Full Stack Developer · Consultant · UX Engineer

I build digital
products that
actually work

I'm Shareeza, a product-minded full stack developer with 8+ years shipping accessible, user-centred web applications. Available for full-time roles and freelance projects.

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Shareeza Hussain

Woodstock, ON · Open to work

Current focus
Frontend Engineer Data Analytics AI Integration Accessibility
Core stack
Javascript CSS HTML5 React Vue.js TypeScript Next.js Node.js MySQL PHP Python R Language
8+Years experience
50+Enterprise clients served
3SaaS platforms shipped
WCAG 2.1Accessibility standard
About me

Code is my craft.
People are my focus.

I'm a full stack developer who's grown from building community tools for isolated seniors to shipping features used by thousands of enterprise marketers. My UX research background means I never just implement but I question, prototype, and validate.

I've worked across the full product lifecycle: from headless CMS frontends and React component libraries, to backend systems, payment integrations, database migrations, and AI-powered features. I care about accessibility deeply and not as a checkbox, but as a core quality standard.

Right now I'm on an intentional upskilling break: completing a University of Waterloo certificate in Data Analytics, building accessibility tooling, and exploring AI agent development with Claude and FastAPI.

Frontend

React, Vue.js, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Tailwind, CSS, SCSS, HTML5, WCAG accessibility, Cross-browser testing, Responsive Design

Backend & Data

Node.js, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Python, pandas, R, ggplot2, REST API design, MySQL, MongoDB, Prisma ORM

UX & Product

Usability testing, Figma, Balsamiq, user interviews, HCD, roadmap collaboration, Agile

DevOps & Tools

GitHub Actions, Docker, VPS deployment, AWS, CI/CD, Jira, Jest, Postman, Lighthouse audits, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI API, FastAPI

Work with me

What I can build
for you.

I take on freelance and consulting projects alongside full-time opportunities. Here's where I can add the most value.

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Web App Development

Full-stack web applications built from scratch or major feature additions to existing products. I work independently and communicate clearly throughout.

  • React, Vue, Next.js frontends
  • Node.js / PHP
  • Database design & API integration
  • Deployment & hosting setup
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Accessibility Audit & Fix

I review your existing web product against WCAG standards, identify issues, and implement the fixes with a clear before/after report.

  • WCAG 2.1 AA compliance audit
  • Screen reader & keyboard nav testing
  • Remediation of identified issues
  • Ongoing accessibility guidance
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AI Feature Integration

Add AI capabilities to your existing product such as chatbots, document analysis, content generation pipelines, or workflow automation agents.

  • OpenAI / Claude API integration
  • Document parsing & AI assistants
  • Automated content workflows
  • AI agent design & development
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Not sure which fits? Send me a brief description of what you're trying to build or fix. I'll let you know honestly if I'm the right fit or if not, I'll point you in the right direction.

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Selected work

Projects I'm proud of.

Click any card to see the full case study of my role, decisions made and outcomes delivered.

Professional & Personal

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Uberflip · PathFactory — SaaS

Content Experience Platform

Worked on frontend development on a major SaaS content platform serving enterprise marketing teams. Worked across the Uberflip acquisition into PathFactory, shipping features used by 50+ enterprise clients while maintaining a large-scale React + PHP + Rails codebase.

Highlights: Replaced a third-party vendor with an in-house Next.js platform · Migrated file infrastructure from Filestack to Cloudinary · Led Heroku → AWS migration with minimal downtime

Key contributions

  • →In-house platform reducing vendor costs (Next.js, TypeScript, MySQL)
  • →Branding components for 50+ enterprise client sites
  • →WCAG accessibility compliance via Open Level Access audits
  • →GitHub Actions + Jest CI/CD pipeline automation
  • →Mentored outsource team, reducing project delivery from 8 weeks to 3 weeks (70%+ improvement)
ReactNext.jsTypeScript PHPRuby on Rails TailwindMySQLAWSJavascriptjQueryHTML5CSSSCSS

Product owned by PathFactory. Case study shared on request.

