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Hi,I'mAchala.

Full Stack Engineer

5+ years turning complex problems into elegant, fast, and accessible digital products. I care deeply about the details — from database query performance to the exact curve of an easing function.

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5+

Years experience

40+

Projects shipped

12+

Happy clients

99%

Lighthouse score

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📍 San Francisco, CA

Open to work

About me

I turn ideas into production-grade software

I build products that live at the intersection of engineering precision and design craft.

When I'm not shipping features, I'm contributing to open-source projects, writing about web performance, or mentoring junior developers. I believe the best code is the kind no one notices — because it just works.

📍San Francisco, CA
🎓B.Sc. Computer Science
🌐English, Spanish
☕Fuelled by espresso
Performance obsessedAccessibility-firstOpen source contributorSystems thinkerDesign-mindedAsync communicator

Tech stack

Tools of my craft

Technologies I've worked with in production, not just tutorials.

TypeScript
React
Next.js
Framer Motion
Tailwind CSS
WebGL

Also worked with

RustSwiftMongoDBPrismatRPCVitestPlaywrightZodZustandReact QueryTurborepoNx

Selected work

Projects I'm proud of

A handful of things I've built that pushed me technically and created real impact.

01

Pulse Analytics

Real-time analytics platform processing 2M+ events/day. Distributed architecture on AWS cut reporting latency from 8 s to 180 ms.

Next.jsTypeScriptKafkaPostgreSQL+3
02

Forge CI

Developer-first CI/CD platform with a drag-and-drop pipeline builder. Cut average deploy time by 60% across 200+ engineering teams.

GoDockerKubernetesReact+2
03

Nova Design System

Open-source React component library — 60+ accessible components, Figma token sync, and automated visual regression testing.

ReactStorybookRadix UITypeScript+2