SR. FRONT END ENG.·0-TO-1 MVP·Sept 2025 - Feb 2026

Mini Studio

SR. FRONT END ENG.

First dedicated frontend engineer on an AI cartoon-generation platform. Shipped the production MVP in 14 days. 6-month engagement.

Remote, US, AI, MVP, Next.js

Mini Studio

THE STACK

NextJSReactTypeScriptTailwindGraphQLVercel


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OVERVIEW

From Empty Repo to Production in 14 Days


Overview


Mini Studio is an AI cartoon-generation platform — users upload photos, generate stylised characters (anime, cartoon, claymation), compose scenes, animate them, and integrate custom characters into pre-built stories.

Brought in as the first dedicated frontend engineer, working directly with the CTO. Owned the 0-to-1 frontend execution and shipped the production MVP in 14 days from an empty repo. Owned all frontend architecture decisions on a 3-engineer team across the 6-month engagement.

Performance


Ahead of public launch, drove a frontend performance pass to address loading times and bundle weight. Introduced Server Actions, SSR, and ISR to shorten loading times, and substantially reduced shipped JS bundle size by addressing GraphQL code that wasn't tree-shakeable.

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