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Drive
Search, discovery, and a shared component library that sped the team up. Leasing and finance checkout end to end, with a 15% drop in user drop-off.
Engineer / Builder / Freelancer
Lasha
Kakabadze
Senior Frontend Engineer
Senior Frontend Engineer specialising in React, Next.js, and TypeScript. I own frontend roadmaps through $20M+ growth cycles and ship high-impact UI in fast-paced startups: performance systems, design systems, and product surfaces people actually use.
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Interfaces into
products.
Portfolio / 2026
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THINGS
I SHIP.
Selected product work, from full-time teams to freelance builds.
02
Raven
Analytics frontend through a $20M+ growth phase. Dashboards at 100k+ rows, 25% less memory, 60% fewer server requests.
03
Studio Music
Led frontend for the Studio Music launch, thousands of active users. Design system with Tailwind and tokens so Figma and the codebase stayed in lockstep.
04
PostgresAI
Observability for Postgres experts: dashboards, docs, and a UI that had to make deep performance data readable in minutes, not hours.
05
Finerpoint
A reading product for saving, tagging, and sharing articles. Built with the founding team until it stopped feeling like a contract.
CLEAR
BY
DEFAULT.
Building great products goes beyond writing clean code. It is understanding the problem, collaborating clearly, and delivering work that holds up. I value fast iteration, attention to detail, and staying aligned with the people using what I ship.
01
Start with the problem
Get the question right before the interface. Ask, sketch, and only then commit to a stack.
02
Build the prototype
Ideas get clearer when they are clickable. Ship a version you can test, not a deck you can defend.
03
Leave a trace
Document the process, label the components, and make the next person's job easier, including future me.
04
Talk as you go
Clear timelines, honest trade-offs, and no surprises. The work is better when the conversation stays open.
HOW
I GOT
HERE.
Full-time product teams, startups, and the stretch between them. Search, checkout, dashboards at 100k+ rows, and launches with numbers attached.
Senior Frontend Engineer
Set engineering standards for vehicle search and discovery, including a shared component library that raised team velocity. Built the leasing and finance checkout end to end, cutting drop-off by 15% through faster UI and a tighter flow.
Senior Frontend Engineer
Owned frontend on the analytics platform through a $20M+ growth phase. Dashboards that handle 100k+ rows with low latency. Cut memory use by 25% and server requests by 60% with a custom cache and a state-management rewrite.
Senior Frontend Engineer
Led frontend for the Studio Music launch, from first pass to production for several thousand active users. Built a scalable design system with Tailwind and design tokens so Figma and the codebase stayed aligned.
React Engineer
Shipped B2B features for 20+ enterprise clients, using React Query for messy data sync across the platform. Lifted overall performance by 20% while keeping a bi-weekly release cadence.
React Developer
Improved responsiveness by 30% by moving legacy Gatsby and Redux into a reusable component library. Added i18n so the product could ship across locales without the UI drifting.
Junior Frontend Developer
Built UI, interactive mapping, and complex forms for an online grants platform. Tests, reviews, and production work alongside senior engineers.
Open to ideas