Summary
Orkhan Jafarov is a Senior Frontend Engineer with nine years of experience building user-focused web and mobile applications, currently working at Amazon in Edinburgh. He specializes in React (including SSR and Hooks), React Native, Next.js, and modern frontend tooling, and has led projects from scratch through production for fintech and consumer platforms. Orkhan is an active open-source author and creator of Figma plugins, routinely reimplements libraries to deeply understand and optimize the tools he uses. He pairs hands-on coding with mentoring and team leadership, bringing practical experience in testing, GraphQL, and PWA optimizations. Behind the scenes he’s driven by curiosity — rebuilding libraries he relies on to demystify internals and improve real-world reliability.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Business Administration and Management General, Bachelor of Science (BS) Business Administration and Management General at Azerbaijan Technological University
Azerbaijani, English, Russian, Turkish