Senior Frontend Engineer AI-assisted development

Lakhan Rochwani

Building scalable interfaces and thoughtful digital experiences.

Senior Frontend Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing and delivering scalable web platforms and modern UI architectures using React, TypeScript, and cloud-native technologies. Architected large-scale systems supporting 1M+ users across Atlassian and Apple. Passionate about AI-assisted development, leveraging tools to accelerate delivery while aligning technical solutions with business outcomes.


Experience

Senior Front End Developer

Intuit - San Diego, CA

  • Proven track record of delivering identity and authentication solutions for QuickBooks, building scalable React and TypeScript interfaces across critical financial workflows.
  • Delivered 0-to-1 product features in partnership with product and UX, managed multi-environment deployments, and utilized AI-assisted tools to streamline development and mentorship.
  • Spearheaded a config-driven feature system enabling region-specific toggles without code changes, accelerating global releases.
  • Ensured seamless testing by allowing teams to deactivate validation features without disrupting pipelines.
  • Managed production release pipelines, ensuring stable deployments across multiple environments.
  • Used AI-assisted development tools like Cursor, Claude CLI agents, and Model Context Protocols (MCP) to automate redundant tasks, streamline debugging, and accelerate code delivery.
  • Mentored junior engineers on React architecture and code quality.

May 2025 – Current

Front End Engineer

Lowes - Charlotte, NC

  • Solely implemented the Lowe's Enterprise Tax Testing Tool, leveraging React, Redux and TypeScript for the frontend and Node.js for the backend.Successfully migrated the existing application from Python to a modern, scalable React framework. Created interactive wireframes and prototypes using Figma to ensure seamless user experience and clear design communication before implementation.
  • Deployed applications across development, staging, and production environments using Lowe's in-house deployment platform, LOCI, ensuring efficient and error-free rollouts. Partnered with backend teams to design RESTful APIs, ensuring seamless integration and efficient data flow between frontend and backend systems.
  • Identified and resolved performance bottlenecks, leveraging tools like Chrome DevTools and React Profiler to enhance application speed and responsiveness. Authored detailed technical documentation to facilitate knowledge sharing and onboarding for new team members.

March 2022 – July 2024

Front End Engineer

Atlassian Inc. - Austin, TX

  • Implemented Dark Mode Theming within the Embedded Page Component of Confluence using Server-Side Rendering (SSR) logic. Utilized documentation from the Atlassian Design System for seamless integration and deployed the feature, catering to 1 million users. Optimized CSS injection & dynamic rendering for enhanced UX. Collaborated cross-functionally for seamless integration & compatibility
  • Contributed to a project focused on enhancing cross-flow between Jira and Confluence users. Introduced functionalities enabling seamless document creation from Jira tickets, thereby increasing the Monthly Active Users (MAU) of Confluence by 30%. This resulted in a surge in Confluence licensing adoption by 45% by Jira users.
  • Added end-to-end integration tests for multiple Confluence functionalities utilizing Cypress and Playwright testing frameworks. This proactive approach enabled us to identify and rectify bugs just before deployment to the production

March 2022 – July 2024

Front End Engineer

Apple Inc. - Austin, TX

  • Working directly with the business to get requirements and pass it on to offshore team and also get all the queries resolved.
  • Developed UI components with React and Redux, also worked on Rio for running pipelines for CI/CD.
  • Resolved any bugs raised after deploying code to production in limited time frame.

Jan 2021 – March 2022

Front End Engineer

The Home Depot - Austin, TX

  • Involved in gathering requirement from business users and working with UX team to deliver UI design, functionalities and features.
  • Responsibilities include developing new features, bug fixing, enhancements and building new components. Work together with teammates in documenting the changes in application and also monitoring front-end performance.
  • Created reusable components with React and Redux, also develop functional based components with latest React hooks. Performed Test Driven Development (TDD) using Jest and React Testing Library (RTL).
  • Utilized Concourse CI for CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Development) by building pipelines in which different applications run side by side.
  • Used google analytics for tracking the traffic and also the count of users, to see how the user interacts with the system.

