Usama Khalifa

Frontend Engineer with 7+ years of experience building high-performance, visually engaging web applications using React.js, Redux, and modern JavaScript. Currently leading the front-end team on Vaultspay, a UAE-based fintech platform, with strong full-stack capability across API development using Lumen and Laravel. Proven leadership and mentoring experience across fintech, parking-tech, and e-commerce domains, combining sharp UI/UX sense with a focus on performance, state management, and cross-functional collaboration.

Front End Developer / Team Lead - VaultsPay - Dubai, UAE

(2021-11)

Microfinance Banking Platform

• Lead the front-end team (UI and React.js), coordinating, mentoring, and motivating team members to deliver high-quality results.
• Communicate directly with backend teams and stakeholders to align goals and project expectations.
• Build and maintain an aesthetically polished, high-engagement frontend using React.js for the Vaultspay fintech application.

Full Stack Web Developer - Sapphire Global Technologies - Peshawar

(2018-06 - 2021-10)

• Designed and developed parking solutions for multiple UK-based clients, including Compare Parking Deals, WeDeal Meet & Greet, Compare Park and Fly Deals, and Search Airport Parking.
• Built and maintained full-stack web applications, handling both frontend interfaces and backend logic.
• Collaborated with the development team on a web application for an Italian pizza delivery business.
• Develop backend APIs using Lumen (PHP framework), bridging frontend and backend development.
• Design and implement a role-based authorization module controlling access and ensuring application security.

Bachelor of Science - Computer Software Engineering - University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar (Mardan Campus) (2013 - 2017)