Frontend Developer

Nov 2024 - Present

ThreeTrader - Forex Trading Broker (Sydney, Australia)

As the sole developer and technical owner of the corporate website:

• Led the migration of the corporate website from Webflow to Next.js + headless WordPress as part of a full UI/UX renewal (with an external design agency), taking Core Web Vitals from Failed to Passed (LCP 2.8s → 1.8s, TTFB 1s → 0.5s).
• Grew corporate site traffic by 36% (11,000 → 15,000 monthly page views) following the renewal.
• Launched the company's owned media site from the ground up and served as its sole administrator, resolving subdomain and technical issues inherited from Webflow to grow traffic 3.5× (4,000 → 14,000 monthly page views) within six months.
• Maintained zero critical production incidents across both domains through rigorous pre-release QA.
• Built new features including A/B testing, a table-of-contents sidebar, password-protected pages, and an automated campaign status label system.
• Own infrastructure and CI/CD, managing WordPress hosting on AWS EC2 (LEMP stack) and Next.js deployments on Vercel with Cloudflare CDN, and automating releases with GitHub Actions.
• Audited schema.org / JSON-LD structured data and implemented multilingual support across five languages (EN / JA / KO / PT / zh-CN) using Polylang.
• Coordinate with external writers on content planning and review SEO articles for quality and brand alignment.

Frontend Engineer

May 2022 - Jul 2024

FINTECH PRO PTY LTD (MYFX Markets) - Forex Trading Broker (Sydney, Australia)

Contributed to the following:

• Maintained five web applications, the core website, and the blog website, focusing on frontend development.
• Developed an international money transfer system, a web application that includes features such as sign-up and sign-in, deposit and withdrawal requests, and more.
• Created real-time price widgets for exchange rates and cryptocurrencies, as well as leaderboards for trade contest events using Vue.js, by fetching data from APIs.
• Handled multiple languages on all platforms such as English, Japanese, Chinese, Malay, Indonesian, and Korean with JavaScript and Cookies.
• Coded and maintained HTML emails compatible with major email platforms like Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Yahoo Mail, and Thunderbird.
• Specialized in responsive web design and CSS animations to ensure optimal user experience across various devices.
• Conducted ongoing code reviews to enhance code quality and software security.
• Created and maintained comprehensive documentation for code, processes, and best practices to facilitate knowledge sharing and onboarding of new team members.
• Utilised version control tools such as Git and GitHub, to manage codebase changes and merges effectively.
• Performed unit and integration testing to identify and address bugs, issues, and inconsistencies in the frontend code.
• Collaborated with marketing, design and sales teams to frequently improve the UI/UX of web applications and websites.

Web Development Course Tutor (Part-time, Remote)

Jan 2020 - Present

Daytra Co., Ltd. (株式会社デイトラ) - Online Education

Working remotely as a tutor for the web development course of one of Japan's largest online schools.

• Support and guide students who wish to build websites independently in the future.
• Provide tips to students to help them solve problems with their assignments related to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Next.js, WordPress and more.

Freelance Web Developer

Jun 2018 - May 2022

Freelance web developer in Japan, developed websites for clients such as pharmaceutical companies, auto-repair businesses, and local chambers of commerce. Additionally, undertook coding projects for production companies on a contractual basis.

• Built 20+ websites for clients across pharmaceutical, automotive, and public sectors.
• Maintained clients' websites to keep them properly and continuously improved code.
• Handled sales to production companies and undertook projects for them.
• Experienced not only in coding, but also in project management, sales, market and competitor research, proposal writing, and running a freelance business.

Web Project Manager

Aug 2019 - Apr 2020

LIBASE, Inc. (株式会社リベイス) - Production Company

• Created clients’ websites with a focus on solving clients' business issues and optimizing their online presence for success.
• Brought together relevant teams, and assigned tasks such as design and coding for each project, enabling them to deliver in accordance with the client's vision.
• Created wireframes for each client project, based on their business, goals, visions, brand concept, and objectives.