Senior Front-End Developer · WCAG/ADA Specialist
Front-end work that clears the audit, not just the eye test.
14+ years building responsive, cross-browser interfaces — the last 12+ as long-term Senior Frontend Developer for a collegiate sports CMS platform, converting Figma designs into accessible Bootstrap/VTL themes used by 100+ colleges and athletic conferences.
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What I do
Six areas, one standard.
Everything below is built to the same bar: production-ready, cross-browser, and WCAG 2.1/2.2 compliant from the first commit — not retrofitted after an audit flags it.
FE Front-End Development
D2C Design-to-Code
A11Y Accessibility
CMP Component Development
AI AI-Assisted Engineering
OPS Tools & Workflow
Client feedback
What clients say.
Real reviews from real Upwork contracts — not curated marketing copy.
Kimpersson Electric
5.0 out of 5 stars“Saqib has yet again provided exceptional work well before the deadline! He is a highly reliable developer that maintains a great line of communication. Excited to continue working with him in the future!”
Project Controls Solutions
5.0 out of 5 stars“Saqib is a true professional who delivers top notch work!”
OPRETO
5.0 out of 5 starsFigma-to-HTML/CSS build with a focus on accessibility and SEO best practices.
“Saqib is a very talented and detail-oriented developer. He has always completed his task in a timely manner and communicated very well with other team members.”Web Engineer
“I just finished the second contract with Saqib and he continues to deliver on time, on budget and work of the highest quality. I'll work with him again and very much recommend him.”Front End / WordPress Developer
“Saqib has shown to be dependable and that he can provide high quality work. Communication was exceptional as well as his work ethic. Will definitely be eager to work with him in the future.”Frontend Developer / Designer, HTML Styling
“This is my second job with Saqib and I'm about to hire him again. Great job for my site highly recommended. Very professional. Knows what he's doing and communicates excellent. Thanks again!”WordPress Aged Care Web Integration
Signature engagement
Collegiate Athletics CMS Platform
A single long-term client relationship, still active 12+ years in — the clearest evidence of how the work holds up over time.
Senior Frontend Developer, Upwork Contractor
A long-term enterprise client in the collegiate athletics technology space. Building a CMS platform used by colleges, universities, and athletic conferences — including NAIA and NCAA members — for roster, schedule, stats, news, and landing pages.
Joined as long-term contractor
Started building mobile-first, fully responsive Bootstrap themes directly from Figma comps — translating designs into templates, styles, layout, and scripts.
Built the shared component library
Reusable Bootstrap/VTL components for the Themes 2.1 library — news carousels, Slick/Bootstrap banner sliders, tabs, accordions, navbars — each authored to meet ADA/WCAG requirements.
Accessibility auditing & remediation
Used WAVE, Axe DevTools, and PowerMapper across roster pages, admin screens, and shared components — adding ARIA labels to the Stat Leader component and keyboard controls for banner navigation.
Moved theme production to an AI-assisted workflow
Designed Claude Code skills that generate a theme's wireframe, sections, components, and landing page layout from a Figma design, plus a dedicated ADA-audit skill — encoding the team's Velocity + Bootstrap 5 standard so AI-assisted output stays consistent with existing conventions.
Built a live, browsable component-catalog theme
Replaced a static documentation theme with a data-driven catalog (~500 lines of Velocity) that reads a page's content type and renders every matching component variant on one page, each with sticky navigation, an include snippet, and a parameter reference. Redesigned it mid-project from a one-variant-at-a-time switcher into an all-in-one browsing view after stakeholder feedback, wrote custom scroll/click tracking once Bootstrap ScrollSpy broke down across configurations, and rewrote the catalog copy in plain language so non-technical stakeholders could navigate it. ~40 commits, ~2,000 lines across 16 files.
Recognized by management and peers
Cited for leadership, reliability, and mentoring other front-end team members, per employer and peer recommendation letters.
Career history
Experience
Long-term full-time-equivalent engagement building accessible Bootstrap/VTL themes and components for a CMS platform used by 100+ colleges, universities, and athletic conferences. Manages FED-team tickets in JIRA, reviews pull requests in Bitbucket, and attends daily scrums with a distributed, US-based team.
Began as a Software Engineer on ASP.NET projects, then promoted to Business Analyst in the Business Development Department — extracting client business processes and supporting project managers across the full SDLC. Received a merit-based salary increase following a 360-degree performance review.
Contributed to IT solutions development for the firm's client base.
Education & certification
Background
BS, Software Engineering
International Islamic University, Islamabad
Completed August 2009 · CGPA 3.03/4.0Intermediate (Pre-Engineering)
Govt. Jinnah Islamia College, Sialkot
2003PSEB Registered Freelancer
Pakistan Software Export Board
Certificate No. FL21/PSEB/2021/63Top Rated Plus
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Let's talk about your front end.
Available for long-term contracts and focused engagements — accessibility audits, theme builds, or ongoing front-end support.