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Victor Fernandes

@vicfdes

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Frontend Tech Lead specializing in fast, AI-enabled web experiences and scalable design systems.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a remote-friendly team where I can own frontend surfaces end-to-end—shipping performance-first experiences, building design systems, and using AI-assisted workflows—while collaborating closely across product, design, and engineering.

I’m a Frontend Tech Lead who builds and modernizes production-grade web products end-to-end, with a bias toward performance, reliability, and ownership. Most recently, I led a major architecture overhaul of an in-browser AI video editor—cutting load time from ~30s to under 2s using service workers, bundle optimization, and state management redesign.

As a senior frontend engineer, I’ve been the DRI for complex, multi-vendor flows and high-impact user features across enterprise clients. I also shipped an open-source Web SDK for engagement and analytics, achieving strong adoption (30k+ monthly npm downloads) and driving measurable outcomes like 80% TypeScript adoption and 100% test coverage for a growth-focused team.

Across teams, I’ve shaped engineering practices and product execution through 250+ technical interviews and mentorship from associate to staff. I’m equally comfortable building UI platforms and design systems (including component libraries) as I am with AI-assisted workflows using headless browsers and LLM streaming-style UI agents, with an emphasis on Core Web Vitals, accessibility, and maintainable code.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Frontend Tech Lead

Current

Upwork

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 5 months)

Owned a direct messaging feature used by 20M+ users while collaborating with multiple teams across enterprise clients.
Led client work including Ssemble’s in-browser AI video editor architecture overhaul, reducing load time from 30s to under 2s via service workers, bundle optimization, and state redesign.

TypeScript Frontend Architecture Service Workers State Management AI Assisted Frontend

Senior Frontend Engineer

Airbase

Jan 2021 - Jan 2023 (2 years)

Owned the Amex onboarding flow as a DRI, coordinating across Amex, Marqeta, and Plaid to deliver a complex multi-vendor experience end-to-end.
Achieved 80% TypeScript adoption and 100% test coverage for the Growth team while owning frontend surfaces across Growth and Reimbursement.

TypeScript Frontend Engineering React API Integration Performance Optimization Automated Testing

Senior Frontend Engineer

CleverTap

Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 (2 years)

Initiated and shipped an open-source Web SDK for engagement and analytics, reaching 30k+ monthly npm downloads. Built CleverTap’s own component library as a UI platform engineer and shaped engineering teams through 250+ technical interviews and mentorship.

TypeScript React Component Libraries UI Engineering Mentorship Code Review

UI Developer II

Media.net

Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year)

Built PWA and analytics-facing web experiences using React, Angular, and Next.js with TypeScript.
Improved TTFB by 500% in a legacy PHP/MySQL app by implementing Redis, and created a WordPress theme with sub-1 second load time.

React Angular Next.js TypeScript PWA Redis MySQL Performance Optimization

Freelance Web Developer

Upwork

Jan 2011 - Jan 2018 (7 years)

Completed 120+ Upwork contracts with a 100% job success ratio and maintained top-rated status. Built websites and web-apps scoring close to 100 Lighthouse, delivering accessible, high-performance work across LAMP/MERN stacks and custom WordPress themes/plugins.

Web Performance Accessibility Playwright Vitest WordPress LAMP MERN