Denis Mită

Senior Frontend Engineer

I design and ship architecture-first frontend systems — from 0→1 builds to products operating at scale.
Clean abstractions, predictable state, and AI-assisted workflows that increase velocity without increasing chaos.

About

I'm a senior frontend engineer focused on building architecture-first web platforms — from early 0→1 systems to products operating at real scale.
I design frontend systems that stay predictable as they grow: clear component boundaries, explicit state models, and codebases teams can evolve without friction.
I've shipped across startups and larger organizations (including Google), working on embedded payment platforms, AI-native products, trading systems, and large-scale EdTech.
I come from a competitive programming background (Balkan Olympiad in Informatics silver medal), which shaped my preference for first-principles thinking and edge-case awareness.
Today, I integrate AI coding agents pragmatically — accelerating scaffolding and refactors while keeping strict review discipline around critical logic.
Comfortable working in async-first environments with focused overlap across US time zones.
CS Academy
Google
Blink
Minerva Gate
Deepwaters
Try it on AI
Stella
Sand Technologies
ALX
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2026

Senior Frontend Engineer

ALX
Jan 2025 - Present

I own the primary learner dashboard (eHub), serving ~200k monthly active users within a 2.8M-user EdTech platform.

I also lead frontend development for FIT (Frontier Institute of Technology) — a US-focused university product built on the same architectural foundation.

The system spans multiple frontend surfaces inside a shared monorepo backed by a federated GraphQL backend.

  • Contribute to cross-product frontend architecture
  • Standardized core UI systems (modals, forms, lifecycle patterns)
  • Consolidated shared logic between eHub and FIT
  • Contributed to a unified cross-platform navigation SDK
  • Leading a Capacitor-based mobile port with native-grade gesture routing

Recently, I've integrated AI coding agents into daily development — increasing delivery velocity while maintaining architectural consistency across surfaces.

React.js
TypeScript
GraphQL
AWS

Frontend Engineer

Sand Technologies
Sep 2024 - Dec 2024

Short-term engagement within a global AI and digital transformation consultancy.

I contributed frontend implementations across client projects, including:

  • A real-time radio monitoring web application for a Formula E team, focused on performance-aware rendering and streaming message handling.
  • Stabilization work on the ALX client dashboard ahead of production release.
  • Implemented from scratch an operational dashboard for ALX local hub teams, translating provided designs into a production-ready interface.

Focused on clean API abstraction, rapid onboarding to new codebases, and reliable delivery within consulting timelines.

React.js
TypeScript
OpenAPI
GraphQL
AWS

Senior Engineer

Stella
Apr 2024 - Jul 2024

Stella was an AI-native digital marketing platform built by the team behind Try it On AI.

I contributed as a full-stack engineer during early product development, implementing core web application surfaces and feature flows.

  • Built a unified multi-channel social publishing interface powered by LLM integrations
  • Integrated Stripe-based billing infrastructure
  • Developed custom UI components and product sections across the platform

This engagement required rapid feature delivery within an evolving product environment.

React.js
Next.js
Supabase
AWS
Vercel
Open AI
Stripe

Senior Engineer

Try it on AI
Aug 2023 - Apr 2024

Try It On AI was an AI-native SaaS platform generating studio-quality headshots from everyday photos.

I operated as a senior full-stack engineer within a two-engineer team, working across frontend architecture and backend service layers.

  • Refined and reorganized the frontend component architecture to improve maintainability and long-term clarity
  • Built multiple image editing widgets from scratch, including standardized resizing pipelines and infinite-scroll lazy loading for large image sets
  • Extended backend integrations, handling webhooks, batch upload flows, and model training orchestration
  • Designed and implemented an API-key–based public API version of the product, exposing AI capabilities for external integrations

This role reflects full-stack ownership in an AI-driven product, balancing rapid feature delivery with architectural discipline.

React.js
Next.js
Supabase
AWS
Vercel
Replicate
Open AI

Lead Frontend Engineer

Deepwaters
Jun 2022 - Jun 2023

Deepwaters was an off-chain trading platform. I created and owned the frontend project from the ground up, implementing the majority of the trading interface and defining its architecture.

I structured the Next.js application, component system, and state management strategy, translating detailed product designs into a maintainable and scalable UI.

Key contributions included:

  • Building all core trading widgets from scratch, including data visualizations implemented using raw SVG without external charting libraries
  • Designing a deterministic smart amount input that prevented invalid states and ensured seamless formatting without UI flicker
  • Delivering full mobile adaptation independently, defining responsive behavior and layout consistency without dedicated mobile design files
  • Maintaining the marketing site alongside the core trading dashboard

This role demonstrates full frontend ownership, clean system design, and disciplined 0→1 execution within a well-defined product environment.

React.js
GraphQL
Next.js
Ethers.js
Figma
Web3

Technical Lead

Minerva Gate
Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

At Minerva Gate, I operated as a technical lead within a small product-focused consultancy, delivering client-facing web applications across multiple industries.

  • Led frontend architecture and implementation across concurrent client projects
  • Defined project structure and technical direction within a lean team environment
  • Drove technical alignment between business stakeholders and engineering execution
  • Mentored junior developers and enforced quality standards across deliveries

This role sharpened my ability to make architectural decisions under ambiguity, balance client expectations, and ship reliably within tight delivery timelines.

React.js
Next.js
Figma
Django
Gatsby

Software Engineer Intern

Google
Sep 2016 - Nov 2016 & Jul 2017 - Sep 2017

Two frontend-focused internships at Google: first within Google Cloud (Warsaw), later on Google Flights (Zurich).

  • Built an internal Chrome extension for Google Cloud, enabling stats monitoring, quick actions, and structured web inspection workflows
  • Contributed UI features to the Kubernetes frontend (Angular)
  • Implemented the historical price tracking chart in Google Flights, adapting Google Charts to match production design constraints

Worked within high-process, large-scale environments where correctness, edge-case handling (including RTL support), and consistency across international markets were critical.

Angular
JSX
Protobuf

Frontend Engineer & Problem Setter

CS Academy
Mar 2015 - Nov 2017

CS Academy was a competitive programming platform built from scratch by a small team of engineers. The platform remains active today and has been used for national olympiad training camps and IEEE-hosted contests.

I joined as an early engineer and contributed across frontend systems, interactive tooling, and internal framework development.

  • Built a browser-based multi-language code editor (Ace) with inline compilation feedback and structured error parsing
  • Developed an interactive graph editor, initially using D3 and later rewritten for full rendering control
  • Implemented an O(N·D) diffing algorithm and visualized differences using custom SVG gutter connections
  • Contributed to Stem.js (a custom JSX framework), building foundational UI primitives

With a competitive programming background (Balkan Olympiad in Informatics silver medal), I applied rigorous algorithmic thinking to frontend tooling and UI systems — building deterministic, performance-aware interfaces from first principles.

Stem.js
Algorithms
Data Structures
D3
Ace