<h1 role="heading" data-level="1">AyaSenior Frontend Platform Engineer · 5+ yrs</h1>
Architecting high-performance React systems and standardizing enterprise engineering patterns.
SENIOR Platform WORK
Featured Case Studies & Architecture
ADDITIONAL WORK
Technical Projects & Experiments
Containerized Frontend on Azure Compute
Internal
Containerized the multi-region planning UI using multi-stage Docker builds, nginx hardening, and health-checked workloads, then migrated hosting to the internal Azure Cloud Compute Platform.
Improved deployment parity, simplified scaling, and enabled platform guardrails (runtime config, security headers, observability hooks).
Azure Pipelines → GitHub Actions Migration
Internal
Rebuilt the CI/CD system for the planning platform, porting Azure Pipelines stages into reusable GitHub Actions workflows with matrix testing, build caching, artifact reuse, and guarded production deployments.
Cut pipeline time, aligned with enterprise GitHub governance, and improved release visibility across environments.
Global Master Data and Planning Platform (Web)
Internal
Enterprise web platform enabling regional production and supply chain planning with high volume master data updates and imports.
Operational reliability at scale with standardized UX and guardrails for data integrity.
Schema-driven Import Pipeline
Internal
Pre-validation and reconciliation for file-based imports with early error surfacing, coercions, and automatic lookups.
Higher import success rates and fewer production incidents related to data quality.
Build Modernization and Boilerplate
Internal
Vite-based app template with environment handling and automated versioning; Webpack to Vite migrations for speed and consistency.
About 40 percent faster builds and improved developer onboarding.
Mobile Access and Authentication
Internal
Internal companion app with NFC interactions, OIDC authentication, usage telemetry, and mobile navigation patterns.
Stronger access controls, improved visibility through telemetry, and a better mobile UX.
GraphQL Domain APIs
Internal
Queries and mutations for pricing and classification domains with validation rules and auditing fields; clarified error semantics and improved payload efficiency.
Clearer contracts, fewer client workarounds, and more predictable releases.
Security and Compliance Enablement in CI
Internal
Integrated static analysis and dependency license scanning into pipelines; remediated priority vulnerabilities and enforced guarded release policies.
Improved security posture and smoother audit checkpoints.
Repository Hygiene & Secret Scanning Automation
Internal
Automated scanning and safe rewrite workflow (scan → inventory → replacement map → dry-run → rewrite → verification) orchestrating gitleaks + git filter-repo with deterministic replacement mapping.
Standardized remediation path and significantly reduced manual effort per incident.
Material Pricing Administration
Internal
Frontends and endpoints for standard parts pricing, exchange rates, surcharges, and transport costs with consistent validation and auditing.
Streamlined pricing updates and reduced manual corrections.
Workstations and Groups Administration
Internal
Config UI for workstations and workplace groups using standardized table and form patterns; included bulk updates and validation.
Faster configuration cycles and consistent data quality.
Supplier Onboarding and Cost Centers
Internal
UI workflows and validations for supplier onboarding and cost center management leveraging shared platform components.
Reduced onboarding friction and improved consistency across administrative modules.
SKILLS
Capabilities
Frontend Engineering
- React
- TypeScript
- MUI
- State management
- Complex tables and forms
- Accessibility
- i18n
- Virtualization
- React Native
- Expo
Platform Engineering and DX
- Reusable UI frameworks
- Scaffolding
- Webpack→Vite migrations
- Env & versioning automation
- Documentation
- Review checklists
- Secret remediation automation
Data and APIs
- GraphQL
- REST
- Apollo Client
- React Query
- Pagination strategies
- Validation alignment
- Auditing alignment
- .NET
- HotChocolate
Tooling and CI/CD
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions workflows
- Pipelines & releases
- Node.js
- Webpack
- Vite
- Docker
- Containerized deployments
- Automated versioning
- Release hygiene
Quality and Security
- Schema-driven validation
- Error surfacing frameworks
- SonarQube
- BlackDuck
- JWT
- OIDC
- Jest
- Cypress
- Git history secret purging
Collaboration and Leadership
- Cross-team alignment
- Lightweight RFCs
- Mentoring
- Onboarding
- Stakeholder demos
- Enablement
EXPERIENCE
Professional Experience
Mercedes-Benz South Africa
2021-12 – PresentFrontend Engineer, Global master data and planning platform
- Consolidated table and form experiences into a reusable UI foundation, reducing feature delivery time by ~30% and unifying UX across 10+ modules.
