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Ward Khaddour

@wardkhaddour

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Frontend Engineer and Team Lead specializing in Next.js, React.js, and scalable web apps.

Syrian Arab Republic

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What I'm looking for

I seek a collaborative product-focused role where I can lead frontend delivery, improve performance and accessibility, mentor engineers, and build scalable, production-quality web applications.

I am a Frontend Engineer and Team Lead with experience architecting scalable, mobile-responsive Next.js frontends and admin dashboards that serve thousands of users. I focus on performance, accessibility, SEO, and building reusable UI systems to accelerate delivery.

I have improved latency, accessibility, and SEO through Next.js App Router, server-side rendering, caching, and migrations from legacy React, and implemented secure payment and authentication flows using Stripe, PayPal, JWTs, Firebase Auth, and HTTP-only cookies.

I lead and mentor front-end engineers, collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams in Scrum, and apply design patterns and state-management tools like Zustand and Redux to reduce re-renders and improve Time-to-Interactive.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Frontend Engineer

Code Horizon

Nov 2023 - Jan 2026 (2 years 2 months)

Led frontend engineering and team of 3 to architect scalable Next.js frontends and admin dashboards for 20K+ users, improving response times 30%, accessibility 50%, and SEO 70% after migrating legacy React apps.

Next.js React NestJS Stripe WebSockets Zustand Redux Server Side Rendering JWT Accessibility

Frontend Developer

TasQment

Mar 2021 - Apr 2022 (1 year 1 month)

Contributed to an Agile project management platform, building responsive, accessible UI components and integrating real-time frontend logic with backend APIs; recognized as Employee of the Month.

HTML CSS JavaScript Responsive Design Accessibility Git Agile

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Latakia University

Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering

2019 - 2025

Grade: 77.31%

Activities and societies: Participant in the Tishreen Collegiate Programming Contest (TCPC)

Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering at Tishreen University, focusing on software development principles and web application technologies.