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Khadijah Musa

Khadijah Musa

Lead Front-End Engineer

Lagos, Nigeria 6+ yrs exp 90 · Outstanding

About

Innovative and results-driven Lead Front-End Engineer with over 5 years of experience building scalable, performant, and user-centric web applications in the blockchain and DeFi space. Skilled in React, TypeScript, and Web3 integrations, with strong exposure to smart contract development, stablecoin systems, and decentralized application (dApp) architecture. Experienced in leading engineering teams, delivering complex DeFi products, and collaborating cross-functionally to create seamless user experiences.

Skills & Expertise (26)

React Advanced
9.0/10
5
Years Exp
GitHub Advanced
9.0/10
5
Years Exp
Git Advanced
9.0/10
5
Years Exp
Next.js Advanced
8.5/10
3
Years Exp
Mentorship Advanced
8.5/10
5
Years Exp
Team Management Advanced
8.5/10
5
Years Exp
Solidity Advanced
8.5/10
3
Years Exp
Cross-Functional Collaboration Advanced
8.0/10
5
Years Exp
Cypress Advanced
8.0/10
3
Years Exp
Jest Advanced
8.0/10
4
Years Exp
Scrum Advanced
8.0/10
5
Years Exp
Agile Advanced
8.0/10
5
Years Exp
Ethers.js Advanced
8.0/10
3
Years Exp
Typescript Advanced
8.0/10
4
Years Exp
Tokenomics Intermediate
7.5/10
2
Years Exp
Hardhat Intermediate
7.5/10
2
Years Exp
Mocha Intermediate
7.5/10
3
Years Exp
REDUX Advanced
7.5/10
4
Years Exp
Product Strategy Intermediate
7.5/10
3
Years Exp
auditing Intermediate
7.0/10
2
Years Exp
Web3.js Intermediate
7.0/10
2
Years Exp
Webpack Intermediate
7.0/10
3
Years Exp
TailwindCSS Intermediate
7.0/10
2
Years Exp
Truffle Intermediate
6.5/10
2
Years Exp
Vue.js Intermediate
6.5/10
2
Years Exp
Javascript (ES6+

Work Experience

Lead Front-End Engineer

Mento Labs

Oct 2024 - Present

Lead front-end engineering for Mento’s stablecoin protocol, delivering high-quality dApps. Collaborated with smart contract engineers on Solidity contracts and integrated on-chain logic. Redesigned Mento’s dashboard, improving load times by 35% and boosting engagement. Mentored a team of 4 engineers and introduced automated testing pipelines. Contributed to stablecoin peg mechanism and collateralization ratio design discussions.

Senior Front-End Engineer

Uniswap Labs

Mar 2022 - Oct 2024

Engineered and maintained front-end components for Uniswap’s v3 & v4 interfaces. Integrated smart contract functions using Ethers.js. Optimized transaction flows, reducing swap execution time by 20%. Built UI solutions for governance and liquidity provision. Championed accessibility and internationalization features.

Front-End Engineer

OKX Exchange

Feb 2020 - Mar 2022

Built and maintained key front-end features for OKX’s exchange platform. Integrated Web3 wallet connections and optimized onboarding flows. Reduced page latency by 15% through API optimization. Contributed to internal UI component libraries. Gained foundational exposure to smart contract interactions.

Education

B.Sc. Computer Science - Al Hikmah University

2015 - 2019 · Afghanistan

Certifications

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Profile Score Breakdown

📷 Photo 10/10
📄 Resume 10/10
💼 Job Title 10/10
✍️ Bio 10/10
🛠️ Skills 20/20
🎓 Education 10/10
⏱️ Experience 15/15
💰 Rate 0/5
🏆 Certs 0/5
Verified 5/5
Total Score 90/100

Profile Overview

Member sinceJul 2026

Availability Details

Relocation

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