- Engineered a schema-driven import pipeline with pre-validation, increasing first-pass data acceptance rates by 60% and eliminating manual data correction tickets.
- Standardized GraphQL schema and validation contracts, reducing frontend-backend integration bugs and enabling independent release cycles.
- Secured the platform by embedding automated static analysis and OIDC/JWT authentication, achieving 100% compliance with internal security audits.
- Architected a standardized Vite boilerplate, cutting build times by 40% (from 40s to <1s start time) and reducing new service setup time from days to hours.
- Launched a production-ready mobile hub with NFC capabilities, enabling secure, tracked access for field operations and reducing physical logbook usage.
- Established engineering standards and onboarding documentation, scaling the team from 3 to 8 engineers while maintaining high code quality.
- Designed an automated secret remediation workflow, reducing incident response time for repository history cleansing by 90%.
React · TypeScript · MUI · State Management · Apollo Client · React Query · GraphQL · .NET · HotChocolate · Node.js · Azure DevOps · Webpack · Vite · SonarQube · Docker · JWT · OIDC
Autumn Leaf IT
2021-08 – 2021-11Junior Software Developer
- Built full stack features with React and GraphQL.
- Supported cloud deployments and improved release reliability.
React · GraphQL · Node.js · AWS
Amazon Web Services
2021-01 – 2021-06Intern Cloud Support Associate
- Handled issues related to EC2, S3, IAM, and CloudWatch.
- Authored documentation and knowledge base entries for customer workflows.
AWS EC2 · AWS S3 · AWS IAM · Amazon CloudWatch · AWS CLI
CONTINUOUS LEARNING
Education & Certifications
Diploma in ICT in Applications Development
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Year N/A
Meta Front-End Developer Professional Certificate
Meta
2025
Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft
2024
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
2021
ACHIEVEMENTS
Key Impact
Frontend Architecture & Standardization
Architected a reusable data UI framework (filters, virtualization, inline edit) used across 10+ internal modules, reducing feature delivery time by ~30%.
Platform Engineering & DX
Led the migration from Webpack to Vite, cutting local server start times from 40s to <1s and build times by 40%, significantly boosting team velocity.
High-Scale Performance
Optimized a mission-critical planning tool handling 1M+ records, achieving sub-16ms render performance via React Virtualization and Web Worker offloading.
Security & Compliance Operations
Designed a Zero-Trust client-side architecture with OIDC/JWT integration and automated secret scanning pipelines, ensuring ISO-compliant security posture.
CI/CD Modernization
Rebuilt Azure Pipelines as modular GitHub Actions workflows with caching and parallel execution, reducing CI feedback loops by 50%.
Quality Gates & Automation
Enforced code quality standards through schema-driven validation pipelines and automated dependency scanning, reducing production bugs by 25%.
Mentorship & Technical Leadership
Authored comprehensive internal documentation and RFCs, facilitating the onboarding of 5+ developers and standardizing best practices across distributed teams.
Mobile & Edge capabilities
Delivered production-ready React Native capabilities including NFC integrations and offline-first workflows for field operations.
Automated Remediation
Engineered a deterministic history rewrite tool for secret remediation, reducing manual incident response time from days to hours.
Stable API Contracts
Collaborated on GraphQL schema & validation semantics; optimized payloads reduced client workarounds and improved UI responsiveness.
Mobile enablement
Advanced an internal hub app from prototype to production with NFC, modern auth, telemetry and robust navigation improving field UX.
Repository hygiene automation
Authored automated secret scanning & safe history rewrite workflow (scan → inventory → deterministic replacement → dry-run → verified rewrite) markedly reducing manual remediation effort.
MORE INFO
Additional
Graduate development training in agile and DevOps practices.
Recognized for delivery excellence and documentation that improves cross-team alignment.
Mentorship and workshop facilitation for onboarding and pattern adoption.
Experienced in cross-cultural collaboration with distributed teams across regions using documentation-first alignment, async reviews, and clear ownership.
Proactively drove platform-level secret remediation automation creating a reusable, low-risk path for future incidents.