available · q3 2026Islamabad, Pakistan

Saif
Ur Rehman.

I ship product,
not just components.

Senior Frontend Engineer with 4+ years building scalable products across fintech, insurance, AI & real estate, including a Y Combinator-backed startup. Comfortable in high-ownership, ship-fast environments.

react·react native·next.js·typescript
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About

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Frontend-focused engineer who treats the UI as a product surface, not a stack of components. I've shipped across fintech, insurance, AI video, and real estate, including a Y Combinator-backed startup where I owned web and React Native end-to-end.

Strong on React, Next.js, TypeScript, Redux, React Native, with hands-on full-stack work in Django and Node. Comfortable going from 0 → 1 in five weeks, leading small teams, and making the kind of measured performance bets that move the needle.

30–40%
load-time
improvement (Graana)
8 mo
to Frontend
Team Lead
0→1 · 5w
Premiere Pro
extension shipped
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Experience

git log --oneline
Oct 2024 - PresentSharjah, UAE · Remote

Senior Frontend Engineer

AlfaboltNomod · Trucker Path Insurance
  • Owned frontend and mobile development for Nomod, a Y Combinator-backed Dubai fintech, across web and React Native, improving checkout flows and payment integrations that directly supported merchant acquisition and platform growth.
  • Integrated Apple Pay, Google Pay, Stripe Checkout, and MyFatoorah, optimizing the payment experience to reduce friction and support conversion across multiple markets.
  • Owned frontend for Trucker Path Insurance, a large enterprise product in the heavily regulated US commercial trucking industry, delivering a React.js dashboard and React Native WebView-based sales interface.
  • Supported backend across Django microservices and Node.js/Express services, providing cross-functional full-stack coverage; shipped via CI/CD and GitHub Actions.
Feb 2024 - Sep 2024Islamabad, Pakistan

Frontend Engineer

AlfaboltDeepReel
  • Led frontend for DeepReel, a video generation platform with real-time editing; owned UI architecture and complex interactive workflows.
  • Shipped the Video Genie feature end-to-end, enabling users to convert blogs and documents into AI-generated video content.
  • Independently designed and shipped a custom Adobe Premiere Pro extension from 0 → 1 in 5 weeks, learning a new framework and delivering to production under a tight timeline.
Aug 2022 - Feb 2024Islamabad, Pakistan

Software Engineer→Frontend Team Lead

Graana.comPropTech
  • Promoted to Frontend Team Lead after just 8 months, recognized for ownership and technical reliability within an 8-member engineering team, well ahead of typical career progression.
  • Improved frontend performance using Lighthouse and React DevTools, reducing main landing page load time by 30–40% through targeted core web vitals work.
  • Delivered high-impact CRM features under tight deadlines, receiving direct recognition from leadership for rapid delivery of a critical product feature.
  • Mentored interns and supported junior engineers during onboarding; worked in Agile/Scrum cycles with structured release processes.
May 2022 - Jul 2022Islamabad, Pakistan

Frontend Developer Intern

Graana.com
  • Built a Slack-inspired real-time communication app end-to-end using the MERN stack, Socket.io, and WebRTC.
  • Delivered the Propsure Digital Solutions frontend using Next.js and TypeScript under a tight deadline, producing pixel-accurate, responsive interfaces.
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Selected Projects

ls -la ./projects

Nomod

Dubai-based Fintech·2024 - PresentYCombinator-backed

Owned frontend for a Y Combinator-backed fintech platform enabling merchants to accept card payments via mobile. Built across the web platform and a React Native mobile app, integrating Apple Pay, Google Pay, Stripe Checkout, and MyFatoorah. Optimized checkout flows that improved payment conversion and supported the platform's merchant acquisition trajectory.

> nomod.checkout.optimize({
    providers: ["applePay", "googlePay", "stripe", "myFatoorah"],
    platforms:  ["web", "reactNative"],
    conversion:  "↑" // merchants growth ✓
  })
React NativeNext.jsTypeScriptStripeApple PayGoogle PayMyFatoorah
Frontend Lead - Web + React Nativecase study available on request

Trucker Path Insurance

US Truck Insurance·2024 - Present

Large enterprise product serving the heavily regulated US commercial trucking market. Owned the React.js dashboard, developed a React Native WebView-based sales screen embedded in the mobile app, and contributed to backend services using Django microservices.

React.jsReact NativeDjangoWebViewCI/CD
Full-stack - Frontend Ownercase study available on request

DeepReel

AI Video Generation·2024

AI-driven video generation platform transforming text content into presenter-led videos. Shipped the Video Genie feature end-to-end, independently created a custom Adobe Premiere Pro extension from 0 to 1, and architected scalable UI and rendering workflows.

ReactTypeScriptPremiere Pro ExtensionReal-time UI
Frontend Leadcase study available on request
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Stack & Tooling

cat package.json
01Frontend Core
React.jsNext.jsTypeScriptJavaScriptRedux
02Mobile
React NativeWebView Integration
03Styling
Tailwind CSSstyled-componentsCSS ModulesMaterial UI
04Backend & APIs
Node.jsExpressDjangoREST APIsStripeApple PayGoogle Pay
05Real-time & Tooling
Socket.ioWebRTCGitGitHub ActionsCI/CDLighthouseReact DevTools
06Testing & Process
CypressAgile / ScrumJiraAI-assisted dev (Copilot, Claude Code)
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Education

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2018 - 2022
Bachelor of Science in Computer ScienceNational University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
Islamabad, Pakistan
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Contact

// open to senior FE roles

Have something
worth building?

I'm open to senior frontend roles, contract work, and founding-engineer conversations. Fastest reply by email.

saifurrehmancs@gmail.com↗
emailsaifurrehmancs@gmail.com↗phone(+92) 309-568-8231↗githubgithub.com/saif29↗linkedinlinkedin.com/in/saifurrehman29↗
locationIslamabad, Pakistan·