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IPAC Consulting — Team Lead

IPAC Dashboard — AI-Powered Document Platform

Led development of a full-stack AI dashboard using OpenAI, Vue.js, and Node.js. Implemented an AI document assistant with citation logic, and enhanced Square payment API workflows for subscription management.

Vue.jsNode.js OpenAIMySQL Prisma ORMSquare APIBootstrap
View case study → Team Lead
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Personal Project — 2026

Epilepsy Safe Reader Chrome Extension

A browser extension built with Next.js, TypeScript and React that reduces seizure-triggering content for epilepsy sufferers, born from a genuine accessibility need and built independently during my career break.

Next.jsTypeScript ReactChrome Extensions API
Chrome Web Store ↗ Accessibility
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Humber College + WECCC

Share My Journey — Compassionate Care Web App

Full-stack MVP for isolated seniors across Ontario. Led both frontend engineering and UX research, from user interviews through to a production deployment that improved runtime by 20%.

JavaScriptjQueryDrupal Node.jsREST APISASSMaterial Design
View case study → UX + Dev
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Freelance · Humber College + WECCC

CSV Template Generator — Survey Data Export

A one-click browser tool that converted JSON survey data into analyst-ready CSVs, forming the foundation of WECCC's programme evaluation report and directly enabling future funding for community care.

JavaScriptHTML5 SASSDrupal CMSJest
View case study → Freelance Delivery

Academic Research and Personal Projects

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Data Analytics · Econometrics · 2025

What Drives Poverty in Canada? — Econometric Policy Analysis

Analysed 22 years of Statistics Canada data across four provinces to identify which policy levers (employment, transfers, minimum wage) most effectively reduce poverty rates. Built OLS regression, IV/2SLS, and ARIMA forecasting models in R.

ROLS Regression ARIMAggplot2Econometrics
View case study → Data Analytics
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Personal Project · 2026

AI Content Agent — Automated Blog Drafting

Built an AI-powered agent using Python, FastAPI and Claude to automatically draft blog content for my personal site. The agent handles the full pipeline from topic input to formatted draft, removing the manual overhead of content creation.

PythonFastAPI Claude APIAI Agents
View case study → AI · Automation
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Quran Foundation Hackathon · Co-built with sister

DuaFlow — Quranic Supplications App

A full-featured web app for all 40 Rabbana duas, with word-by-word karaoke audio, a print booklet designer, MP4 video generation, and OAuth2 bookmarks. Built for the Quran Foundation Hackathon.

React 19TypeScript ViteWebCodecs APITailwind
Live site ↗ Hackathon
Experience

Where I've grown.

Jump to role

Upskilling Break 2026–present Team Lead IPAC Consulting Software Engineer II PathFactory Software Engineer Uberflip Frontend Dev / UX Humber College Analyst Programmer Guyana Sugar Corp.
Intentional upskilling

Jan 2026 – Present

Career Break — Upskilling, Building & Creating

Self-directed · Woodstock, ON

Between Uberflip, PathFactory and IPAC, I spent over five years building things and genuinely loved it. But I kept coming back to the same question: what does the data actually say? Not reading a dashboard someone else built, but sitting with a raw dataset, cleaning it, running a proper test, and knowing what I am actually looking at. With AI now part of every product conversation, that went from a gap to something I needed to close. So I left IPAC, enrolled in the University of Waterloo programme, and gave myself time to learn it properly. And because I cannot just study without building, I have been making YouTube tutorials and writing blog posts covering everything from Python and data concepts to frontend development and SQL, posting the process on Instagram, and shipping side projects alongside. I learn by doing and by teaching. When I step into my next role, I want to be the developer who can write the code and read the data, not just one or the other.

