Summary
Umar Ilyas is a Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of experience building scalable, high-performance web applications, currently leading frontend development at Publicis Media with React.js, TailwindCSS and Azure AI integrations. He combines strong full-stack expertise (Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) with hands-on experience in AI features and end-to-end testing using Cypress, ensuring both product intelligence and reliability. Umar routinely shapes system architecture and drives cross-functional delivery, mentoring teams and translating design-driven UX goals into performant, maintainable code. Comfortable across React, Vue, NestJS and Laravel, he has a pragmatic product-lead background from managing a small product team and shipping customer-facing features. Based in Dubai, he brings a designer’s eye for usability alongside a track record of integrating cloud services (AWS, Azure) to solve real-world problems.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at University Of Central Punjab
Matriculation Science subjects: Mathematics Biology Physics & chemistry, Matriculation Science subjects: Mathematics Biology Physics & chemistry at Don Bosco European Type High School, Lahore
English, Urdu, Punjabi