Punesh Borkar | Frontend Engineer

LEAD ENGINEER

Building beautifuldigital experiences

I craft modern web applications with a focus on user experience, performance, and clean code. Passionate about creating interactive and engaging digital solutions.

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About Me

I'm a Lead Engineer passionate about creating beautiful, functional, and user-friendly web experiences. With expertise in React, Next.js, and TypeScript, I design complex, robust components and write comprehensive test cases to guarantee software reliability.

I've integrated AI tools into my workflow to boost development efficiency, reducing test-writing time by 90% and code review time by 80%. I believe in writing clean code, documenting thoroughly, and continuously optimizing for quality and performance.

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Lead Engineer

My Journey

A timeline of my professional growth and key milestones throughout my career.

2023 - Present

April 2023 - Present

2023 - Present

April 2023 - Present

Lead Engineer

Rapid Innovation LLP— Remote

Architected large-scale React applications and frontend systems, reducing architecture inconsistencies by 40% and improving long-term maintainability

Led frontend engineering across design reviews, code reviews, architecture decisions, and developer mentoring, reducing UI bugs by 45% and improving PR merge time by 30%

Implemented a Figma MCP–based design-to-code pipeline, enabling pixel-perfect UI and reducing design rework by 35%

Integrated AI tools (Cursor, Copilot, ChatGPT) into the development lifecycle, saving ~30–35 engineering hours per sprint, reducing test-writing time by 90% and PR review time by 60%

2021 - 2023

June 2021 - April 2023

2021 - 2023

June 2021 - April 2023

Software Engineer

Rapid Innovation LLP— Remote

Delivered highly interactive frontend features by collaborating with UI/UX teams, improving design consistency and user experience

Built blockchain-enabled DApps and NFT platforms by integrating smart contracts, REST APIs, and GraphQL, enhancing data reliability and app performance

Developed scalable, responsive, reusable components with an Agile mindset, improving developer velocity and reducing rework

2021

April 2021 - May 2021

2021

April 2021 - May 2021

Frontend Developer

Alnitek Innovative Solutions— Remote

Engineered a no-code chatbot builder platform using React and Material UI, allowing businesses to build and deploy chatbots without technical expertise

Implemented drag-and-drop workflows to simplify bot creation, reducing setup time for users

Delivered end-to-end chatbot lifecycle features covering build, test, deployment, and performance analytics

2019 - 2020

June 2019 - May 2020

2019 - 2020

June 2019 - May 2020

Web Developer (Internship)

Bitmap Technology— Pune, M.H.

Built websites using React.js, HTML, and CSS

Gained foundational experience in web development and modern frontend technologies

Worked on various client projects, learning best practices and industry standards for web development

Featured Projects

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BharatLinks

Smart link management platform for Indian businesses with link shortening, analytics, team collaboration, and UPI Express links.

VS CodeThemeDark Mode

stellar-galaxy

A cosmic-inspired VS Code theme with soothing dark tones, sharp syntax highlighting, and a beautifully immersive coding experience.

Next.jsTypeScriptSupabaseAPI

mockhub

A modern, developer-friendly dashboard to create, mock, and test APIs built with Next.js, TypeScript & Supabase.

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSFramer Motion

Portfolio Website

A modern, responsive portfolio website featuring smooth scroll animations, dynamic navbar visibility, dark mode support, and an elegant bento grid layout. Built with Next.js and TypeScript for optimal performance and type safety.