Abhi Velaga

Senior frontend engineer specializing in design systems and component architecture - with experience spanning founding-stage startups and enterprise product surfaces at scale.

StackReact, Next.js, Astro.js, Node.js, Angular, Jest, AWS, Cloudflare, Vercel, Robot
ToolsWCAG 2.1, CI/CD, Docker, UI/UX Design, Figma, Jenkins
LanguagesJavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, SQL
BiorceSeries A MedTech AI Startup
Austin, TX
Senior Frontend DeveloperApril 2026 – Present
  • Founding US frontend engineer at a European MedTech AI startup, reporting directly to the CTO and architecting the company's design system from the ground up.
  • Established the full technical architecture for the design system - stack selection, repo setup, and component infrastructure - collaborating directly with the design team to align on requirements from day one.
VisaAustin, TX
Senior Software EngineerMarch 2023 – April 2026
  • Owned frontend architecture and cross-functional delivery for merchant-facing payment features serving ~5,000 businesses and processing ~$83M/month, acting as technical lead across engineering, product, and design.
  • Drove full WCAG 2.1 compliance across a high-traffic React application - screen readers, 400% zoom reflow, semantic HTML, keyboard navigation - eliminating legal risk and meeting enterprise accessibility standards.
  • Shipped mobile-responsive payment flows used by global merchants across Visa's acquiring network, improving usability and consistency across devices.
  • Owned monthly production releases and incident response, executing hotfixes with zero customer impact.
UI/UX Software EngineerJune 2021 – February 2023
  • Built and maintained Visa's company-wide React component library, shipped to millions of users across Visa's global product surface, including full WCAG 2.1 accessibility features - mobile reflow, screen reader support, focus management, and high-contrast themes.
  • Led a white-label UI infrastructure overhaul enabling fully ADA-compliant brand customization, adopted by major U.S. banks including Wells Fargo and Bank of America.
  • Built end-to-end UI and database test automation using Robot Framework and Selenium, eliminating production rollbacks and achieving 100% transaction settlement accuracy across payment networks.
Software Engineer InternSummer 2020
  • Designed and built a proof-of-concept platform to help small merchants drive sales during COVID-19 - React frontend consuming a Django REST API (25+ endpoints) with Visa payment integration, shipped to AWS via CI/CD.
SchlumbergerHouston, TX
Software Engineer InternSummer 2019
  • Developed a modular micro-frontend packaging solution in Angular reducing go-to-market time, internal engineering overhead, and accelerating product delivery for new internal tools.
abhi.workPersonal Portfolio & UX Case Study · github.com/avelaga/portfolio
  • Designed and built a responsive Next.js site with SSG, performance optimizations, and CI/CD deployment to AWS S3 + CloudFront.
  • Improved load performance by 300% and iterated on UX based on analytics from 47k+ pageviews.
pebbleOpen-Source Headless CMS · github.com/avelaga/pebble
  • Architected a Cloudflare-native headless CMS (Workers, D1, R2) with versioned REST API and JWT Auth.
  • Built a dedicated Next.js editor and automated deployment tooling for rapid self-hosted setup.
velagaadvisors.comPrivate Wealth Management Firm Site
  • Designed and developed a mobile-optimized Next.js site on AWS with automated serverless lead capture.
Bachelor's in Computer Science - University of Texas at Austin
Minor in Studio Art
May 2021