
Ahmed Khaled
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Toptal member since January 31, 2021
Ahmed is a lead software engineer with over nine years of experience specializing in web development. With an extensive background in design, coding, and testing, he has led technical teams through complete software development cycles. Ahmed has delivered full-stack, front-end, and back-end projects for startups, eCommerce sites, CRMs, SaaS, and web applications.
Portfolio
Experience
- JavaScript - 10 years
- Node.js - 9 years
- TypeScript - 8 years
- React - 7 years
- Next.js - 5 years
- Technical Leadership - 3 years
- Team Leadership - 3 years
- AI Agents - 1 year
Preferred Environment
React, Angular, Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, Next.js, Team Leadership, Technical Leadership, OpenAI, A/B Testing
The most amazing...
...moment was sharing years of experience to lead teams and advise stakeholders—turning complex challenges into real growth and success.
Work Experience
Front-end Tech Lead
VidIQ
- Developed and implemented a timeline to achieve targets.
- Estimated the project scope and took part in design discussions and code reviews.
- Conducted technical interviews to help hire the right talent for the team.
- Implemented A/B experiments that contributed to the company's growth by increasing the conversion rate and the company's value.
- Led multiple projects and served as a technical reference for other engineers in the team.
Senior Software Engineer (React/TypeScript/Next.js)
Bilt Technologies Inc
- Worked on implementing new marketing placements that helped in improving the conversion rate by over +65%.
- Implemented and architected features that helped the growth in certain areas by up to +150%.
- Improved the page loading speed and core web vitals, and provided guidance to embrace better SEO practices.
Full-stack Lead Engineer
Moss
- Led the development of a full-stack application similar to ChatGPT, integrating multiple knowledge bases to enhance response accuracy and user experience.
- Designed and implemented the front-end architecture using Next.js, ensuring seamless user interaction and improved load times.
- Developed a scalable back-end infrastructure using Node.js and Express, optimizing API response times by 20% through caching strategies and asynchronous processing.
- Integrated 3rd-party knowledge base APIs and in-house databases, enabling dynamic and context-aware conversations by cross-referencing external sources with internal knowledge.
- Enhanced application security by implementing SSO authentication and role-based access control, ensuring data integrity and compliance with industry security standards.
Lead Front-end Engineer
RTIC
- Delivered a positive and hassle-free user experience.
- Developed and implemented a timeline to achieve targets.
- Estimated the project scope and took part in design discussions and code reviews.
- Produced high-quality, clean code following the best practices.
- Implemented pixel-perfect designs created with Adobe XD.
Senior Front-end Engineer
Marketing Agency
- Implemented pixel-perfect A/B tests based on a provided design.
- Tracked, fixed, and reported bugs provided by the reviewers.
- Tested the implemented designs on multiple screen variants and mobile and desktop devices.
- Played a pivotal role in achieving a huge boost in the company's conversion rate.
Senior Full-stack Developer
Eagle Car Rental
- Developed an app with various modules to simplify and handle company-wide managerial tasks.
- Oversaw security measures to ensure that all user data was completely safe and invulnerable.
- Created unit tests to ensure that every part of the app could be maintained easily in the future.
- Verified performance of the front-end app components we created and avoided lagging in the user experience.
- Implemented designs created by the designer on Figma and verified pixel-perfect matching and testing on all browsers and operating systems.
- Verified back-end app performance of database data retrieval and that the endpoints were sending only the required information.
Senior Front-end Developer
Spiralyze LLC
- Implemented designs created by the company's designer on Figma, Adobe XD, or Sketch and verified pixel-perfect matching and testing on all browsers and operating systems.
- Tracked and fixed bugs detected in the QA process using Asana.
- Applied designs without touching the source code to ensure we didn't break anything.
- Reported the status of tasks on a daily basis to the team lead and project manager.
- Oversaw A/B testing and the implementation of the winning tests, which boosted leads by up to 150%.
Software Engineer
Freelance Clients
- Developed the front and back end of various projects, providing the highest quality based on the best practices in the field.
- Managed vast amounts of data and millions of daily users.
- Created A/B tests based on UX and user psychological practices, increasing conversions with up to 50% more leads.
- Handled application security for various cases, ensuring all server information and user data remained safe.
- Tracked and fixed bugs using tools such as Jira and Asana.
- Mentored junior developers and ensured they were capable of performing complex tasks.
Experience
Stock and Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
Eagle Car Rental (Internal Web App)
2021 Toptal JavaScript Speed Coding Challenge
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of Wales - Cardiff, Wales, UK
Certified Diploma in Web Development
Russian Cultural Center - Cairo, Egypt
Certifications
Microsoft Certified Diploma - Web Development
Microsoft | via Computek Learning Center
Web Development (Full Course)
Udemy
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, Node.js, React, Web API, REST APIs, jQuery UI, React Query, React Router, OpenAI Assistants API, OpenAI API, Socket.IO, Google APIs, Google Maps API
Tools
Slack, Jira, Asana, Optimizely, Google Optimize, Redux Thunk, Figma, ChatGPT, Webpack, Google Analytics, Git, Claude, Claude Code, Codex, React Apollo
Languages
SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, SCSS, Sass, HTML5, CSS3, Less, C#, ECMAScript (ES6), GraphQL, Python, PHP, Scala
Frameworks
Bootstrap, Angular, Express.js, Redux, ASP.NET MVC, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Jest, Material UI, .NET, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), Hapi.js, Swagger, Ionic, React Native
Paradigms
Management, REST, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Web Performance Optimization (WPO), Unit Testing, API Architecture
Platforms
VWO, Amazon EC2, Vercel, AWS Lambda, WordPress, Sanity Studio, Amazon Web Services (AWS), DigitalOcean, Azure, Shopify, Mapbox
Storage
Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)
Industry Expertise
Project Management
Other
Software Design, Ajax, Security, Front-end Design, Back-end, XD to HTML, PDF to HTML, PSD to HTML, A/B Testing, Front-end, Content Management Systems (CMS), Responsive UI, eCommerce, API Hooking, Styled-components, React Hooks, Team Leadership, Architecture, DOM, APIs, Technical Leadership, Project Leadership, Leadership, Front-end Development, OpenAI GPT-3 API, OpenAI GPT-4 API, Analytics, Full-stack Development, Solution Architecture, API Integration, FastAPI, OpenAI, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT), Zustand, Streaming, Server-side Rendering (SSR), SSG, Serverless, Caching, Front-end Architecture, Core Web Vitals, Static Site Generators, Lazy Loading, Application State Management, Cloudflare, Technical Architecture, AI Agents, Cursor AI, AI Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Agentic AI, AI Tools, Apollo, Apollo Server, Full-stack, Web Extensions, Extensions, Framer, MERN Stack, Azure CLI
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