Available for select projects
Nur Zihad
Full-Stack Engineer & Product Craftsman
Ship products that feel inevitable.
I architect resilient systems and luminous interfaces — where performance meets poetry.
Profile
Nur Zihad
Remote · UTC±0
FocusProduct & platform
Stack ethosTypesafe · Observable
Building interfaces that respect attention — and backends that respect uptime.
About
Story over noise.
A decade at the intersection of systems thinking and interface design.
I build products that feel inevitable — typed end-to-end, observable in production, and polished down to the last micro-interaction. From edge functions to design systems, I care about the whole stack.
Systems
Distributed patterns, APIs, data modeling
Craft
Motion, a11y, and design-adjacent UX
Velocity
Shipping without sacrificing quality
Selected work
Bento laboratory
Asymmetrical tiles, depth on hover, and crisp project metadata — optimized for scanning and storytelling.
Capabilities
Precision across the stack
Frontend
Calibrated proficiency
- React / Next.js95%
- TypeScript94%
- Tailwind / CSS92%
- Framer Motion88%
Backend
Calibrated proficiency
- Node.js92%
- PostgreSQL88%
- GraphQL / REST90%
- Edge & Serverless86%
AI & Data
Calibrated proficiency
- LLM integrations85%
- Vector search80%
- ETL pipelines82%
Tools
Calibrated proficiency
- Git / CI/CD93%
- Docker / K8s84%
- Observability86%
Journey
Experience
2023 — Present
Principal Engineer
Lumen Labs
Led platform modernization, design system adoption, and SLO-driven reliability.
2019 — 2023
Staff Full-Stack Engineer
Northwind
Owned core billing and auth services; mentored engineers; shipped 0→1 products.
2016 — 2019
Senior Software Engineer
Atlas Dynamics
Built realtime dashboards and API surfaces for enterprise customers.
Contact
Let's build the exceptional
Tell me about your product, timeline, and ambition — I reply within two business days.