  • Enrolled in the University of Waterloo Certificate in Data Analytics for Behavioural Insights, working through R, Python, econometrics, panel regression, and ARIMA forecasting
  • Built and published Epilepsy Safe Reader to the Chrome Web Store using Next.js, TypeScript and React. It detects and reduces seizure-triggering visual content for people with photosensitive epilepsy, something most browsers still don't handle
  • Co-built DuaFlow for the Quran Foundation Hackathon: word-by-word karaoke audio, MP4 video generation via WebCodecs API, PKCE OAuth2 auth and multi-language support. Shipped and live at duaflow.app
  • Built a multi-agent content pipeline using the Claude Agent SDK, Python and FastAPI. It drafts a post, passes it through a reviewer agent for quality scoring, creates a WordPress draft, then emails me the link. Nothing to touch after the initial trigger
  • Creating developer content on YouTube at @yneedthis, Instagram at @yneedthiscode, and my blog at yneedthis.com. Sharing publicly has made me a sharper communicator and a better developer
PythonRNext.js Claude APIFastAPITypeScript Content CreationWaterloo Certificate

Aug 2025 – Jan 2026

Full Stack Developer — Team Lead

IPAC Consulting · Woodstock, ON

  • Led development and deployment of IPAC Dashboard using OpenAI, Vue.js, Node.js, MySQL, Prisma ORM
  • Implemented AI document assistant with citation logic, returning page-referenced responses from uploaded documents
  • Enhanced Square API subscription billing workflows for account lifecycle management
  • Managed VPS hosting, server setup, SSH access, and database deployment
  • Mentored developers through code reviews and technical best practices
Vue.jsNode.jsOpenAI MySQLPrismaSquare APIVPS

Jul 2024 – Aug 2025

Software Engineer II

PathFactory · Remote

  • Maintained and enhanced the Uberflip Platform Apps post-acquisition using JavaScript, React, CSS, PHP
  • Developed frontend components for the Landing Page Editor using React, Tailwind and the Rails backend
  • Resolved WCAG accessibility issues identified by Open Level Access audits across the platform
  • Led cross-platform migration of PHP/SQL stack from Heroku to AWS with minimal downtime
ReactPHPRuby on Rails TailwindAWSWCAG

Jan 2021 – Jul 2024

Software Engineer / Senior Web Developer

Uberflip · Remote

  • Led in-house platform development using Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind and React, replacing a third-party vendor
  • Migrated file infrastructure from Filestack to Cloudinary (PHP, SQL, JS) to improve reliability
  • Designed reusable branding components deployed across 50+ enterprise client sites
  • Implemented GitHub Actions automation and Jest testing pipelines
  • Mentored outsource development team and reduced delivery time from 8 to 3 weeks (70%+ improvement) through code review plans, platform training, and weekly meetings until the team reached independent delivery
Next.jsTypeScriptReact PHPMySQLGitHub ActionsJest

Aug 2018 – Sep 2020

Frontend Developer / UX Researcher

Humber College · Remote (WECCC collaboration)

  • Co-built MVP web app for isolated seniors using agile methodology and Human Centred Design
  • Headless Drupal CMS frontend with REST API, JavaScript, jQuery, Node.js
  • Conducted user research: interviews, usability testing, prototyping with Balsamiq and Sketch
  • Deployed production application with ~20% runtime performance improvement
JavaScriptDrupalNode.js jQuerySASSUX Research

Jun 2014 – Aug 2016

Analyst Programmer

Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc.

  • Maintained Payroll Management System used by 30+ staff for thousands of weekly payments (PL/SQL, Crystal Reports, VB6)
  • Automated weekly production reporting workflows in C# and PL/SQL, eliminating manual calculations
VB6PL/SQLC#Crystal Reports
Building in public

I share what I learn.

From technical deep-dives to behind-the-scenes of building products, I am documenting my journey across my blog, YouTube and Instagram. Sharing is how I stay sharp.

Youtube · @yneedthis

Technical walkthroughs & dev content

Master sorting in Python using Pandas in Seconds
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Blog · yneedthis.com

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Instagram · @yneedthiscode

Behind the build

Short-form content on what I'm building, learning, and shipping: accessibility tips, AI experiments, and day-in-the-life dev content.

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Let's build something
worth using.

Whether you're hiring, have a project to discuss, or just want to connect, I'd love to hear from you.

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I'm open to full-time and contract roles in full stack development, with a focus on accessible, AI-integrated products.

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