# Ilir Gurabardhi

> Frontend developer building fast, accessible web and mobile products with React, Next.js and React Native.

- Role: Frontend Developer
- Location: Cologne, Germany
- Availability: Open to frontend roles
- Email: ilirgurabardhi@gmail.com
- Website: https://ilir.xyz
- CV: https://ilir.xyz/Ilir_Gurabardhi_CV_2026.pdf
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ilirgurabardhi
- Behance: https://www.behance.net/IlirGurabardhi

## About

I am a frontend developer based in Cologne, Germany, with over a decade of experience shipping interfaces — first as a graphic designer, now with React, Next.js and React Native. I work end to end: design systems, animation, CMS integration and app store releases. I care about products that stay fast and remain usable for everyone.

## Currently building

- Iris Agent (https://irisagent.cc/): An AI support agent that answers from your own content.
- AIppetizer (https://aippetizer.app/): An AI cooking assistant that turns ingredients into recipes.

## Skills

- Core: TypeScript, React, Next.js, React Native, Expo, GraphQL
- Styling: Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, Styled Components, Material UI, Framer Motion
- Backend & CMS: Supabase, Firebase, Sanity, Strapi, Headless WordPress
- Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Figma

## Experience

### EDIS Global — Frontend Developer
2023–Present · https://edisglobal.com

### Lasting Dynamics Academy — Web and Mobile Frontend Development with React & React Native
2022–2023 · https://www.lastingdynamics.com/badge/?profile=ilirbajrami

### Utopian — Frontend Developer
2021–2022 · https://utopian.global

### Qualifirst Foods — Packaging Design & Web Development
2017–2021 · https://qualifirst.com

### Pika Pro — Graphic Design, Layout Design & Web Development
2017 · https://pikaproduction.com

### Municipality of Tetovo — Graphic Design, Layout Design, Political Campaign & Web Development
2016–2022 · North Macedonia

### Sonnen Ecodesign — Graphic Design (Apprenticeship)
2016 · https://sonnen.ch

### Arbëria Design — Graphic Design, Pre-Print, Layout Design, Web Development
2015–2016 · https://arberiadesign.com.mk

### MediaK2 — Graphic Design, Pre-Print, Layout Design, Web Development
2013–2015 · https://mediak2.com

## Selected work

### AIppetizer (mobile app)
An AI cooking assistant that generates recipes from a photo of your ingredients or a plain description.
Role: Built and shipped the app end to end: AI recipe generation, step-by-step cooking mode, shopping lists, saved community recipes, authentication and database.
Stack: React Native, Expo, NativeWind, AI, Authentication, Database
Links: App Store — https://apps.apple.com/mk/app/aippetizer-cooking-assistant/id6753999089 | Play Store — https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.ilir.aippetizer | Website — https://aippetizer.app/

### EDIS Global VPS Manager (mobile app)
A mobile client for administering EDIS Global VPS servers from your phone.
Role: Implemented remote power control, real-time traffic monitoring and allocation, one-tap OS installs, VNC console access and the full authentication flow.
Stack: React Native, NativeWind, REST API, Authentication
Links: App Store — https://apps.apple.com/mk/app/edis-global-vps-manager/id6692633365

### EDIS Global (website)
Corporate website for an international hosting and distribution company.
Role: Built the frontend with a fully localized multi-language experience, editor-driven content in Sanity, and a responsive layout with motion throughout.
Stack: Next.js, Sanity, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, Radix UI
Links: edisglobal.com — https://edisglobal.com

### EDBB (website)
Marketing site with an editor-managed content structure.
Role: Developed the frontend in Next.js, wired up Sanity for content management, and layered in Framer Motion transitions for navigation and reveals.
Stack: Next.js, Sanity, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion
Links: edbb.com — https://edbb.com

### The Finanser (website)
Fintech publication combining a Next.js frontend with WordPress as a headless CMS.
Role: Handled server-side rendering and the WordPress integration, styled the interface with Styled Components, and built the GSAP animation layer.
Stack: Next.js, Headless WordPress, GSAP, Styled Components
Links: thefinanser.com — https://thefinanser.com/

### Calas (website)
Website for a nonprofit supporting and empowering women in Canada.
Role: Built the site on WordPress and PHP with a maintainable content structure, and added GSAP animation to make a dense information architecture feel approachable.
Stack: PHP, WordPress, GSAP
Links: calas.ca — https://calas.ca

### Folan Waterproofing (website)
Website for a masonry restoration, historic preservation and waterproofing contractor.
Role: Developed the WordPress theme with custom CSS, structuring the project galleries so the company's restoration work leads the page.
Stack: WordPress, Custom CSS
Links: folanwaterproofing.com — https://www.folanwaterproofing.com/

## Education

- Communication Sciences and Technology, University
- High School, Lycee

## Languages

- Albanian: Native
- English: Fluent
- German: Basic (Actively Learning)

## Interests

- Music production, DJing, Guitar, Video editing, Hiking, Cooking

## Contact

The best way to reach Ilir is by email at ilirgurabardhi@gmail.com.