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Farhan Ihsan — AI and Growth Engineering for Digital Commerce in Helsinki

Senior Consultant at Columbia Road — where we don't just deliver slide decks. We deliver growth.

  • Agents
  • Azure AI
  • MCP
  • Full stack

A Helsinki-based senior consultant and full stack developer. I build AI agents, Azure AI integrations, and MCP-based commerce workflows — and the React, Next.js and Node platforms underneath them.

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10+ yrsDesign + engineering01 — portrait / 2026
AI engineeringGrowth consultingFull-stack buildCloud & DevOps
Available for Q4
01 / Selected work01 / 09

I turn complex digital challenges into seamless commercial platforms.

Strategy matters, but only when it reaches production: fast interfaces, reliable backends, useful AI, and measurable growth.

01KFC Middle East PWA
02Pizza Hut Digital Ordering
03Hardees Regional PWA
04Emaar Cloud Platform
05Al Rawabi Platform
06Agentic Commerce MCP
07Housing Platform, Finland
08Real Estate Brand, Helsinki
09Americana Restaurants
KFC Middle East PWAPWA / Commerce · Americana
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03 / How I deliver
Phase 01

Map the growth case.

Start with the business problem, customer journey, data signals, and platform constraints. The goal is not activity; it is commercial movement.

Phase 02

Architect the stack.

Choose the right frontend, backend, CMS, commerce, AI, and cloud patterns for the job. React and Next.js when speed matters; Node, PHP, and APIs where the platform needs depth.

Phase 03

Build and optimize.

Ship production code with performance, maintainability, testing, accessibility, and measurable UX improvement in mind.

Phase 04

Scale the outcome.

Support the team with documentation, CI/CD, architecture clarity, AI guardrails, and a platform that can keep growing after launch.

Interactive systems study

AI and commerce should feel useful, not bolted on.

04 / Capability notesWhen, and why

The stack is not the point. Knowing when to reach for it is.

01

Frontend platforms

When the interface is the product, and it has to stay fast under real traffic.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Redux
  • SCSS
  • Design systems
02

Commerce and content

When the storefront, the content model, and the checkout have to move as one.

  • Shopify
  • WooCommerce
  • WordPress
  • Contentful
  • Strapi
  • HubSpot CMS
03

Backends and APIs

When the frontend is only ever as good as what feeds it.

  • Node.js
  • Express
  • NestJS
  • Koa
  • PHP / Laravel
  • REST
  • GraphQL
04

Cloud and delivery

When shipping safely matters more than shipping fast.

  • Azure
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI
05

Applied AI

When a conversation is a better interface than a form.

  • Azure AI
  • Chatbots
  • RAG
  • MCP
  • Agent workflows
0+Years building platforms

Across frontend, full stack, ecommerce, CMS, cloud, and growth consulting.

0Global food brands

Led PWA development for KFC, Hardees, and Pizza Hut across the Middle East.

0+Cloud-native clients

Emaar, Al Rawabi, Zoom Property, Institute of Applied Technology, and more.

0+Monthly orders handled

Peak ordering traffic carried by the KFC, Hardees, and Pizza Hut PWAs across MENA.

05 / Let us connect

Need a frontend, full stack, or AI commerce build in Helsinki that can scale?

Farhan_ihsan@live.com
Office

Helsinki / Remote

Name

Farhan Ihsan

Focus

Open to frontend, full stack, AI, and commerce conversations