George Gognadze.
Frontend developer crafting pixel-perfect, performant interfaces — production web apps, games, ATMs, and self-service terminals. Eight years in this field. Top Rated Plus on Upwork.
Building interfaces people
actually want to use.
I'm George — a frontend developer based in Tbilisi, Georgia. For eight years I've been turning Figma files into production-ready interfaces for banks, gaming studios, enterprise platforms, and self-service terminals.
My work has shipped for enterprise platforms at Fortune 500 company Hewlett Packard Enterprise, on payment kiosks at TBC Pay, and in games at Orbital Gaming. I'm currently freelancing on Upwork as a Top Rated Plus developer, available for select engagements.
When I'm not at a keyboard I'm playing chess online or out on a tennis court.
- 2023 Freelance Frontend Developer at Upwork Jan 2023 — Present
Top Rated Plus freelancer collaborating with clients worldwide on production web applications, interactive experiences, and game UIs.
React · TypeScript · PixiJS · D3.js · JavaScript - 2023 Senior Frontend Developer at Orbital Gaming Oct 2023 — Feb 2024
Shipped new features, performance optimizations, and bug fixes for a high-traffic slot game with complex animation pipelines.
React · PixiJS · JavaScript · CSS · HTML - 2021 Software Engineer at Exadel · Hewlett Packard Enterprise Sep 2021 — Sep 2023
Senior UI Developer at HPE, building enterprise-grade Salesforce LWC components and React interfaces.
Salesforce LWC · React · JavaScript · XML · CSS - 2021 Invited Lecturer at The University of Georgia Mar 2021 — Feb 2023
Taught C++ fundamentals to undergraduate students in Georgian and English.
C++ · Teaching - 2021 Invited Lecturer at Business and Technology University Mar 2021 — Aug 2022
Taught front-end development fundamentals — HTML, CSS, JavaScript — in Georgian.
HTML · CSS · JavaScript · Teaching - 2021 Frontend Developer at Digitail May 2021 — Aug 2021
Worked on the clinics discovery website — built new components, optimizations, bug fixes.
React · JavaScript · CSS · HTML - 2017 Frontend Developer at TBC Pay Sep 2017 — Jan 2021
Translated designs into pixel-perfect production code. Built features used at scale on payment terminals and the consumer web.
JavaScript · jQuery · Bootstrap · XML · CSS - 2019 Frontend Developer at TBC Insurance Dec 2019 — Feb 2020
Implemented designs with Material Design principles for partners.
JavaScript · jQuery · Bootstrap · Material Design - 2021 Frontend Developer at MIMA Staff LLC Feb 2021 — Apr 2021
Frontend improvements, refactors, and optimizations for game.
React · JavaScript · CSS · HTML - 2017 Frontend Developer at Smart Solution LLC Jul 2017 — Sep 2017
Built responsive web site.
JavaScript · jQuery · Bootstrap · CSS
Core
- React
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Next.js
- Vite
- Astro
- HTML5
- CSS3
Specialized
- PixiJS
- D3.js
- Salesforce LWC
- Web Animations API
Tooling
- Webpack
- Git
- npm
- pnpm
- Figma
- Storybook
Practices
- Mobile-first responsive design
- Cross-browser testing & debugging
- Performance optimization
- Accessibility (WCAG)
- Pixel-perfect implementation
- Agile / Scrum
- 2025 Top Rated Plus Freelancer Upwork
- 2021 AWS Machine Learning Scholarship on Udacity Amazon Web Services
- 2021 Linux Foundation Lift Scholarship — Web Development Wiz Linux Foundation
- 2021 SUSE Cloud Native Foundations Scholarship on Udacity SUSE
- 2021 JavaScript Certificate W3Schools
- 2020 GITA Front-End Track Scholarship Georgia's Innovation & Technology Agency
- 2019 Open Source Winner Web Summit
- 2018 Open Source Winner Web Summit
- 2017 Google Developer Challenge Scholarship — Front-End Web Google · Udacity
- 2017 Open Source Winner MoneyConf
- 2017 Open Source Winner Collision Conference
- 2016 Open Source Winner Collision Conference
- 2015 Audience Favourite — Hardware & Arts Hackathon Garage 48 Tbilisi
- 2015 3rd Place — Hardware Hackathon Fablab Iliauni
- 2015 3rd Place — DevFest Hackathon Google Developer Group Tbilisi
- 2013 Best Youthful Project Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia
Chess, tennis,
and long walks.
Outside of work I'm usually playing chess, on a tennis court, or at the gym. I cycle, walk parks at sunset, and read more about tech than I should. Indoors, I enjoy watching chess and tennis tournaments, as well as sci-fi and fantasy movies.