazy Loading Caching CI CD GitHub Actions Docker Jest React Testing Library Unit Testing Code Review Mentorship

Senior React.js Dev / Frontend Team Lead

Notamedia

Jan 2022 - Jan 2025 (3 years)

Led a frontend team of 3–5 engineers to deliver a greenfield fintech banking platform using React.js and TypeScript, building scalable frontend architecture. Introduced CI/CD and code quality standards, improved Web Vitals, reduced release cycle time and technical debt, and supported code reviews, refactoring, and team onboarding.

React TypeScript Frontend Architecture Team Leadership Fintech CI CD Gitlab CI ESLint Prettier Git Branching Performance Optimization Refactoring Code Review Jest React Testing Library Unit Testing Mentorship Onboarding

React.js Developer

Concept Studio

Mar 2019 - Dec 2022 (3 years 9 months)

Built and maintained high-performance web applications using React.js, Next.js, and Redux Toolkit, consistently achieving Lighthouse 95+ on production projects. Implemented interactive animations with GSAP and Framer Motion and delivered pixel-perfect UI/UX with reusable component architecture.

React Next.js Redux toolkit Lighthouse Performance Optimization Framer Motion UI Components Component Architecture

Frontend Developer

Zoom Graphics

Jan 2017 - Feb 2019 (2 years 1 month)

Developed responsive web interfaces using HTML5, CSS3, SCSS/LESS, and JavaScript (ES6+), and maintained/refactored legacy codebases for performance and maintainability. Achieved 98+ Lighthouse performance by optimizing assets and code while improving reusable UI components and UX consistency.