Akaki Khotcholava

1. Senior Front-End Engineer · Toptal

   Sep 2022 — Present

   Remote · contract

   Engage as a senior React and Angular contractor across multiple client engagements, from consumer-insights platforms to Spotify ad tooling.

   • Shipped SongSurge end-to-end: Next.js front end, NestJS API, PostgreSQL, and ad publishing flow to Meta for Spotify artists
   • Integrated AI-driven interview summarization into Suzy's consumer-insights platform alongside a cross-functional team
   • Drove code quality and Angular best practices across the Suzy codebase, ensuring scalability and maintainability

   • TypeScript
   • React
   • Next.js
   • Redux
   • SWR
   • Angular
   • RxJS
   • Node.js

2. Senior Angular Engineer · Open-Source Contributor to Fundamental NGX · Valor Software

   Jul 2024 — Jan 2025

   Remote · open-source

   Contributed to Fundamental NGX, an open-source Angular UI kit used to build enterprise-grade, accessible interfaces following SAP's design principles.

   • Improved performance and accessibility across multiple core components used in large-scale enterprise applications
   • Led testing and debugging efforts to ensure adherence to Angular best practices and component quality
   • Authored and improved documentation to make the toolkit easier to adopt and integrate

   • TypeScript
   • Angular
   • Fundamental NGX
   • WebdriverIO
   • RxJS

3. Senior Angular Developer · EMIS — Education Management Information System

   Dec 2022 — Jan 2024

   Tbilisi, Georgia · full-time

   Led the modernization of EMIS's public website and built Stats EMIS, an internal app for managing IT infrastructure across schools and resource centers in Georgia.

   • Spearheaded the redesign and Angular implementation of EMIS's public-facing website
   • Built the Schools component and incident/request management for the Stats EMIS web application
   • Mentored a team of interns, running code reviews and technical lectures to raise the team's bar

   • TypeScript
   • Angular
   • RxJS
   • Kendo UI
   • NgXs
   • Tailwind CSS
   • SCSS
   • JavaScript

4. Senior Front-End Engineer (React) · ThinkTime, LLC

   Sep 2022 — May 2023

   Remote · full-time

   Delivered React features inside an Agile team, from implementation through Cypress coverage, focused on reliable and maintainable code.

   • Built features with React, Redux, and React Hook Form that improved task-management UX
   • Authored comprehensive Cypress test suites to guard critical flows
   • Participated in code review as a quality gate across peer teams

   • TypeScript
   • React
   • Cypress
   • Tailwind CSS
   • Redux
   • SCSS
   • Redux-Observable
   • React Hook Form

Show 7 more roles

Show 3 more projects

• Real-Time Updates with Server-Sent Events (SSE) in Go

  A hands-on guide to pushing real-time updates from a Go backend to the browser using SSE and the standard library — no WebSockets, no third-party deps — including a broker pattern for broadcasting to multiple clients.

  • Go
  • SSE
  • Real-time
  • Backend

  Nov 20, 2025·5 min read

• Why Fiber Feels Like Express.js (And That's a Good Thing)

  A side-by-side look at Express.js and Go Fiber — routing, middleware, ergonomics, and performance — written for Node.js developers exploring Go without giving up the mental model they already know.

  • Go
  • Fiber
  • Express
  • Node.js

  Jun 3, 2025·4 min read

• JetBrains Fleet vs VSCode — Will Fleet kill VSCode?

  A first-impressions review of JetBrains Fleet during its preview release — the good (minimal UI, built-in Git, collaboration, remote dev), the bad (memory, smart-mode latency, missing basics), and whether it's really a VSCode killer.

  • IDE
  • Tooling
  • Review

  Oct 15, 2022·5 min read