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Available for thoughtful opportunities

ShantanuChattopadhyay

Senior Frontend / UI Engineer

Building accessible, high-performance web applications and AI-enabled products.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Accessibility
  • AI Engineering
  • GitHub — profile link coming soon
  • LinkedIn — profile link coming soon
  • X (Twitter) — profile link coming soon

Better Interfaces
A More Inclusive Web
A Smarter Tomorrow

  • 18+Years Experience
  • 10+Years Frontend
  • 5+Years Enterprise UI
  • WCAG 2.2Accessibility
Featured Project

Core Expertise

Engineering thoughtful interfacesfrom architecture to accessibility.

I build scalable frontend systems that balance performance, usability, maintainability and inclusive design — while increasingly integrating AI into modern product experiences.

Frontend → Systems → Accessibility → AI

Frontend Engineering

Building scalable, high-performance applications with modern React, Next.js, TypeScript and Angular architectures.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Angular
  • JavaScript
  • REST APIs

Performance • Architecture • Maintainability

UI Architecture & Design Systems

Turning complex product requirements and design systems into reusable, responsive and maintainable interface foundations.

  • Design Systems
  • Component Libraries
  • Tailwind
  • Material UI
  • Figma
  • Storybook

Reusable • Responsive • Consistent

Accessibility Engineering

Building and remediating inclusive interfaces using WCAG, semantic HTML, ARIA, keyboard interaction and assistive-technology testing.

  • WCAG 2.2
  • ARIA
  • NVDA
  • JAWS
  • Axe
  • Playwright

Inclusive • Testable • Standards-driven

AI-Enabled Applications

Extending frontend engineering into AI-powered products using RAG, agents, orchestration and modern LLM application workflows.

  • RAG
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph
  • LlamaIndex
  • n8n
  • Hugging Face

AI Integration • Agents • Product Engineering

Experience

Built across design,development & leadership.

From teaching visual design and building early web experiences to leading modern frontend and accessibility work, my career has been shaped by one constant: making digital products clearer, stronger and more inclusive.

Overall Experience
18+ Years
Modern Frontend
10+ Years
LearningMate
5+ Years

Design → UI → Frontend → Accessibility → AI

  1. Current chapter

    LearningMate Solutions

    Senior UI & Accessibility Developer

    Delivered accessible, scalable frontend experiences across React and Angular products while guiding UI implementation, remediation and reusable component practices.

    • Led frontend teams and delivery
    • WCAG remediation & assistive-technology testing
    • Reusable UI architecture & performance optimization
    • React
    • Angular
    • Accessibility
    • WCAG
    • NVDA / JAWS
    • UI Architecture
  2. Previous chapter

    Hideaway Holidays / Paradise Adventures & Cruises

    Frontend Developer / Web Specialist

    Built and maintained customer-facing travel experiences, custom WordPress solutions, plugins and SEO-focused interfaces while collaborating remotely with an Australian business.

    • WordPress
    • PHP
    • UI Development
    • SEO
    • Remote Collaboration
  3. Foundation

    Arena Animation

    Faculty / Web & Design Instructor

    Began at the intersection of visual design, web technology and teaching — developing the design sensitivity and communication skills that continue to shape my engineering work.

    • Design
    • Web
    • Mentoring
    • Visual Communication

AI Engineering Journey

Expanding frontend engineeringinto intelligent products.

I’m extending my frontend foundation into AI-enabled product engineering — learning how retrieval, orchestration, agents and multimodal systems can become useful, accessible user experiences.

Learn → Experiment → Build → Validate

  1. Foundation

    Building the practical foundation for working with models, prompts, APIs and AI application interfaces.

    • Prompt Engineering
    • Python for AI
    • Google AI Studio
    • Hugging Face
    • Gradio
  2. Retrieval & Knowledge

    Learning how applications retrieve, filter and structure external knowledge before generating useful responses.

    • RAG
    • Vector Databases
    • LlamaIndex
    • Structured Outputs
  3. Orchestration & Agents

    Connecting models, tools, memory and workflows into multi-step AI systems rather than isolated prompts.

    • LangChain
    • LangGraph
    • AI Agents
    • n8n
    • MCP
  4. Product Application

    Bringing AI capabilities into usable frontend products with strong interaction design, accessibility and engineering discipline.

    • Next.js AI Interfaces
    • API Integration
    • Accessibility
    • Multimodal Applications
    • AI-Assisted Development

Latest Writing

Notes on frontend, accessibilityand AI engineering.

Practical notes from building interfaces, solving accessibility problems and learning how AI changes the way modern products are designed and engineered.

  1. AI Engineering

    Building My First Multi-Agent AI Application

    Lessons from designing and building DeepResearch AI, including agent orchestration, retrieval, evidence analysis, and product decisions.

    Coming soon

  2. AI Engineering

    RAG for Frontend Developers

    A practical introduction to retrieval-augmented generation for frontend engineers moving into AI-enabled application development.

    Coming soon

  3. Accessibility

    Accessibility in AI-Generated Interfaces

    Why accessibility still matters in AI-powered interfaces and how frontend engineering can keep generated experiences inclusive.

    Coming soon

Let’s connect

Open to thoughtful work,ambitious products &meaningful collaboration.

I’m open to senior frontend/UI opportunities, accessibility-led product work and AI-enabled application development — as well as conversations around thoughtful digital products.