Bogdan Chadkin

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Senior full-stack engineer specialising in build tools, performance, and user experience. Over 13 years of experience building products across industrial software, freelance platforms, and design tools. Core contributor to major JS ecosystem tools with tens of millions of monthly downloads. Created Engramma, maintained SVGO (22k stars), Rollup (26k stars) and PostCSS (29k stars).

What I'm Best For

Notable Open Source Work

Technical Expertise

Languages

TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQL, SVG

Frameworks

React, Next.js, Svelte, Node.js, Hono, Remix, Astro

Databases

PostgreSQL, SQLite, Hasura

Cloud & DevOps

GCP, Cloudflare, Vercel, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions

Tools & Others

GraphQL, Git

Professional Experience

Webstudio

Software Engineer 2022–2026

Open-source visual website builder with full CSS control

  • Built core platform features like CSS spec-based style engine, HTML validation, visual CMS integration, tokens and variables for design system workflow
  • Created CLI to generate websites for our Cloud and self hosting on Vercel, Netlify and Docker
  • Led UI building for Inception AI (companion product) generating production-grade code from design exploration
  • Scaled community engagement by resolving technical issues and gathering feedback to shape product roadmap

RealAdvisor

Software Engineer 2017–2022

Swiss real-estate platform (property valuations, agent matching)

  • Architected custom auth system with multi-level permissions, supporting over 130 enterprise partners, enabling B2B expansion
  • Led a 3-month TypeScript migration of a large codebase of UI and GraphQL server codebase, reducing manual testing and improving release time by 30%
  • Shipped valuation tools and lead routing workflows used by 10K agents
  • Migrated database-centric API to Hasura, modernizing data layer architecture
  • Mentored engineers and onboarded new team members

Siemens

Software Engineer 2015–2017

Industrial monitoring systems

  • Built real-time telemetry dashboards for gas turbine sensors with live alarms and diagnostics
  • Developed water communications monitoring UIs deployed to 50+ facilities
  • Modernized build pipeline by integrating modern bundlers, significantly improving developer experience and iteration speed

Freelance

Frontend Developer 2012–2015
  • Delivered 15+ responsive web applications for startups and agencies

Let's Build Something Great

Available for full-time, B2B freelance projects and technical consulting engagements. I help teams build fast, accessible user interfaces and scalable frontend architecture.

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