Full-Stack Developer

Candidate has extensive experience in web development, particularly with WordPress, spanning 6 to 7 years. Background includes both frontend and backend development, with a recent focus on backend work, primarily using PHP. Throughout the career, developed a variety of websites, including complex multi-site setups, and specialized in plugin and theme development tailored to client-specific needs, such as WooCommerce discounts and coupons. On the frontend, works with vanilla JavaScript and jQuery but does not use frameworks like React or Vue.js. Has significant experience with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), used extensively at Factor Blue. Appreciates ACF for its ability to quickly create custom post types and advanced layouts, akin to a page builder.

Master in Applied Arts, Faculty of Applied Arts

1991-1998

XIII High School / Computer Science

Jan 1987 - Jan 1991

Web Development Manager & Developer

Industry: Software Development

Jun 2024 - Present

• Project management

• Web development

• Market research

• Recruitment selection

Senior WordPress/WooCommerce/PHP Developer

Industry: Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting

Feb 2023 - Jun 2024

• Custom WooCommerce plugin development

• Customization of complex plugins (like WPML Multicurrency, Aelia Currency...)

• WooCommerce-ready payment gateways (iframe, HPP, direct payment...)

• Restful API

• Custom WooCommerce Order feed for Zoho CRM

Senior WordPress/PHP Developer

Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting

Nov 2021 - Nov 2022

• Customization and development of plugins and themes

• Gutenberg blocks development

• Custom solutions for API, AJAX, CPT, custom fields

• Speed and SEO optimization

• ACF Flex layouts, repeatable blocks

• Debug and testing

Full-Stack WordPress Developer

Industry: Undisclosed

2011 – 2017

• WordPress website development (including installation, configuration, troubleshooting, plugin and theme customization, and creation of custom plugins and content types).

• Consulting and project planning of a WP site (evaluating and testing themes and plugins before actual implementation, selecting those with the cleanest code, lightweight, and easily customizable)

• Project management & Account Management

• Providing full documentation on the delivered work, with technical details for developers, designers, or content editors (including video and textual tutorials for more complex content management via WP Dashboard)

• Hosting server setup and maintenance (cPanel features, CDN, staging site, backup, security...)

• Advanced speed optimization of the WP pages (DB cleanup and optimization, smart-selected loading of plugin assets, removal of themes' and plugins' inline js and css...)

• Graphic design, development, implementation, and UX design (including prototypes, wireframes, testing, and optimization)

Web Designer and Developer

Industry: Undisclosed

2005 – 2009

• The first web designer at the company (created most of the Front End, and some humble parts of the Back End for the initial release of Mondo.rs. At the time, it was the most visited and the most content-rich portal in the region. In the first year, around $400k was invested in its promotion only).