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Aisha Rahman

New York, NY

Senior Frontend Engineer

Professional Summary

Owns design systems the way platform engineers own clusters: versioned APIs, adoption metrics, and a sunset date for the one-off components. React and TypeScript are the materials; the work is making 11 product squads look like one company.

At Kestrel, cut unique button implementations from 47 to 4 and dropped visual-regression escapes 62%. Earlier, built Vellum's token pipeline and Redcedar's first accessible component kit.

Skills

10 years:

React

9 years:

TypeScript

8 years:

System Design,

AWS

7 years:

Change Management

6 years:

Technical Leadership,

Observability

5 years:

Program Management

Work Experience

Kestrel Interface Lab - New York, NY

Senior Frontend Engineer — June 2021 to present

Rebuilt the React design system on tokens and cut unique buttons from 47 to 4 React, TypeScript, System Design, Technical Leadership
Shipped a six-week codemod program that moved 11 squads to v3 and cut leftover one-offs 84% Change Management, Program Management, TypeScript
Instrumented production component usage, removed 23 dead exports, and cut the kit bundle 18% Observability, React, AWS

Vellum Systems - New York, NY

Frontend Engineer — September 2017 to May 2021

Built the Figma-to-TypeScript token pipeline that turned weekly theme hotfixes into a monthly release TypeScript, System Design, AWS
Replaced custom inputs with a WCAG 2.1 AA React form kit and cut form support tickets 31% React, Technical Leadership, Change Management
Shipped a CloudFront docs site that lifted weekly design visitors from 6 to 48 React, AWS, Program Management

Featured Projects

Headless token-driven design system primitive kit React, TypeScript, System Design

Open reference components for buttons, menus, and dialogs with tokens as the only theme API. Written so a second brand can land without a fork. The stories include the keyboard path the last kit treated as optional.

Education

New York University

B.S. Computer Science — May 2015

School of Visual Arts

Certificate, Interaction Design — December 2017

Certifications

Professional Scrum Master I

Scrum.org — November 2020

Credential ID: PSM1-AISHA-1109

AWS Certified Developer – Associate

Amazon Web Services — March 2022

Credential ID: DVA-AISHA-0322