Amer Lotfi Orimi

Frontend owner for Altex, a cryptocurrency exchange. Responsible for the exchange web app, the B2B platform, the admin panel and the landing site and blog.

• ▸Develop the exchange web app with React, TypeScript, TanStack Query, Zustand, Formik and Yup, with real-time market data over Socket.IO and trading charts with Lightweight Charts and TradingView
• ▸Build the B2B web app in an Nx monorepo with React, Radix UI, Tailwind CSS and Vitest, integrated with NestJS REST APIs
• ▸Ship the landing site and blog on Next.js 16 and Payload CMS 3 with PostgreSQL, plus an MUI admin panel with full RTL support
• ▸Keep a shared design system in Storybook and match Figma designs exactly, with bilingual Persian/English UI through i18next
• ▸Add quality gates with Playwright end-to-end tests, Sentry error tracking, PostHog analytics, Lefthook, Commitlint and a Workbox PWA
• ▸Automate the delivery flow with AI agents (Claude Code, MCP for Jira, GitLab, Figma and Mattermost): chat to ticket, branch, merge request, code review and merge, with 2,000+ commits shipped in 2026

Core developer of VTUS, a web platform for law firms that help immigrants get U.S. visas. Owned the frontend architecture and supported the backend services.

• ▸Built a modular React app with React Router v7, TypeScript, Zustand, Formik, React Query, Radix UI, Tailwind CSS and Storybook
• ▸Developed NestJS services with PostgreSQL, Redis and RabbitMQ for asynchronous messaging
• ▸Containerised the backend, database and pgAdmin with Docker
• ▸Set up CI/CD with GitHub Actions for frontend and backend: build, test and deploy

Joined an early-stage product with no clear architecture or code standards and led a full frontend refactor.

• ▸Redesigned the architecture for maintainability, scalability and readability
• ▸Added Zustand state management, theming and localisation
• ▸Introduced ESLint, Prettier, testing and CI/CD with GitHub Actions
• ▸Created separate build pipelines for production, internal and development environments
• ▸Frontend standards became the company-wide reference adopted by the backend and other teams

Frontend engineer for client projects through Tribes, a developer house that places engineers with partner companies.

• ▸Delivered production web and mobile apps for international clients
• ▸Worked with distributed agile teams and gave architecture advice on React and React Native projects

Designed and built KidsPod, a podcast app for children with interactive and painting features.

• ▸Designed the app architecture and built audio playback with React Native Track Player
• ▸Built the painting module with React Native Skia and released the open-source example
• ▸Published the app on the App Store and Google Play and wrote about it on Medium

Technical and business consultant for IT&T after the Lobox build phase.

• ▸Reviewed architecture and performance strategy
• ▸Supported onboarding and technology decisions

Continued development of the Lobox professional network after handing over the team lead role.

• ▸Maintained a large React codebase for the social networking platform
• ▸Mentored junior developers and improved codebase modularity

Built Lobox, a next-generation professional social network and LinkedIn competitor.

• ▸Hired and led the frontend and backend team and set up the project foundation
• ▸Introduced React with server-side rendering (SSR) for performance and SEO
• ▸Built Node.js services for APIs, authentication and real-time features

Maintained the main Sibche iOS app store app and built React Native apps for external clients.

• ▸Developed with React Native and TypeScript, including native module integration
• ▸Improved app performance and usability

Built web and mobile UI for Sheypoor, a major classifieds platform.

• ▸Built reusable UI components, navigation and composite components with React and React Native
• ▸Practised pair programming and code review
• ▸Wrote Android and iOS build scripts and configured Webpack and ESLint

Designed and built three large web applications from scratch with React and NestJS.

• ▸Created a React boilerplate with routing, authentication and API integration
• ▸Used Redux and Redux Thunk for predictable state management
• ▸Built modular NestJS REST APIs in TypeScript and an Express.js message broker
• ▸Defined coding standards and architecture patterns for the team

Improved the web UI of Digikala, the largest e-commerce platform in the Middle East.

• ▸Rebuilt the search page as a single-page React application
• ▸Contributed to the Partial Shipment project and the Digikala Mag refactor, with separate desktop and mobile apps
• ▸Found and fixed a critical mobile bug and refactored the Firefox mobile JavaScript layer
• ▸Code still runs in production after 8+ years

Combined technical support and frontend development for CMS deployments and client web projects.

• ▸Built UIs with HTML, CSS, Less, SCSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap and UIkit
• ▸Configured DNS, hosting, VPS, NGINX, Apache and IIS
• ▸Moved from UI work toward Node.js and backend principles