My Story
Built different.
Shipped as expected.
I'm Jamel.
A senior frontend engineer from Vancouver Canada with a decade of turning complex ideas into interfaces people actually want to use. It started with HTML in a browser's DevTools and a stubborn need to understand why things look the way they do. That curiosity never left.
Today I work at the intersection of design and engineering. I've partnered with product teams and founders to ship experiences that are fast, accessible, and impossible to forget. I care about the details most people skip: the easing curve, the focus state, the 12 pixels of breathing room that make a layout feel inevitable.
“It's the decisions you make, when you have no time to make them, that define who you are.”
- 2015
Caught the bug
Rebuilt a local soccer camp's website on a whim. Shipped it. Never looked back.
- 2016
Went deep on craft
Kept building. Sought mentorship. Finished Bootcamps. Won Hackathons.
- 2020
Stepped out solo
Left the architectural industry to build directly with founders who care about the product as much as I do.
10+
Years in the craft
50+
Products shipped
100%
Details obsessed over
My Journey
Where I've been.
Where I'm at.
- 2015
First Commit
Self-taught
HTML, CSS, vanilla JS. Rebuilt a restaurant site on a whim — and shipped it.
- 2018
Frontend Developer
Agency
React, Webpack, client work. Learned to ship fast without cutting corners.
- 2020
Senior Frontend Engineer
enterprise SaaS
Led architecture for a platform serving 10k+ daily users. Accessibility-first, performance-obsessed.
- 2022
System Design Engineer
SaaS Startup
Hired and mentored engineers. Shipped the full v2 redesign. Set the bar.
- 2024Now
Independent
Freelance
Building directly with founders. Full ownership of product, design, and delivery.
My Craft
Tools sharpened.
Work shipped.
Accessibility
WCAG AA compliant
Agentic Coding
AI-assisted dev
Animation
Framer Motion · GSAP
AWS
Cloud · S3 · Lambda
CSS / Tailwind
Pixel-perfect
Docker
Containerization · DevOps
Figma
Design to code
MongoDB
NoSQL · Atlas
React / Next.js
UI architecture
Redux
State management
SEO
Semantic · structured
Supabase
Backend as a Service
TanStack
Query · Table · Router
TypeScript
Types over trust
Vercel
Deployment · Hosting
Latest Projects
My Latest Projects.
March 2026
Nu Home (chrome store extension)
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July 2026
Cash Flow Diagnostics Lead Magnet
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