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saif mirza
SR. SOFTWARE ENGINEER II · FRONTEND

I build interfaces that feel fast and stay honest.

I’m Saif, a frontend-leaning engineer at PlayOn! Sports. I spend my days deep in React, React Native, and TypeScript - and my nights on side projects that mix maps, cameras, and a little too much curiosity.

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// NOWWhat I’m actually spending time on.
NOW

Building product and platform UI at PlayOn! Sports - React, TypeScript, GraphQL, and a design system that has to survive Friday-night high-school football traffic.

WEEKENDS

Prototyping Sidequests, a GPS + Vision API game that turns your neighborhood into a hot-and-cold treasure radar for local lore.

LATELY

Reading too much about prediction markets and autonomous agent loops, and watching every Formula 1 session like it’s a deploy.

// SIDE PROJECTSThings I build when no ticket asks me to.

Sidequests

2025

A real-world role-playing game for building local lore. Walk a hot-and-cold radar to hidden spots, then use the Vision API to verify and log what you found. Native maps, geofencing, and a lot of camera math.

React NativeGPSVision APIExpo

Kiyas CLI

2025

A Figma-to-code visual diffing tool. It pulls a frame through the Figma API, renders the built component, and flags the pixels that drifted - so design review stops being a game of spot-the-difference.

TypeScriptFigma APINode.jsCLI

Leftover Chef

2024

Point your phone at the fridge, get dinner. A recipe generator that turns whatever you actually have on hand into something cookable, built for the five-ingredient weeknight.

React NativeExpoAI

Miraya

2024

A private photo-editing app with a deliberately custom architecture - local-first, no cloud round-trips, and an edit pipeline tuned so the canvas never drops a frame.

React NativeArchitecturePerformance
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EXPERIENCE

Sr. Software Engineer II PlayOn! SportsPresent
Frontend Engineer CarputtyPrev.
Software Engineer M&T BankPrev.
B.Sc. Computer Science Syracuse UniversityEdu.

STACK

ReactReact NativeTypeScriptJavaScriptNext.jsNode.jsGraphQLPostgreSQLAWSTailwindFigma API

OFF THE CLOCK

  • 01Making DIY jewelry and small crafts by hand
  • 02Following Formula 1 - every practice, quali, and race
  • 03Trading ideas on prediction markets
  • 04Tinkering with frontier AI and autonomous agent loops