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Hire a Next.js and full-stack engineer for work that has to ship.

I take on frontend-heavy and full-stack product work where implementation quality, maintainability, and delivery discipline matter. That includes new builds, rescue passes, SEO and performance upgrades, admin tooling, and AI-enabled product surfaces.

Years building
8+
Published projects
5
Skills catalogued
613
Credentials & badges
93

What I can take on

Four areas where I do implementation-heavy work. Most projects draw on more than one.

Next.js and frontend architecture

New product builds, App Router work, design-system implementation, and the frontend decisions that keep a codebase maintainable after launch.

New builds · architecture · design systems

Performance and SEO hardening

Core Web Vitals, metadata, structured data, sitemaps, canonical strategy, and crawl-surface fixes that hold up in production.

Speed · search · technical SEO

Admin tools and content operations

Dashboards, CMS workflows, review queues, and the internal surfaces that keep content moving without turning every change into an engineering ticket.

Dashboards · CMS · workflows

AI assistant experiences

Public-safe assistant UX, retrieval-aware flows, telemetry, and the admin controls needed to ship AI features without surprises.

Assistants · retrieval · guardrails

How an engagement runs

Clear scope first, then a short loop from proposal to working software. No black-box retainers.

Three ways to work together

Fixed-scope build
A clearly defined product increment with a fixed scope, timeline, and deliverable.
Sprint contract
I join your team for a defined period and work through the priority queue with you.
Fractional role
Ongoing frontend, SEO, and AI surface work across several workstreams.

Remote-first. Async updates by default. Weekly checkpoints so decisions do not wait for a meeting.

From first message to handover

  1. 1

    Scoping call

    Thirty minutes to confirm the goal, stack, constraints, decision-maker, and timeline. No commitment yet.

  2. 2

    Written proposal

    You get the scope, deliverables, timeline, and rate in one document. We adjust once before starting.

  3. 3

    Weekly delivery

    Working software every week, a short written update, and four to six hours of overlap with your time zone.

  4. 4

    Handover

    Code, deploy notes, and the context your team needs to keep moving without me.

Selected work

A few production builds that show the kind of problems I take on.

Space Otaku previewAward
2024Case study

Space Otaku

Developed a Progressive Web App (PWA) for space education, listed in the published portfolio as receiving 1st Prize. Engineered a custom, performance-optimized game engine within React for the 'Space Shooter' module. Integrated a conversational AI agent powered by Dialogflow for interactive learning and implemented a rigorous reliability suite using Checkly to monitor API health and uptime.

Next.jsSCSSDialogflowPWA
MyRigCheck preview
2026Case study

MyRigCheck

Personal Product

Built a production game-compatibility platform that checks 367,825 titles against a detected PC rig and returns FPS estimates, bottleneck analysis, and a Rig Power Score. Designed a deterministic IGDB + Steam read-layer pipeline with phase-based builds, blue-green swaps, and post-swap canaries, then served the catalog through a read-only database gateway with a graceful degraded mode for the self-hosted origin.

Next.js 16React 19TypeScriptMongoDB
Lake Como Style preview
2025Case study

Lake Como Style

Freelance Project

Architected a high-performance, cinematic event booking platform using the bleeding-edge Next.js 16 and React 19 stack. Engineered a scalable content management system with Sanity to handle 11+ custom schema types, ensuring seamless client updates. Implemented complex UI animations using Framer Motion and Lenis for smooth scrolling, while building a robust transactional email service with Nodemailer for automated booking confirmations.

Next.js 16React 19Sanity CMSTailwind CSS 4

Availability and fit

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Available

1 available day this week. Replies within 48 hours on working days, from Kolkata, West Bengal (IST).

Good fit

  • Next.js, React, and TypeScript product work that needs an owner.
  • Performance, SEO, metadata, and structured-data upgrades.
  • Admin tools, CMS workflows, and content operations.
  • AI assistant surfaces that need safe public behavior and guardrails.
  • Rescue passes on a codebase that has outgrown its original structure.

Probably not a fit

  • Design-only work with no engineering scope.
  • Projects with no clear owner or decision-maker.
  • Work that needs a fixed rate before the scope is defined.

Not sure which side you are on? Send the context anyway and I will tell you honestly.

Questions before you write

The things people usually ask before sending a brief.

Do you take freelance or contract web development work?

Yes. I take select freelance, contract, and project-based web work when the scope, timeline, and expectations are clear.

What types of projects are the best fit?

The strongest fit is frontend-heavy or full-stack product work involving Next.js, React, TypeScript, design systems, performance, dashboards, CMS workflows, or AI-assisted web experiences.

Can you work with teams outside India?

Yes. I can collaborate remotely with product teams, founders, and agencies across time zones, with communication and delivery expectations agreed upfront.

How is pricing decided?

Every engagement starts with a scoping call and a written proposal. The proposal lists the deliverables, timeline, and rate for that scope, so the number is tied to the work rather than a generic rate card.

What happens after I send the form?

You get an email confirmation immediately, and your message goes straight to my inbox. I reply within 24 hours on available days, or 48 hours otherwise, usually with a few questions or a proposed scoping call.

Tell me what you're building

A short message is enough to start. The more context you give, the faster we can decide whether a scoping call makes sense.

What to include

  • The outcome you need, in one or two sentences.
  • Your current stack and where the work lives.
  • Timeline or deadline, and what happens if it slips.
  • What is blocking you today.
  • Budget range, if you have one.

Replies within 48 hours

On working days. Your message goes straight to my inbox, not a queue.

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