Jan 2019 – Dec 2020

Front End Developer

World4Engineers (India)

  • Designed a customer web form using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript for a local merchandise. Increased online sale by 56%.
  • Designed and developed user-friendly website, including enhanced check-out page that gave a raise in user clicks, and subsequently customer purchases by 30%
  • Gained knowledge in end-to-end development of software from requirement analysis to system study,designing, coding, testing, de-bugging,documentation and implementation & also worked with backend engineers to optimize existing API calls to create efficiencies by deprecating unneeded API calls.
  • Implemented in-depth process for cross-browser testing in IE, Mozilla and Chrome which corrected layout issues on 4 main site pages .

June 2016 – May 2017

UI Developer

Zen Softech (India)

  • Developed working prototypes from UI designs for cross-platform devices.
  • Developed new forms that fetch and validate data from the user in HTML5 and JavaScript, which improved completion rate by 55%.
  • Designed procedures for clean-up and performance enhancement that minimized downtime by 11%.
  • Collaborated with senior-level developers to develop projects for website throughout various phases of project lifecycle.

May 2015 – Nov 2015

Education

University of Illinois at Springfield , IL

Masters of Science ,Computer Science

GPA: 3.96

Relevant Courses: Web Technologies, Web Design and Fundamentals, Database systems, Object- oriented programming, Software Engineering Capstone, Data structures and algorithms.

August 2017 - December 2018

Gujarat Technological University

Bachelors of Engineering, Computer Science

GPA: 3.8

Relevant Courses:Object Oriented Programming With C++, Analysis and Design of Algorithms, Web Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Object Oriented Programming using JAVA, Computer Networks.

May 2013 - May 2017

ENGINEERING CAPABILITIES

Skills & Toolkit

A production-minded toolkit for building scalable interfaces, reliable integrations, and delivering software with AI-assisted workflows.

01

Frontend Engineering

Building maintainable, responsive user experiences.

React TypeScript JavaScript Next.js Redux Angular HTML5 CSS3 Sass Less

Also familiar with: WordPress, Gulp, Grunt and npm.

02

APIs & Cloud Platforms

Connecting interfaces to scalable services.

Node.js Express GraphQL Apollo Client REST APIs AWS S3 AWS Lambda AWS Amplify Amazon Cognito CloudFront GCP
03

AI-Assisted Development

Using coding assistants to accelerate implementation and debugging.

Cursor
Claude Code / CLI
GitHub Copilot
OpenAI Codex
Model Context Protocol

AI accelerates the work; engineering judgment, code review, and testing remain essential.

04

Quality & Delivery

Keeping software tested, performant, and maintainable.

Jest React Testing Library Cypress Playwright Git Docker CI/CD Performance Profiling Accessibility Responsive Design Figma Jira

HOW I BUILD

From problem to production

01 / DISCOVER

Understand the problem

Clarify user needs, product goals, data contracts, and architectural constraints before implementation.

02 / BUILD

Build with leverage

Create reusable interfaces and reliable integrations. Use AI assistance where it improves iteration and debugging.

03 / SHIP

Validate and deliver

Review generated code, run tests, check performance and accessibility, and verify release quality.


SELECTED WORK

Projects

A collection of interactive interfaces, practical utilities, and full-stack experiments built to solve real problems and explore ideas through code.

Video Browser application preview MEDIA INTERFACE

Video Browser

A focused interface for browsing video content.

Weather Forecast Application dashboard preview WEATHER

Weather Forecast Application

A weather interface with forecast information and visual data.

Temperature Converter interface preview UTILITY

Temperature Converter

A temperature conversion utility for common temperature scales.

Digital Clock project preview UTILITY

Digital Clock

A compact clock project with a clear, time-focused interface.

Issue Tracker application preview PRODUCTIVITY

Issue Tracker

An interface for entering and organizing issue details.

Rock Paper Scissors game preview GAME

Rock Paper Scissors

A browser-based version of the classic hand game.

Campground Full Stack Application preview FULL-STACK APP

Campground Full Stack Application

A campground-focused application built as a full-stack project.

RGB Color Guessing Game preview GAME

RGB Color Guessing Game

An interactive color game based on RGB values.

Ron Swanson Quote Generator preview GENERATOR

Ron Swanson Quote Generator

A simple interactive interface for discovering quotes.



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Whether you're hiring for a frontend role, building a product, or interested in UI architecture and AI-assisted engineering, I'd be glad to connect.

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Based in San Diego, California

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