Frontend Engineer / Full-Stack (UI-focused) · Chicago, ILOpen to US-wide roles · May 2026

UI-focused full-stack developer crafting production-ready web experiences.

Graduating May 2026 from Illinois Tech (GPA 4.0). Three internships. Three deployed products. I care about the gap between Figma and production — and I close it fast.

35%

less UI rework

Looks For Lease, 2025 · component reuse across 6 modules

~30%

lower API latency

ISCP project · AWS deployment

99.9%

uptime

AWS demo period · EC2 + RDS + CloudFront

4 / 4.0

GPA

Illinois Tech · graduating May 2026

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Web Design & Dev Manager · CIP Chicago

Feb 2026 – Present

Ykadam006

Stack

React

Next.js

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

GPA

4.0

/ 4.0 · Illinois Tech · May 2026

Location

Chicago, IL

Open to relocate anywhere in the US

3internships

3deployed

Always shipping · 52 weeks

58 contributions in the last year

what i build with

selected projects

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Full-Stack · SaaS

ApplyVibe — Job Application Tracker

Free-first full-stack SaaS for job seekers — Kanban pipeline, analytics dashboard, smart insights, and Auth.js auth. Built with Next.js 16, Prisma, and Neon PostgreSQL.

Next.js 16Auth.js v5PrismaNeon PostgreSQL

8 app pages + 6 API routes

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Live

Full-Stack · Next.js

DailyHabitz — Habit Tracker

Full-stack habit tracker with 4 accessible Next.js screens, 11 Express routes, CI/CD automation, and 50+ reusable frontend modules.

Next.js (App Router)TypeScriptTailwind CSSNode.js

11 Express routes

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Live

Frontend · React

Ghumakkad — Travel Planner

14-screen React travel planner with 4 external API integrations, Chart.js budget dashboards, Leaflet maps, and a full Vitest + MSW test suite.

ReactViteChart.jsLeaflet

14 routed screens

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working style

How I work

Understand

I read the Figma, ask questions, map the component tree before writing a line of code.

Build

Reusable TypeScript components, consistent loading/empty/error states, REST API integration.

Test

Vitest unit tests, Playwright E2E, Postman for APIs, Lighthouse for accessibility.

Ship

PR review, CI/CD checks, production validation, metrics documented.

where i've been

Core experience

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Web Design & Development Manager Intern

Currentinternship

Council of International Programs (CIP Chicago) · Feb 2026 – Present · Chicago, IL

Audited 30+ pages across two WordPress sites using a content-audit spreadsheet — identified unclear messaging, repetition, broken flow, and readability blockers, and provided recommendations that guided content revisions, enhancing semantic HTML and accessibility (ARIA/WCAG).

UI/UX Developer Intern

internship

Looks For Lease Technologies Inc. · Jun 2025 – Aug 2025 · Remote (California)

Developed an internal admin panel in Next.js with TypeScript and JavaScript (ES6+), enabling operations teams to manage orders, products, and payments — streamlining workflows and reducing manual processing.

Web Developer Intern

internship

Abhyaz · Jan 2024 – Jul 2024 · Chennai, India

Produced responsive landing pages using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — ensuring consistent layouts across mobile, tablet, and desktop with cross-browser compatibility.

Leadership: PME Marketing Chair, PMI volunteer, ISA Photography.

Education

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M.A.S. Information Technology & Management (ITM)

Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) · Expected May 2026 · GPA: 4.0/4.0 · Chicago, IL

Relevant Coursework: Full-Stack Web Development, Front-End Web Development, Web Application Foundations, Human-Computer Interaction, Object-Oriented App Dev, Database Management, Cloud Computing, Agile/Scrum

B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering

MIT ADT University · Oct 2023 · Pune, India