Vanya Yani

Senior Frontend Software Engineer

Contact

Greater London, Remote/Hybrid
LinkedIn: vanuan
GitHub: vanuan

Skills & Expertise

Frontend Wizardry

  • ✨ React & Ecosystem
  • ⚛️ TypeScript Champion
  • 🎨 Modern CSS (Tailwind, Styled Components)
  • 🚀 Next.js Fanatic

Backend & Tooling Maestro

  • 🐍 Python, Node.js & Beyond
  • 🕸️ GraphQL APIs
  • 🛠️ Docker & CI/CD Pipelines
  • 🧪 Testing (Jest & More)

AI & Cloud Innovator

  • 🤖 AI-Assisted Development
  • ☁️ Cloud Deployment (Vercel, Netlify, K8s)
  • 💡 Serverless Architectures

Summary

Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building enterprise and web applications. Expertise in React, TypeScript, and modern frontend architectures. Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and improve development processes. Passionate about exploring the intersection of software development and generative AI.

Professional Experience

Personal & Professional Development (October 2023 - 2025)

  • Caregiver for newborn son (paternity leave): Developed organizational and time management skills.
  • Explored AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, StackBlitz).
  • Researched the impact of AI on software development and the future workforce.
  • Managed home renovation project: Applied planning skills to documentation, scheduling, and practical construction.

Capgemini Engineering Ukraine (October 2012 - October 2023)

Senior Software Engineer

Affirm / BNPL User Portal (Capgemini)

Affirm

Developed customer self-service tools, resulting in 25K reduction in inbound contacts and $0.66M decrease in servicing costs. Built phone number change flow, leading to $58.84M in annualized GMV and a 16.6% increase in conversion rate. Implemented self-service billing address update feature, resulting in $360K annualized contribution margin. Led frontend implementation of dispute deferral feature, improving customer satisfaction and reducing operational costs. Improved unit/integration test coverage to over 80%.

  • Developed customer self-service tools, resulting in 25K reduction in inbound contacts and $0.66M decrease in servicing costs.
  • Built phone number change flow, leading to $58.84M in annualized GMV and a 16.6% increase in conversion rate.
  • Implemented self-service billing address update feature, resulting in $360K annualized contribution margin.
  • Led frontend implementation of dispute deferral feature, improving customer satisfaction and reducing operational costs.
  • Improved unit/integration test coverage to over 80%.

January 2021 - October 2023

Senior Frontend Engineer, Remote (Ukraine, UK)

Technologies: React, TypeScript, Python, CSS Modules, Jest

Care.com / Childcare Booking App (Capgemini)

Care.com

Enhanced React micro-frontends architecture and NodeJS GraphQL server in a team. Improved booking flow and scheduling functionality for caregivers and clients.

  • Enhanced React micro-frontends architecture and NodeJS GraphQL server in a team of 5.
  • Improved booking flow and scheduling functionality for caregivers and clients.

July 2020 - January 2021

Senior Frontend Engineer, Remote (Ukraine)

Technologies: React, TypeScript, NextJS, Styled Components, GraphQL, Jest

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Education

Odesa State Environmental University (2005 - 2010)

  • Master of Computer Applications (Honours)
  • BSc Computer Science (Honours)