Let's build something great

Hi, I'm Irfan Syed

Senior Front-End Engineer with 12+ years building products people use โ€” from component libraries and design systems to AI-powered automation tools.

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Building reliable software, one thoughtful decision at a time.

I'm a senior front-end engineer based in Sydney, Australia with over 12 years of commercial experience. My core stack is React and TypeScript, and I've spent the better part of a decade building scalable web platforms, design systems and micro-frontend architectures for companies like Intuit and Mastercard. I care about clean code, accessible interfaces and engineering decisions that hold up over time.

Lately I've been going deeper into AI-powered tooling and full-stack development โ€” building LLM-integrated applications, RAG pipelines and backend automation outside of work hours. When I'm not at a keyboard I'm usually hunting for good coffee in Sydney or tinkering with a side project that probably won't ship.

Selected Work.

A selection of commercial and personal work across web, AI and data.

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Echo-M4

Local AI meeting assistant for macOS. Real-time transcription using Whisper.cpp with Metal acceleration, RAG pipeline with LanceDB and Ollama, running entirely offline on Apple Silicon.

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Astro Showcase

Astro-based frontend showcase demonstrating i18n, accessibility standards and component architecture. Built to explore the Astro framework hands-on.

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Notification Hub

Notification system architecture demo exploring virtualised lists, real-time updates and state management patterns at scale.

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ROI Calculator

Client-facing ROI calculator built in React and TypeScript, integrated with WordPress/Divi for a freelance client. Shipped to production.

ReactTypeScriptWordPress

What I work with.

Technologies and tools I reach for when building products.

โšก Frontend
React Next.js TypeScript Tailwind CSS Vite Shadcn/ui HTML5 CSS3
๐Ÿ”ง Backend & APIs
Node.js REST APIs GraphQL NestJS AEM Headless CMS
๐Ÿค– AI & Tooling
LLM integration RAG pipelines Ollama LanceDB Prompt Engineering Whisper.cpp
๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tooling & Others
Git Docker Jenkins CI/CD Splunk Wavefront Figma Jira AWS (familiar)

Where I've worked.

My professional journey so far.

Jul 2025 โ€” Oct 2025
Senior Web Developer (Contract)
Mastercard โ€” Sydney, AU
  • Built and maintained AEM components and templates for an SME-facing educational portal.
  • Worked across technical and non-technical teams to deliver implementation to spec and on time.
  • Conducted functional testing and produced technical documentation throughout delivery.
Oct 2017 โ€” May 2025
Senior Software Engineer
Intuit โ€” Sydney, AU
  • Built React and TypeScript applications for high-traffic marketing platforms.
  • Contributed to a micro-frontend architecture using Module Federation across a Lerna monorepo.
  • Built an AI-powered automation tool for SEO tag management using generative AI and structured data pipelines.
  • Mentored junior developers through code reviews and supported frontend best practice adoption.
Feb 2015 โ€” Sep 2017
Web Developer
Modern Star โ€” Sydney, AU
  • Developed and maintained 12 catalogue websites using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap and jQuery.
  • Delivered responsive, cross-browser compatible interfaces across concurrent client projects.

Let's work together.

Whether you have a role to discuss, a project that needs a sharp frontend engineer, or just want to talk tech โ€” I'd love to hear from you.