Shopify | Magento 2 | SaaS | Full-Stack

Full-stack engineer building ecommerce platforms, SaaS tools, and business-critical web applications.

Full-Stack Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience. Strong background in Magento 2, Shopify, PHP, and JavaScript. Known for taking ownership of complex problems, modernizing legacy systems, and translating business needs into working software.

Shopify + Magento 2 End-to-end e-commerce delivery across leading platforms.
8+ years Full-stack engineering experience across ecommerce platforms, SaaS dashboards, and internal tools.
Security hardening Improved Magento security scanner grades from D-level to A-level through patching and remediation.

About Me

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Full-Stack Software Engineer

Full-Stack Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience building ecommerce platforms, SaaS dashboards, internal tools, and business-critical web applications. Strong background in Magento 2, Shopify, PHP, JavaScript, APIs, catalog systems, reporting workflows, and operational tooling. Known for taking ownership of ambiguous technical problems, modernizing legacy systems, and translating business needs into working software.

Professional Work

Architecture | Delivery | Performance

Personal Projects

Apps | Games | Independent builds
iOS | App Store

Mathioware

Small iOS application built primarily to learn App Store deployment, signing, release workflows, and Apple Developer publishing processes.

TypeScript | Phaser 3 | Firebase | iOS coming soon

Clash Orbs

Ongoing game project with asynchronous PvP, a progression system, and physics-driven combat. Built with TypeScript, Phaser 3, Matter.js, Firebase, and Capacitor for iOS.

Open source | Web

Urdu Flashcards

Open source web flashcard application for learning Urdu vocabulary.

Core skills

Languages & Frontend

  • JavaScript, TypeScript, React
  • HTML, CSS, jQuery
  • ADA Accessibility, SEO

Backend & Platforms

  • PHP, Node.js
  • Magento 2, Shopify, Liquid
  • WordPress

Data & APIs

  • GraphQL, REST APIs
  • MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch
  • Firebase

Tools & Infrastructure

  • AWS, DigitalOcean
  • Git, GitHub

Experience

2015 - Present
Jul 2024 - Present | Remote

Software Consultant

Built a Shopify pool configurator for Namco using Liquid, JavaScript, and GraphQL, guiding users through pool model, size, liner, and compatible equipment selection.

Recovered client business data from a legacy Laravel application after the client was told the database was lost; reconstructed the dataset, redeployed the application, and restored operations.

Set up a client-controlled DigitalOcean deployment environment for a rescued Laravel application and supported post-recovery updates.

Rebuilt CSC-NA's public website and delivered client-requested web updates across ecommerce, content, and operational workflows.

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Sept 2023 - Apr 2024 | Applied Visions

Web Developer

Developed client websites and web updates across Wix Studio, WordPress, and Magento projects.

Built Magento enhancements and custom functionality for Brentronics and other client projects.

Performed ADA accessibility remediation, website maintenance, deployments, and client-requested enhancements.

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Jan 2020 - Jun 2023 | Namco

Magento Developer / Ecommerce Engineer

Owned and modernized a Magento 2 ecommerce platform supporting approximately 10,000 SKUs during a period of high COVID-era ecommerce demand.

Led a complete Magento 2 reinstall/rebuild, platform cleanup, and security remediation effort, improving security scanner grades from poor to A-level.

Implemented Google Analytics, checkout funnel tracking, A/B testing, one-page checkout improvements, and curbside pickup.

Set up and maintained Elasticsearch; supported Microsoft Dynamics NAV and NetSuite integration initiatives involving inventory, pricing, and order workflows.

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Sept 2018 - Jan 2020 | Zorus

Software Engineer

Built SaaS dashboard features, admin tools, customer-facing functionality, APIs, and bug fixes for a cloud-hosted PHP/Slim web security and productivity platform.

Developed a timeline feature showing employee application activity, website usage, and live activity data.

Built reporting experiences with drill-down analytics, PDF exports, activity graphs, website categories, and security/productivity data visualization.

Worked across frontend UI, API endpoints, Redis queries, Elasticsearch queries, SQL databases, and database migrations.

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Apr 2015 - Jun 2016 | John Brevard

Lead Developer

Led development for a luxury Magento ecommerce platform hosted on AWS and executed a full Magento rebuild and catalog migration strategy for roughly 1,000 products.

Built a personalized 3D jewelry configurator where users entered a birth date and selected options to generate jewelry from one of 366 model variations.

Improved site performance through image optimization, caching, lazy loading, and third-party module maintenance.

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Let's build your next launch

Remote | Available for new work

Tell me what you're trying to ship - a Shopify build, Magento 2 platform, SaaS tool, or a legacy system that needs rescuing. I reply within one business day.