Summary
Semyon Katz is a frontend web developer with 12 years of professional experience who blends technical React/Next.js expertise with a practiced eye for visual storytelling from his parallel career as a commercial and documentary photographer. Based in Haifa, Israel, he develops polished, user-focused interfaces while drawing on a Master of Engineering in Radio Engineering and a BA in Documentary Photography to solve problems that require both engineering rigor and aesthetic sensitivity. Since 2021 he has worked freelance building front-end experiences, and for over a decade he has shot commissions for Forbes, major media and corporate clients—experience that informs his attention to detail and composition in UI. His unusual pairing of high-end portrait/documentary work (including CEOs and complex industrial shoots) with modern frontend stacks gives him a distinctive perspective on product design, usability and visual communication.
12 years of coding experience
Master of Engineering - MEng, Radio Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Radio Engineering at Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics (MTUCI)
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Documentary photography and Inter-media Art, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Documentary photography and Inter-media Art at The Rodchenko Art School
Russian, English, Hebrew