Hi, my name is

Akhil K.

Lead Frontend Engineer | Frontend Architecture

Architecting scalable web platforms, design systems, and distributed commerce architectures.

Lead Frontend Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing multi-team web platforms, headless commerce solutions, and resilient frontend systems. Based in India, collaborating regularly with distributed teams across European and global time zones (GMT / CET overlap).

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Akhil K - Lead Frontend Engineer

01.About Me

I am a Lead Frontend Engineer specializing in frontend architecture, design systems, and enterprise web platforms using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Node.js.

Over the past 8+ years, I have led technical architecture for multi-team platforms, established shared component ecosystems, and designed Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) layers that bridge complex microservices. My work focuses on building sustainable frontend foundations, prioritizing performance, strict accessibility (WCAG 2.1 compliance), automated testing, and developer velocity across distributed engineering teams.

Focus Areas

  • ▹Frontend Architecture
  • ▹Design Systems
  • ▹BFF & API Design
  • ▹Headless Commerce
  • ▹Accessibility (WCAG 2.1)
  • ▹Automated Testing

02.Skills & Technologies

Architecture & System Design

Frontend ArchitectureProduct ArchitectureSystem DesignBFF PatternsMicrofrontendsAPI Design (REST/GraphQL)Design SystemsMulti-brand Theming

Frontend Core

ReactNext.js (App Router, SSR/ISR)TypeScriptJavaScript (ES6+)State Management (Redux, MobX, Context)

Backend & Integrations

Node.jsNestJSExpressGraphQLREST APIsWebhooksPostgreSQLAWS (SQS, S3, EC2)Redis

Commerce & CMS

Shopify (Storefront & Admin APIs, Custom Apps)Adobe Commerce (Magento)Salesforce CommerceContentfulBuilder.ioAlgoliaAdyenStripe

Quality & Reliability

Playwright (E2E)VitestJestTesting Libraryaxe-coreWCAG 2.1 Accessibility ComplianceCI/CD (GitHub Actions)Lint-stagedHusky

03.Featured Projects

Tickd

Flagship Project

Tickd

Creator & Full Stack Engineer

A shared daily challenge platform. Conceived, architected, and built a dedicated full-stack web application to solve coordination friction in daily peer challenges. Features group dynamics, real-time checklist tracking, standings, and optimistic updates.

  • ▹Implemented secure server actions, authenticated route handlers, and Drizzle ORM data pipelines with PostgreSQL.
  • ▹Built automated quality gates: Vitest unit/integration tests, cross-browser Playwright E2E tests, and WCAG accessibility audits via axe-core.
  • ▹Configured strict GitOps pipelines with GitHub Actions, Commitlint, and Husky.
  • Next.js 16
  • React 19
  • TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • Drizzle ORM
  • Playwright
  • Vitest
  • axe-core
  • Tailwind CSS
SvgIn-React

Featured Project

SvgIn-React

Creator & Maintainer

An open-source React/TypeScript library built to securely fetch, sanitize, and inline untrusted SVGs across client, server, and React Server Components (RSC).

  • ▹Designed a lazy-loaded sanitization pipeline leveraging DOMPurify to eliminate XSS vectors.
  • ▹Architected modular entry points (client, server, core) ensuring tree-shakability and minimal bundle overhead.
  • ▹Engineered built-in memory caching and preloading APIs to eliminate redundant network requests.
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • DOMPurify
  • tsup
  • npm

04.Currently Building

In Progress

Grand Tour

A Next.js travel app that turns a trip idea into an AI-generated route on an interactive Leaflet map. Guests get no database at all, plans live in localStorage, and shared trips are stored as TTL-based links in Upstash Redis. The free tier limit is enforced at three separate layers so it can't be bypassed from the client.

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Leaflet
  • Upstash Redis
  • Tailwind CSS
In Progress

StoreBridge

A Shopify embedded app for bulk migrating and syncing store data across multiple Shopify stores. Built on Shopify's Bulk Operations API, with Redis as the sole persistence layer instead of a traditional database.

  • Shopify App
  • React
  • Redis
  • Bulk Operations API
In Progress

localVend

A local-seller e-commerce platform for plants, produce, and poultry vendors. Next.js on the frontend, a NestJS, Prisma, GraphQL, and Postgres backend, plus a separate admin dashboard secured with dual JWT auth for regular users and admin users.

  • Next.js
  • NestJS
  • Prisma
  • GraphQL
  • PostgreSQL

05.Experience

Lead Experience Engineer @ Publicis Sapient

Jun 2023 — Present

Remote, India

Joined through Corra, acquired by Publicis Sapient in June 2023

  • ▹Lead frontend architecture for a multi-storefront headless commerce ecosystem for a Fortune 50 global automotive enterprise, supporting 5+ parallel engineering teams across React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Shopify Storefront APIs.
  • ▹Architected a custom Node.js middleware layer orchestrating catalog, pricing, and inventory synchronization across distributed microservices and AWS SQS event streams.
  • ▹Spearheaded enterprise commerce modernization from legacy HCL Commerce to Shopify for a leading national telecommunications provider in the Middle East.
  • ▹Formulated shared component library and design system governance, cutting UI duplication across independent team deployments.
  • ▹Conduct architecture RFCs, set automated quality and accessibility benchmarks, and mentor 4+ frontend engineers.

06. What's Next?

Get in Touch

I am always interested in discussing frontend architecture, design systems, and engineering leadership. Whether you'd like to talk through a technical challenge, collaborate on an initiative, or connect, feel free to drop a message.

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