Usman Ali
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Toptal member since June 26, 2020
Usman is a talented developer who has been architecting applications on a wide range of government and global projects for eight years. He is passionate about valuable UX and enjoys crafting simple and effective solutions for complex problems. He is well-versed in JavaScript, React, Python, and Django. Usman's work has helped streamline and ease business solutions, bring in new clients, expand company offerings by updating platforms and processes, and resolve tough usability and design issues.
Portfolio
Experience
- JavaScript - 8 years
- CSS - 8 years
- React - 8 years
- Node.js - 8 years
- Python - 7 years
- Redux - 5 years
- TypeScript - 5 years
- Vue - 4 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Asana, Slack, Windows, MacOS
The most amazing...
...project I've had is YieldX, a design system I built from scratch.
Work Experience
React Front-end Developer
Modern Animal Inc
- Utilized Gatsby to build a performant and scalable front-end for Modern Animal. Gatsby's speed and efficiency in generating static sites ensured a fast-loading and SEO-friendly website experience.
- Integrated Contentful as the headless CMS to deliver and manage dynamic content. Leveraged Contentful's capabilities to serve flexible content that can be updated seamlessly by non-technical team members.
- Leveraged TypeScript to enhance code maintainability and reliability, allowing for a more structured approach to building new features and reducing runtime errors.
- Utilized GraphQL to efficiently query data from Contentful, enabling seamless integration of dynamic data into page templates while maintaining fast load times.
- Added new features to Modern Animal's website, introducing dynamic content elements and functionalities that align with the platform's needs, improving both the user experience and overall site performance.
- Enhanced the website's design using styled-components to refine visual aesthetics, layout, and user interface elements. This improved the site's overall look and feel, making it more engaging and user-friendly.
- Resolved bugs and issues to increase the stability of Modern Animal's web app, ensuring a smoother user experience and reducing downtime or performance glitches.
Self-employed Developer
Freelance
- Created reusable components based on React, TypeScript, MUI, styled-components, and Bootstrap and built a pixel-perfect, responsive UI and design system.
- Collaborated and worked with back-end engineers to build a data services RESTful API.
- Developed products from scratch or extended existing projects using a variety of full-stack technologies for both front and back end.
- Focused on the unit and E2E tests to increase code coverage utilizing Jest, PyTest, testing library, Cypress, and Enzyme.
Senior Python Developer
DakotaSoft
- Focused on Python development for Dakota Soft's web application back end.
- Built and optimized core back-end features, ensuring the app was fast, secure, and scalable.
- Worked closely with front-end teams to create smooth API integrations.
- Enhanced data processing and storage with cloud services, keeping everything reliable and compliant with security standards.
HubSpot Developer
Education Farm
- Designed and developed six critical web pages, including the homepage, courses, our story, contact, and faculty, ensuring a cohesive and visually appealing user experience.
- Leveraged HubSpot CMS to seamlessly integrate website content and REST APIs, improving overall site functionality and ensuring efficient content management.
- Implemented REST APIs to fetch and display dynamic content on the website, such as real-time data updates or external service integrations, enhancing user engagement.
- Worked closely with the design team to bring Figma-based mockups to life, translating design concepts into a functional and aesthetically pleasing website.
Mobile Developer
A4BSoft
- Developed and maintained the Digital Signature mobile application using React Native, focusing on enhancing security and user experience.
- Implemented features for electronic signatures, document encryption, and secure sharing on mobile devices.
- Optimized the app for cross-platform performance, ensuring seamless operation on both iOS and Android platforms.
- Integrated advanced encryption algorithms to safeguard sensitive data and ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Collaborated with the back-end team to implement secure cloud storage, ensuring data integrity and efficient synchronization across devices.
- Conducted extensive usability testing and incorporated user feedback to continuously improve the app’s interface and overall functionality.
Full-stack Developer (via Toptal)
Nicholas Weeks
- Developed and implemented a robust and scalable RESTful API for the Agricultural Automation Framework project, facilitating seamless communication between various devices and the core framework.
- Designed and delivered a user-friendly and responsive website using React, enhancing the user experience and providing a visually appealing interface for clients to interact with the Agricultural Automation system.
- Utilized Node.js to build and maintain server-side logic, ensuring efficient data processing and real-time updates for the connected devices within the framework.
- Integrated MySQL databases to store and manage data efficiently, optimizing data retrieval and storage operations for improved system performance.
- Developed comprehensive documentation for both the API and website, providing clear guidelines for usage, troubleshooting, and future development, contributing to improved project maintainability.
- Conducted thorough testing, identifying and resolving bugs and issues to achieve a high level of system reliability and stability.
Senior Full-stack Developer
The Tiger Clan NFT
- Developed and implemented smart contracts using Solidity, resulting in a seamless and secure transaction process for the Tiger Clan NFT platform.
- Spearheaded the integration of Web3.js to enable seamless interaction between the blockchain and front end, improving the user experience and platform functionality.
- Led a team of developers in the creation of a responsive and user-friendly React-based front end for the Tiger Clan NFT website.
- Participated in agile development processes actively, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
Full-stack Developer (via Toptal)
Rapidly Financial Inc
- Utilized JavaScript, React, and Node.js to architect and build responsive and user-friendly interfaces, significantly enhancing the overall user experience and engagement on the no-code solution.
- Engineered seamless API integrations, ensuring smooth communication and data flow between different modules of the application, resulting in a cohesive and integrated user workflow.
- Spearheaded the development of custom APIs, employing best practices and optimizing performance to meet the unique requirements of the no-code solution, ultimately enhancing its functionality and versatility.
