Belal Kazmi

Senior Software Engineer · Dubai

Frontend engineering.
With the system
in view.

I’m Belal Kazmi. For ten years, I’ve built interfaces and the systems behind them: from accessible workflows and financial applications to publishing platforms and digital services.

Frontend depth. Full-stack experience.React · TypeScript · Node.js · GraphQL · AWS

01 / Selected work

Selected
contributions.

A closer look at my responsibilities across aviation, publishing and financial services.

EMIRATES GROUP · 2024–2025

Component loading. Shared patterns. ↗

Component loading, reusable interfaces and validation work.

My responsibility
Component loading, shared frontend patterns and supporting documentation.
Work delivered
Frontend performance contributions, reusable patterns and validation work.
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React interfaces and editorial tooling within a unified multi-brand publishing environment.

My responsibility
Frontend and multi-tenant architecture, real-time systems and GraphQL query-performance work.
Work delivered
Reader experiences, editorial CMS work and the Node.js service layer.
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Aviation accessibility, financial workflows, full-stack applications and frontend modernisation.

My responsibility
Owned a financial exchange module and led four engineers.
Work delivered
Keyboard accessibility, React and Node.js applications, micro-frontends and a GraphQL BFF.
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02 / Engineering practice

AI-assisted work.
Considered decisions.

I use AI tools to explore approaches, support implementation and review changes. I remain responsible for understanding the code and checking its behaviour. I share my practice through mentoring, documentation and workshops.

How I work with AI tools ↗
How this portfolio is built ↗

03 / Experience

A wider
foundation.

Printable career profile ↗
  1. 2023–Present
    Emirates Group

    Senior Software Engineer

    Digital Engineering

    Application redesign, frontend foundations, delivery and production support.

  2. 2020–2023
    Condé Nast

    Senior Engineer II

    Publishing platforms

    Multi-tenant architecture, editorial tools and GraphQL performance.

  3. 2016–2020
    Mindtree

    Software Engineer → Senior Engineer

    Client applications

    Aviation accessibility, financial workflows, full-stack delivery and frontend migration.

04 / Outside work

Still curious.

I’m based in Dubai. I play tournament cricket as a medium-pace bowler and right-hand bat. Away from the field, I enjoy football, gaming and Urdu poetry.