Femi Balogun
Senior Frontend Engineer Next.js, React at MAX
Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
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Top SchoolFemi Balogun is a Senior Frontend Engineer based in Lagos with 8 years of experience building high-performance web applications using React, Next.js, Vue.js and TypeScript. He has led frontend teams at startups and scale-ups—including roles at Andela, Prospa (YC W21) and MAX—driving measurable outcomes like 60% higher application completions and 40% faster page loads through focused UX and performance work. Comfortable in distributed, cross-functional teams, he routinely bridges design, backend, and product to ship responsive interfaces under tight deadlines. Femi is passionate about reducing technical debt and improving developer productivity, having delivered codebase and process improvements that cut bugs and cycle time significantly. Beyond shipping features, he mentors engineers and champions agile practices to scale remote teams effectively. He combines startup grit with data-driven product improvements, consistently turning UX and performance gains into increased user engagement.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Information and Communication Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Information and Communication Engineering at Covenant University
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Github Skills (6)
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react-carousel7
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Github contributions (5)
phembarl/Banka
Mar 2019 - Nov 2019
Andela Cycle 43 Developer Challenge
Contributions:121 commits, 192 PRs, 216 pushes in 8 months
cycleandeladeveloper-challenge
phembarl/portfolio-v2
Jan 2024 - Jun 2024
Contributions:73 PRs, 40 pushes, 25 branches in 4 months
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