- Leveraged Ruby on Rails (RoR) to address specific back-end functionalities, enabling robust data handling and efficient processing for the migrated application.
- Orchestrated Amazon Web Services to establish a scalable and reliable infrastructure for the no-code solution, implementing cloud-based solutions that enhanced the application's performance and scalability.
- Developed and implemented a comprehensive migration plan for the existing application on moderntax.io, successfully transitioning it from a traditional code-based solution to a streamlined and efficient no-code platform.
Front-end Developer (via Toptal)
YieldX Inc.
- Spearheaded the design and implementation of dynamic and responsive user interfaces using React, JavaScript, and TypeScript, enhancing the overall user experience on the YieldX platform.
- Integrated advanced data visualization libraries into the front end, transforming complex financial data into intuitive charts and graphs, improving users' ability to analyze investment portfolios.
- Introduced modular component architecture, leading to a reduction in code redundancy and a more maintainable codebase, facilitating easier future feature additions and bug fixes.
- Integrated third-party APIs to enhance the platform's functionality, resulting in expanded data sources and improved financial analysis capabilities for users.
- Participated in Agile development cycles actively, contributing to biweekly sprint planning, stand-up meetings, and retrospective sessions, ensuring seamless coordination with cross-functional teams.
Senior Front-end Developer
BondHouse
- Created new product pages and reusable components based on React, TypeScript, Apollo, Redux, MUI, and styled-components. Worked with designers to build a pixel-perfect, responsive design system for the website.
- Collaborated with back-end engineers to build data services and reduce bugs.
- Redeveloped and extended an existing project using a variety of full-stack technologies.
- Led the development of a design system using MUI, Storybook, styled components, and Nxt.
- Defined unit and E2E tests for 100% code coverage, employing Jest, React testing library, and Cypress.
Project Coordinator
Hewlett Packard
- Maintained and monitored project plans and schedules, ensuring project deadlines were met.
- Collaborated with key HP teams to elevate and resolve critical issues undertaking project tasks.
- Offered remote support to on-site engineers, end users, and customers installing or updating, configuring, testing, and maintaining software applications and web servers.
Experience
Responsive Interface and Review System Design
https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/Platform Migration
https://www.boutiqueair.com/Design Renewal and Development
https://www.jetty.com/Gembah Product Design and Supply Chain Integration Platform
https://www.gembah.com/Full-stack Development | Features and Documentation
https://www.lessen.com/Additionally, I developed and maintained comprehensive documentation for the front-end codebase, streamlining knowledge transfer among team members and reducing onboarding time for new developers. The key skills utilized in this process included React, Node.js, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, and HTML.
Front-end Development of a Website and Mobile App
https://studioscience.com/React/Firebase Development | User-friendly Platform
https://cobox.com.au/Full-stack Development for an AI Data Visualization Project
In this case, I integrated Lama7B into the application to display all the textual analysis. I used LIDA and integrated it with the system for the graphical analysis. My excellent knowledge of AI/ML models and NLP techniques helped me in this project.
eCommerce Development for Jackets Platform
https://parkersbay.com/Online Learning Platform Development
https://goodhabitz.com/Education
Master's Degree in Information Technology
Deakin University - Burwood, Victoria, Australia
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science
Air University - Islamabad, Pakistan
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, React, Vue, REST APIs, React Redux, API Development, Vuex, Web3.js, jQuery, Stripe, MobX, Rebass
Tools
Redux Toolkit, GitHub, Figma, Git, Webpack, Xero, Slack, Asana, React Apollo, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
Languages
JavaScript, CSS3, TypeScript, CSS, Python, HTML5, HTML, Java, Ruby, GraphQL, SQL, C#, Dart, Rust, PHP, Go, Solidity
Frameworks
Django, Express.js, Redux, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Next.js, Jest, Flutter, AngularJS, Flask, Angular, Tailwind CSS, Ember.js, React Native, Spring Boot, Ionic, Jinja, Laravel, NestJS, Cypress, .NET, Svelte, Material UI, Bootstrap, Recoil, Nuxt.js, Ionic 4, Vanilla JS
Paradigms
Unit Testing, DevOps, MEAN Stack, UX Design, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Responsive Web Design (RWD), Automation, UI Design, Web UI Design
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Heroku, WordPress, Docker, AWS Lambda, Azure, HubSpot, Mobile, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Firebase, Shopify, FlutterFlow, Vercel, DigitalOcean, MacOS, Windows, Nxt, Blockchain, Contentful, AWS IoT, Voiceflow, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, iOS, Android
Storage
MongoDB, MySQL, Google Cloud, Database Management Systems (DBMS), Amazon S3 (AWS S3), PostgreSQL, JSON/XML Schemas, Datadog, NoSQL, Cloud Firestore
Industry Expertise
Web Design
Other
Gatsby, Documentation, Web Applications, Front-end, Full-stack, Back-end, FastAPI, API Integration, Full-stack Development, Back-end Development, Front-end Development, Web Development, MERN Stack, Team Leadership, PDF, Web Scraping, Integration, Debugging, Mobile App Development, Material Design, Apollo, CI/CD Pipelines, Technical Documentation, APIs, eCommerce, WebSockets, Cryptocurrency, User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Apps, Technical Leadership, Styled-components, XState, Storybook, Fintech, Finance, Design Systems, Architecture, User Experience (UX), Web3, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Video Streaming, OpenAI GPT-3 API, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Chrome Extensions, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Email, Electronics, SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Responsive Design
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