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Front-End Developer · Milan, Italy

Building reliable digital experiences for global brands.

I'm Rakesh Reddy, a Front-End Developer with five years of experience delivering responsive e-commerce and enterprise applications. I turn complex requirements into maintainable, user-focused frontend experiences.

Authorized to work in Italy without sponsorship

Selected client work

Trusted to deliver for global brands

From owning the architecture of a React catalogue to supporting enterprise commerce platforms, my work spans hands-on implementation, technical decisions, and production delivery.

GreatPixel · First client engagement

Armani Exchange

Delivered two catalogue websites presenting upcoming collections. The first used JavaScript with a Gulp-based build workflow; for the second, I was the primary frontend owner, selected React, defined the architecture, structured the project, and led most of the implementation.

Itconsulting S.R.L. · Enterprise commerce

Multi-brand platform delivery

Contributed to redesigns, integrations, product discovery, appointment booking, and production support for brands across two global organizations.

Luxottica

  • Target Optical
  • LensCrafters
  • Pearle Vision

VF Corporation

  • Timberland
  • Vans
  • Smartwool

Contribution areas

  • Frontend architecture
  • React and JavaScript
  • Commerce experiences
  • Responsive delivery
  • Production support

About

Engineering with context, not just code

I'm a frontend developer who combines hands-on implementation with product awareness and ownership of the decisions that shape a dependable user experience.

My path into frontend development began with independent projects for small businesses, where I learned to translate an idea into a complete, usable website. Agency work then gave me broader technical exposure and the opportunity to move from implementation into architectural ownership.

Working on established enterprise platforms added another dimension: navigating legacy and modern systems, coordinating across disciplines, and delivering changes safely in production. That progression shaped how I work today—curious about the wider product, deliberate about structure, and accountable for the final result.

01

Product-minded

I look beyond the ticket to understand the user journey, business goal, and edge cases behind a feature.

02

Built to last

I favor clear component boundaries, reusable patterns, and practical decisions that make future work easier.

03

Responsible in production

Delivery includes testing, debugging, collaboration, and supporting the experience after it reaches users.

Explore my professional experience

Experience

A progression from delivery to ownership

Five years across independent, agency, and enterprise environments—building new interfaces, making technical decisions, and supporting products in production.

03 · Enterprise commerce

Itconsulting S.R.L.

Front-End Developer

Jan 2023 — Aug 2025

Naples, Italy

Delivered and supported customer-facing commerce experiences across established platforms for Luxottica and VF Corporation brands.

Selected work

  • Built product-listing and product-detail experiences for Target Optical and LensCrafters, and integrated appointment booking for Pearle Vision.
  • Integrated Algolia-powered product retrieval while working across modern frontend code and IBM WebSphere Commerce systems.
  • Contributed to the Timberland redesign and features for Vans and Smartwool, participating in code review, testing, Agile delivery, and production support.

Technologies

  • React
  • AngularJS
  • JavaScript
  • Algolia
  • IBM WebSphere Commerce
  • JSP
  • SQL

02 · Agency delivery

GreatPixel

Front-End Developer

Jul 2021 — Jan 2023

Milan, Italy

Built responsive websites and web applications for client engagements, progressing from implementation into primary frontend ownership.

Selected work

  • Delivered two Armani Exchange catalogue websites for upcoming collections: the first with JavaScript and Gulp, followed by a React implementation.
  • Acted as the primary frontend owner for the second catalogue, selecting React, defining the architecture, structuring the project, and leading most of the implementation.
  • Developed B2B and content-led experiences with headless CMS platforms, reusable foundations, and established component libraries.

Technologies

  • React
  • Redux
  • Gatsby
  • JavaScript
  • Gulp
  • SCSS
  • Prismic
  • Strapi
  • WordPress

01 · Early client work

Independent projects

Freelance Front-End Developer

Aug 2020 — Jun 2021

Remote

Turned small-business requirements into complete, responsive websites and frontend interfaces.

Selected work

  • Worked directly from business needs to plan and implement clear, user-friendly experiences across screen sizes.
  • Integrated REST APIs and organized frontend code for maintainable rendering and future development.

Technologies

  • React
  • JavaScript
  • REST APIs
  • HTML
  • CSS

Expertise

Capabilities shaped by real delivery

My value is not a list of frameworks. It is knowing how to apply the right frontend practices across product, platform, and production constraints.

01

Frontend architecture

I structure frontend applications so features remain understandable, reusable, and practical to extend as product requirements evolve.

  • Component and state boundaries
  • API integration patterns
  • Maintainable project structure
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Redux
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript

02

Interface engineering

I translate product and design requirements into responsive interfaces that behave consistently across devices and established browsers.

  • Design-to-code delivery
  • Responsive behavior
  • Reusable UI foundations
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • SCSS
  • Material UI
  • Ant Design

03

Commerce and integrations

I work across customer journeys and underlying platform constraints, connecting product data and third-party services to usable experiences.

  • PLP and PDP experiences
  • Search and product discovery
  • Booking and CMS integrations
  • Algolia
  • REST APIs
  • WebSphere Commerce
  • Prismic
  • Strapi

04

Quality and production delivery

I treat release readiness and live support as part of frontend engineering, not as work that begins after implementation is finished.

  • Production debugging
  • Testing and code review
  • Cross-functional delivery
  • Git
  • Webpack
  • Gulp
  • Agile delivery
  • SQL

Selected work

Projects beyond client delivery

Independent builds where I explored product flows, application architecture, authentication, persistent data, and modern frontend frameworks end to end.

Momentum Press interface preview

01 · Full-stack publishing platform

Momentum Press

A news publishing application built to explore secure editorial workflows and role-specific content management.

Challenge
Give different users appropriate access to publishing features while protecting restricted application actions.
Approach
Built the application across the MERN stack and implemented JWT-based authentication with role-aware authorization.
  • React
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • MongoDB
  • JWT
View case study
Movie Organizer interface preview

02 · Personalized product-data experience

Movie Organizer

A personal movie library that helps users organize preferences rather than repeatedly searching an external catalogue.

Challenge
Combine third-party movie data with persistent, user-specific watchlists and liked titles in one responsive experience.
Approach
Used React for the interface, Firebase for persisted user data, and the TMDB API as the movie catalogue source.
  • React
  • Firebase
  • TMDB API
  • Netlify
View case study
Next.js Events interface preview

03 · Typed frontend exploration

Next.js Events

An event-discovery interface designed around a simple country-based browsing and detail-view journey.

Challenge
Make event discovery straightforward while keeping navigation between country results and individual events clear.
Approach
Structured the experience with Next.js and TypeScript, using Tailwind CSS to build a responsive interface system.
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Vercel
View case study

Contact

Let's build dependable frontend experiences

I'm interested in frontend opportunities where I can contribute to product quality, commerce experiences, and maintainable interface systems. If that aligns with your team, I'd be glad to hear from you.

Send me an email

rakeshreddyaaraga@gmail.com

Milan, Italy

Authorized to work in Italy without sponsorship.