Open to interesting work

Ammar Khurshid

Fullstack web developer

I build fast, accessible interfaces with React and Next.js β€” currently shipping product analytics experiences at Sainsbury's.

4+
Years corporate coding
4
Companies
MSc CS
Distinction

01 β€” About

A little about me

Ammar Khurshid

Hi, I'm Ammar πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’» β€” an MSc Computing Science graduate from the University of Glasgow.

A frontend developer by profession with a soft spot for React, design systems and making analytics data actually useful.

Hit me up for anything and everything tech related, or if you want to hear why Samwise Gamgee is the real hero, not Frodo Baggins.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Adobe Analytics
  • UI/UX
  • Node.js

02 β€” Experience

Where I’ve worked

Five years across product, consulting and analytics engineering.

  1. Software Engineer

    Aug 2024 β€” Present

    Sainsbury's

    Product analytics across Sainsbury's, Argos, Habitat and TU Clothing.

    • React
    • Next.js
    • JavaScript
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • Adobe Analytics
  2. Consultant

    Sep 2023 β€” Aug 2024

    Reply

    Analytics developer working with Adobe Experience Cloud.

    • JavaScript
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • Adobe Analytics
  3. Senior Technical Product Consultant

    Feb 2022 β€” Aug 2022

    Adobe

    Helped clients implement, optimise and troubleshoot web implementations for Adobe Analytics.

    • JavaScript
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • SQL
    • Adobe Analytics
  4. Developer

    Feb 2021 β€” Feb 2022

    ICICI Lombard

    Built Angular web apps for health insurance at India's largest private insurer.

    • Angular
    • TypeScript
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • Java
    • React
  5. Frontend Intern

    Jul 2020 β€” Dec 2020

    Viga Entertainment Studio

    Developed a React web app to track sequences and shots in movie production.

    • React
    • Redux
    • JavaScript
    • Firebase
    • UI/UX Design

03 β€” Projects

Things I have built

Side projects, coursework and experiments that escaped the localhost.

MovieFlix πŸŽ₯

MovieFlix πŸŽ₯

Built out of a need to stop endless scrolling through Netflix. Log in and get customized movie recommendations, and leave reviews.

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Travelo 🚲

Travelo 🚲

A user could rent and return bikes from different locations around the city, and super users could manage operations (charging and repairing status) and revenue (per user and per vehicle revenue).

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Four-wheeled bot 🏎

Four-wheeled bot 🏎

Streams video from a Raspberry Pi bot to a host computer in a master-slave configuration to perform obstacle detection and drive the bot with commands sent from the master.

View project

04 β€” Education

Where I studied

2022 β€” 2023

University of Glasgow, Scotland

MSc Computing Science

Distinction
2017 β€” 2021

Manipal Institute of Technology, India

BTech Information Technology

7.8/10 CGPA
2011 β€” 2016

Delhi Public School, Indirapuram, India

High School, CBSE

87.4%

05 β€” Toolkit

Skills & technologies

Focus

  • Web Development
  • Adobe Analytics
  • UI/UX Design

Languages

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Java
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • SQL

Technologies

  • React
  • Next.js
  • React Native
  • Angular
  • Gatsby
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Postman
  • Figma
  • Material UI

06 β€” Contact

Get in touch

Got a role, a project or a strong Lord of the Rings opinion? Drop me a line.