Background
I believe that being well informed and constantly aware is key in achieving engineering goals in a sustainable, and most efficient way. With well over a decade in software development, through active and continuous learning, I have made a career as Tech Lead. I have gained knowledge and experience in many widely used web technologies, both front-end and back-end, as well as with several different frameworks. Unsurprisingly, sharing that valuable knowledge is also my passion, as I teach PHP, JavaScript, and software architecture online and in person.
I am an advocate of compatibility and standardisation. By using effective methodologies and tried principles everywhere, I achieve a level of simplicity that brings incredible agility to my projects. I excel at creating architecturally sound, re-usable, and robust solutions that are all the while easy to maintain and improve - such as software products, or re-usable modules and libraries. In the Dhii org I, together with other contributors, create missing though much needed standards and compliant implementations applicable to PHP in general. The mission of the WP-OOP org is to address similar concerns in WordPress.
Career
Tech Lead / Senior Backend Developer
Un1q
Choice, configuration, and integration of various developer, project management, and communication tools. Integration and configuration of several system components and technologies, including front-end, back-end, and Computer Vision components. Creation of technical and business processes, guides, and documentation. Project management, daily review of Laravel code, planning, technical and otherwise team leadership and mentoring. Backend software development with the Laravel framework.
Developer
OnTheGoSystems
Upgrade of Acceptance Testing setup. Virtualisation and automation in existing applications and processes. Full-stack maintenance of internal software, such as that used by the company's clients and staff, and of public-facing functionality.
Software Engineer
Intergiro
Maintenance of microservice-based applications. Full-stack development of parts of the back-office, refactoring and maintenance of application modules, debugging virtual environments.
Tech/Project Lead
Inpsyde
Coordination of dev team and effort. Lead of multiple projects. Detailed planning and documentation. Mentorship, guidance, consultancy. Research, and technical review. Successfully pushed, initiated and/or implemented many improvements to team or company standards and practices.
In this position, my main responsibility was to determine and ensure a high standard of software solutions and compatibility across several projects; most of those are commercial WordPress plugins, and some are internal tools.
- I created detailed specifications and MVP roadmaps for new projects, determined the standards and tools to use, and estimated the amount of effort required for completion. Here, I focuses on fast prototyping, while ensuring long term maintainability and smooth growth of the software. All my solutions are architected with a high degree of modularity and potential for sustainable growth.
- At the same time, I was involved in multiple projects with different leads, mentoring the developers involved, guiding and contributing ideas for sustainable solutions, and reviewing code - all in an effort to streamline development and on/off-boarding, and to promote compatibility between components in various projects.
- Finally, I took part in company-wide discussions on several topics centered around standardization in the whole organization. My open-source modularity standard, while already being used in all new projects of my team, was the first of the top candidates for becoming a standard across all teams in our organization. It provides unparalleled flexibility at the same time as reliability, and would ensure a high degree of modularity and re-use both in our company and in 3rd-party software projects, paving a way for open-source collaboration.
Software Engineer/Architect
Inpsyde
Maintenance and development of WordPress plugins, including MultilingualPress and other supplementary software. Technical documentation and review.
Tech Lead
RebelCode
Coordination, development, and maintenance of WP RSS Aggregator and its 8 commercial extensions. Lead of EDD Bookings a new booking plugin. WordPress, PHP, project management, software architecture. Mentoring, research; company-wide technical standards and practices.
Senior Developer
RebelCode
Maintenance of WP RSS Aggregator and extensions. WordPress, PHP, front-end technologies. Technical support.
Senior Developer
BRND WGN
Websites and custom solutions from the ground up. WordPress, vanilla PHP, custom frameworks and engines, front-end technologies.
Lead Developer
Cyberspace Solutions
Magento, integration with PoS systems, data import/export. Custom frameworks and engines.
Senior Developer
Cyberspace Solutions
Creating websites and online services, integrating with payment gateways. WordPress, CodeIgniter, vanilla PHP, front-end technologies. Communication with clients. Product presentation and training.