Omar A.

Omar A.

Staff Front-End Developer

Cairo, Egypt
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About Me

Omar is a Senior Front-end Developer with hands-on experience in web development and building usable and informative UIs. He designs, architects, and implements front-end solutions by orchestrating modern front-end tools, languages, frameworks, and APIs to meet product requirements and achieve design goals. Omar strives to stay at the forefront of best practices, prototyping and delivering solutions using the latest technologies.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Front-end Developer
2021 - Present (4 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participating in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensuring that features are being delivered efficiently and on time.

Zeus Logics
Zeus Logics
Senior Front-end Developer
2022 - 2023 (1 year)
Remote
  • Co-led a team of senior front-end developers in designing and implementing a comprehensive shipments dashboard for Zeus Logics, a cutting-edge logistics and shipping platform.

  • Employed advanced front-end technologies and methodologies to ensure the dashboard was robust, scalable, and aligned with industry best practices.

  • Collaborated closely with cross-disciplinary teams, ensuring seamless integration of the dashboard with Zeus Logics broader service offerings.

  • Developed user-centric features, enabling companies to effectively track containers, shipments, and customers, enhancing operational efficiency and transparency.

  • Pioneered the integration of legal and shipment document submission capabilities within the system, streamlining administrative processes for clients.

  • Delivered complex analytics functionalities, providing valuable insights into shipment operations and performance metrics.

TypescriptReact.jsJavaScriptArtificial Intelligence (AI)
Pfizer
Pfizer
Senior Front-end Developer
2021 - 2022 (1 year)
Remote
  • Architected, built, and deployed new features and front-end components on in-house apps.

  • Liaised with different teams to confirm requirements and prioritizations on projects.

  • Analyzed technical requirements and system risks in providing recommendations on how to best leverage UI solutions.

Breadfast
Breadfast
Front-end Chapter Lead
2021 - Present (4 years)
Cairo (Hybrid), Egypt
  • Steering the front-end team's vision, setting clear objectives to align with Breadfast’s strategic goals.

  • Overseeing the migration of legacy PHP systems to robust, scalable web applications, enhancing overall system performance and maintainability.

  • Guiding the adoption of modern web technologies such as React and TypeScript, ensuring best practices in software development.

  • Mentoring and supporting team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and knowledge-sharing.

  • Working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and consistent user experience across platforms.

TypescriptReact.jsVue.jsArtificial Intelligence (AI) Team Mentoring Test Automation
Likvido
Likvido
Front-end Web Developer
2021 - 2021
Remote
  • Migrated the old UI components from .NET views to a SPA solution, shipping scalable, high-quality code for the website.

  • Designed and implemented new solutions, improving app performance by up to 20%.

  • Iterated and executed new designs to match Likvido's new brand identity on the app and web solutions.

Breadfast
Breadfast
Front-end Web Developer
2020 - 2021 (1 year)
Cairo, Egypt
  • Deployed new UIs for the Breadfast CMS by migrating the old solution to a React-based SPA with improved performance.

  • Refactored the old codebase and improved existing toolchains to ship new features and enhance coding quality.

  • Collaborated with product managers on planning tasks and sprints for product roadmaps.

U FOR USER
U FOR USER
Front-end Web Developer
2020 - 2020
Cairo, Egypt
  • Designed and implemented new front-end solutions using the latest dev tools to improve code reusability and best practices.

  • Improved navigation and interaction by 50% using new caching techniques and solutions.

  • Worked with Webpack, ESLint, and Stylelint to enhance code quality, maintainability, and speed on the front end.

Himba
Himba
Front-end Web Developer
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
Cairo, Egypt
  • Designed and implemented intuitive UIs to enhance user experience on the Himba platform.

  • Wrote and executed clean and efficient code on solutions optimized for SEO, performance, accessibility, and scalability.

  • Defined and implemented the product roadmap and milestones on the project.

Oriented Solutions GmbH
Oriented Solutions GmbH
Full-stack Developer
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
Remote
  • Designed rich, research-based UI/UX for the company website.

  • Built new solutions on the Dar-in-eV events management system, working on online/offline features and functionalities.

  • Designed and developed a new library platform for users to rent Arabic books in Germany.

Nafham
Nafham
Front-end Developer | UI/UX Designer
2017 - 2019 (2 years)
Cairo, Egypt
  • Designed and implemented new UIs and UXs for the new Nafham products, ensuring smooth design-to-code experiences.

  • Optimized functionalities and improved solutions on the app, providing better accessibility and user experience.

  • Designed, developed, and maintained user-facing applications and solutions.

Portfolio

Front-end Developer - Himba | Hunt Faster
Front-end Developer - Himba | Hunt Faster

Himba is a video interviewing platform created to make hiring easier and faster for both employers and candidates. Designed simplistic user interfaces and experiences to help employers and candidates reach their goals faster. Built an efficient codebase optimized for SEO, performance, accessibility, and scalability. Managed product roadmap and milestones and built and maintained multiple integrations like Vonage (TokBox), Amazon AWS, Google calendar API, Fawry & PayMe payment gateways.

Front-end Developer - Gold’s Gym App
Front-end Developer - Gold’s Gym App

Gold's Gym was having difficulty managing its internal systems, wanting more automation, scalability, and the ability to control and automate the admittance system, session booking, gym invitation security, and members' daily routines. After a lot of research and ideation, we figured out what was causing the problems and proposed a digital solution consisting of a CMS/CRM for the gym internally and a mobile app for the gym trainees. Worked on redesigning the whole user experience.

Front-end Developer - Rixon Tours
Front-end Developer - Rixon Tours

Rixon Tours is an Egypt-based tour company serving Gulf countries like KSA and Jordan. Its entire business is on its website, and the goal was to give the platform a new fresh look and optimize it for speed and search engines. The achievements included an easy-to-navigate web platform, 99% score for speed on Lighthouse in Chrome, initial website loading time of 0.7 seconds, a nice and clean UI for bookings, and choosing multiple options.

Education

Nanodegree Advanced Web Development
Nanodegree Advanced Web Development
Udacity
2020 - 2020
BSc Computer Science
BSc Computer Science
University of the People (online)
2019 - 2023 (4 years)