Omkar Arora
Senior Frontend Engineer crafting exceptional web experiences. Specializing in React.js, Next.js, and TypeScript to build scalable, high-performance applications.
Blog
View all →December 20, 2025
Optimistic Updates: Building Instant, Responsive UIs
Learn how optimistic updates can transform your user experience by making UIs feel instant and responsive. Discover implementation patterns, error handling strategies, and best practices for React applications.
December 9, 2025
Building Interactive Demos in MDX: Taking Your Blog Posts to the Next Level
Learn how to create engaging, interactive demos in your MDX blog posts. From live code previews to step-by-step walkthroughs, discover how to make your technical content more engaging and educational.
December 7, 2025
Improving Syntax Highlighting in Our Next.js MDX Blog
A journey from Tailwind CSS Typography to VS Code-like code blocks with syntax highlighting, line numbers, and copy buttons using remark-gfm and rehype-pretty-code.
Projects
A modern portfolio website built with Next.js App Router, featuring an MDX blog with custom components, dynamic OG image generation, SEO optimization, and a clean, responsive design.
A modern React app to create, edit, and export professional resumes with PDF preview/download, team management, and a centralized, type-safe routing system.
Work
Jupitun
Developed scalable frontend architecture with focus on performance optimization and user experience with a Local-First approach and Optimistic Updates.
Work Experience
Software Development Engineer 2
Leading frontend development for key products (Openvy, Recommendations.email, Jupitun) using React.js, Next.js, and TypeScript.
Enhanced application performance through SEO optimization and advanced caching, reducing data fetching time by 30% and improving organic traffic by 20%.
Built responsive and visually consistent UIs with Tailwind CSS, championing technical excellence through code reviews and mentoring.
Software Development Engineer
Designed and implemented front-end architecture for Openvy using Next.js and Tailwind CSS.
Contributed to full-stack development projects, focusing on front-end optimization and feature scalability.
Developed and tested React Native mobile prototypes, improving mobile user engagement by 15%.
Frontend Developer Intern
Resolved critical UI bugs and optimized rendering, improving page load speed by 20%.
Ensured seamless experience across 3+ major browsers through cross-browser compatibility testing.
Technical Skills
Frontend Development
State Management & Tools
Performance & Optimization
Backend & Other
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Science and Engineering
CGPA: 9.47