About
Building products that work well and last.
I'm Abid Ali, a full stack developer in Karachi, Pakistan (PKT (UTC+5)) with 5+ years of experience. I'm currently Lead MERN UXD Developer at AutoFintech. I build responsive web applications with React and Next.js, and the Node.js APIs and data layers that support them.
I care about understanding what a business needs before choosing how to build it, then delivering clean, maintainable code in clear stages. Open to freelance projects.
Approach
How I work.
Maintainable by default
Clear structure, reusable components and typed code, so your product stays easy to change after launch.
Detail in the interface
Responsive layouts, accessible interactions and careful spacing, because users judge a product by how it feels.
Performance as a feature
Lean pages, optimised images and sensible rendering choices, so the product feels fast on real devices.
Work in visible stages
Regular updates and reviewable milestones, so you always know where the project stands.
Lead MERN UXD Developer
AutoFintech · Full-time · Remote
Dec 2024 — Present
MERN Stack Developer
Freelance · Upwork and Fiverr · Remote
Admin panels, landing pages, CMS integrations and full-stack JavaScript work for clients.
Dec 2022 — Dec 2024
Next.js Developer
Secomind.AI · Full-time · Remote
Nov 2021 — Nov 2022
React & React Native Developer
Pecan LLC · Part-time · Karachi
E-commerce web app with product listings, cart and authentication in React and TypeScript, plus a React Native mobile commerce interface.
Sep 2020 — Oct 2020
Frontend Developer
Freelance · Remote
Responsive pages and interfaces with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Material UI and Tailwind CSS.
Jul 2020 — Aug 2020
Diploma of Associate Engineering (DAE), Computer Information Technology, DIMT, 2018–2021.
Technology
Tools I use.
React, Next.js and TypeScript are where I do my strongest work, supported by the backend and tooling below.
- Frontend
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- React Native
- HTML
- CSS
- Tailwind CSS
- State and data
- Redux
- React Query
- React Context
- REST APIs
- Backend and databases
- Node.js
- Express.js
- MongoDB
- Supabase
- Testing and tooling
- Cypress
- Jest
- Storybook
- Git
- Additional
- Material UI
- Contentful
- Strapi
- WordPress
Let's discuss your next project.
Tell me what you are building, who it is for and what a good result looks like. I'll reply with questions, a suggested approach and the next steps.