
Chakravarthi Chennu
Lead Frontend Engineer
Salary / Daily rate
London, UK
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Work experience
Lead Frontend Engineer
BNP Paribas
May 2025 - Present
1 year 6 months
London, UK
– Defined and rolled out enterprise-wide Micro Frontend strategy using React and Angular, focusing on domain-driven design and team autonomy. – Established module federation standards, versioning strategy, and shared dependency governance to avoid cross-team conflicts. – Introduced design system alignment across micro frontends, ensuring consistent UI/UX across banking applications. – Led architectural decision-making for scalable frontend platforms supporting multiple business domains (KYC, onboarding, payments). – Championed test automation culture by introducing Playwright with Cucumber for BDD-based testing strategies.
Sr Frontend Developer
HCLTECH (End Client Deutsche Bank)
Feb 2024 - May 2025
1 year 4 months
London, UK
– Engineered scalable and modular codebases leveraging Micro Frontend architecture with Angular and React (Vite), enabling independent deployments and improving development flexibility. – Spearheaded lazy loading and code-splitting in React applications, reducing bounce rates by 40%. – Conducted code reviews and penetration testing on React UI components, resolving 20+ security flaws pre-deployment. – Supervised the integration of React and Angular components across three cross functional teams, reducing integration conflicts by 75% and cutting development time by approximately 20%.
Sr Frontend Developer
LTIMINDTREE (End Client CITI Bank)
Oct 2022 - Feb 2024
1 year 5 months
London, UK
– Integrated Micro Frontend architecture with React and Angular, cutting maintenance costs by 15%. – Architected a custom store with RxJS, optimizing data flow and reducing API calls by 50%. – Established continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines with Jenkins, automating testing processes and shortening release cycles by 15%, enabling faster iteration on features. – Initiated the development of a robust testing framework using Playwright and Vitest, reducing production defects by 40%.
Application Developer
IBM
Jun 2018 - Sep 2022
4 years 4 months
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
– Migrated large-scale applications from AngularJS to Angular 13, reducing load times by 50%. – Created precise GraphQL schemas and queries for efficient, client-specific data access and seamless integration. – Refined Micro services architecture with Node.js and Express.js, achieving a 25% improvement in user satisfaction. – Adopted micro frontend architecture for independent deployments and team flexibility.
Education
Acharya Nagarjuna University
Master of Computer Application, Computer Application
Licenses & certifications
Angular certification
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JavaScript Algorithms & Data Structures
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Frontend Developer (React)
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