Hi I'm

// Senior Frontend Engineer

Building scalable UIs, design systems & developer tooling

Indianapolis, USA U.S. Permanent Resident Open to opportunities
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shanmuganand avatar
// shanmuganand.avatar
$ whoami
>_ about

Frontend-obsessed engineer with 5+ years shipping scalable UIs, design systems, and developer tooling across B2B SaaS, video platforms, and scheduling products.

I care deeply about performance, accessibility, and building systems that scale — not just features that ship.

// status
Open to Senior / Staff roles
// location
Indianapolis, USA
// authorization
U.S. Permanent Resident
// languages
EN · TA · HI · DE (basic)
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$ history --work
>_ experience
$BigID
Senior Software Engineer
Aug 2024 – Nov 2025
Built the AI Suggestions feature and Data-Driven Questions engine, shipped a modular compliance framework, and migrated CRA to Vite — cutting build time by 80%.
$Full Creative
Frontend Engineer
Mar 2021 – Jul 2024
Led frontend development across 20+ client projects, built reusable design systems with Storybook, and drove performance optimizations achieving consistent 90+ Lighthouse scores.
$Full Creative
Junior Web Developer
Nov 2019 – Feb 2021
Developed WordPress and React sites for small-to-medium businesses, learned production workflows, and contributed to the team's transition from jQuery to React.
$Doodleblue Innovations
Web Developer Intern
Sep 2018 – Oct 2018
Built interactive UI prototypes and learned modern web development fundamentals during a short but intensive internship at a product studio.
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$ ls ~/github
>_ projects
portfolio-cli

This very portfolio — a CLI-themed personal site built with Astro 5, Tailwind CSS v4, and vanilla TypeScript. Terminal aesthetic, zero frameworks.

Stack: Astro · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · MDX
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$ skills --list
>_ skills
FRONTEND
React.js TypeScript JavaScript Next.js HTML5 CSS SCSS Tailwind Webpack Performance Optimization Accessibility (WCAG)
UI / DESIGN
Figma Storybook Design Systems
TESTING
Cypress Jest RTL Chromatic
BACKEND / INFRA
Node.js REST APIs GraphQL MongoDB Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Vercel
OTHER
WebRTC SEO GenAI Prompt Engineering State Management Markdoc
$ connect --with="shanmuganand"
>_ contact
// no forms. no bots. just direct lines.

Reach out via email or LinkedIn.
Usually respond within 24 hours.

Open to Senior Frontend, Staff, and
Principal Engineer roles.