
Shah Md Adnan Shawkat
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Sylhet, Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
Toptal member since February 10, 2020
Shah Md Adnan Shawkat is a seasoned head of software development with over 12 years of experience building and scaling high-revenue WordPress, WooCommerce, and Shopify platforms for global brands. He specializes in performant, secure eCommerce solutions that align technology with business goals and drive measurable growth.
Portfolio
Experience
- WordPress - 8 years
- Amazon - 5 years
- Shopify - 5 years
- PageSpeed - 5 years
- Plugin Development - 4 years
- Elementor - 3 years
- Shopify Design - 3 years
- Cloudflare - 2 years
Preferred Environment
Slack, Jira, APIs, ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor AI, WordPress, Shopify Plus, Shopify, WooCommerce
The most amazing...
...thing I’ve done was lead a distributed engineering team that launched over 200 high-converting WooCommerce and Shopify stores for international brands.
Work Experience
Development Manager | Lead Developer
Launch Titans
- Led the development of multiple high‑revenue WooCommerce and Shopify stores, handling thousands of daily visitors and processing thousands of dollars in orders each day.
- Architected and integrated Amazon APIs to synchronize products, inventory, and orders, creating a scalable new sales channel for key clients.
- Oversaw ongoing site maintenance and feature releases, ensuring fast, reliable shopping experiences and resolving critical issues before they impacted revenue.
- Implemented analytics and tracking stacks, including GA4, Google Merchant Center, shopping feeds, Hyros, and pixels, to enable precise attribution and optimization.
- Used Productive to track work, identify bugs, and run A/B tests on landing pages using Convert, improving conversion rates and reducing wasted ad spend across campaigns.
Webhook Integration Specialist
Nuke The House LLC
- Developed and deployed a secure webhook handler to process Authorize.net notifications, automating payment status updates and ensuring reliable transaction handling for a high‑risk sports betting platform.
- Configured real‑time webhook integrations that eliminated manual payment updates, enabling instant synchronization of transaction data and doubling operational efficiency for the payments team.
- Tested, validated, and delivered a production‑ready webhook system in under one week, significantly improving payment reliability and aligning with strict high‑risk processing standards.
- Collaborated with client stakeholders to define edge cases and fallback flows, minimizing payment disputes and support tickets related to transaction status.
Shopify Developer
Betallic
- Integrated AWS marketplace into Shopify. Set up 2-way inventory syncing from Shopify to AWS and vice versa. Established and maintained the AWS marketplace.
- Utilized Google Chat as the primary tool for communicating with clients.
- Completed setting up the connectivity between the two stores and 2-way sync.
WordPress Developer + Shopify & Amazon API
Wine Company
- Develop an entire WordPress site integrated with a Shopify Store and Amazon Marketplace.
- Performed the integration of the Klaviyo SMS system into the checkout page.
- Updated the web shop by creating a staging site and pushed it to live, as the company needed a developer to maintain and update the site properly.
- Integrated the subscription system into the website to sell memberships through the website, resulting in over 20 members signing up immediately.
Senior Software Engineer
TripleA
- Developed a WordPress plugin to integrate cryptocurrency with WooCommerce. Also developed an OpenCart extension to accept crypto in their webshop.
- Tracked and fixed over 50 bugs and issues with their existing WordPress and OpenCart solution.
- Started working on creating a Shopify and Amazon extension.
WordPress WooCommerce Developer - Amazon + Zapier
Construction Company
- Created a bridge to connect their webshop data to their external API system through Zapier.
- Tracked the work and bugs using Slack and Jira as the reporting tool.
- Oversaw the product launch, resulting in a thousand concurrent users during the launch date.
- Integrate Amazon Marketplace and export data to Zapier.
Senior WordPress Developer
LadyBoss
- Managed the WooCommerce-based eCommerce website and the team tasked with its maintenance.
- Used Monday board as a reporting tool. Added dynamic data layer for tracking purposes.
- Led product launches with over 2,000 consecutive users at the time of launch.
Lead WordPress Developer
Strativ AB
- Developed an eCommerce platform for a Swedish-based client selling items over eight countries, though it's an ongoing project with live maintenance.
- Developed a website for a renowned company in Sweden with over 350 resellers all over Sweden. They're selling agricultural products to different countries.
- Developed Teamtailor integration plugin for WordPress for a client. They use Teamtailor for recruitment, and they need a standalone plugin that integrates with WordPress via their API system.
- Used Jira for time tracking and Bitbucket for the version control of the codebase.
- Worked on AWS for a client called Handla Hallbart's site migration.
Senior WordPress Developer
Themeregion
- Developed over 15 ThemeForest-based WordPress themes.
- Created various plugins for the WordPress repository and custom builds to support theme functionality.
- Built plugins for users to use free of cost so that they can benefit from their business.
Software Engineer
Sourceevo
- Worked with WordPress Multisites specifically and learned to manage multi-sites.
- Created customized PHP MVC framework to work for a client's project.
- Worked on PSD to WordPress conversion. Also created many snippets for core WordPress.
Software Engineer Level 1
CodeBoxr
- Used Facebook API to build a Facebook profile-based plugin for WordPress.
- Worked with Linkedin API to build Linkedin resume plugin for WordPress.
- Created an eCommerce site using Magento 1 and an integrated local payment gateway for Pathak Samabesh.
- Built a Drupal module to showcase Pinterest pins into the website.
- Developed a cloud-based solution using the CodeIgniter framework for an Australian client.
Experience
Treem
https://treem.com/Ladyboss.com
https://ladyboss.comMy role was the tech lead motivating the teammates and guiding them on the proper way to develop the content and site.
Sistah.biz
https://www.sistah.biz/Think RNR
PFEC Global
https://www.pfecglobal.com.au/Sahajaonline
https://sahajaonline.com/Eternapure
https://eternapure.com/Warriors of the Divine
https://warriorsdivine.com/Shopify and GMC Work | Solving Discrepancies
https://kondorblue.com/• Diagnosed and resolved Google Merchant Center (GMC) policy violations, including account suspension issues caused by discrepancies in shipping costs and product availability.
• Leveraged the Simprosys Google Shopping Feed app to streamline feed management, ensuring accurate API communication between Shopify and GMC.
• Updated and optimized schema data within the Shopify store, aligning product metadata with GMC requirements to improve data feed accuracy.
• Conducted feed recrawling and synchronization through Simprosys to resolve discrepancies in shipping costs and product availability, ensuring compliance with GMC policies.
• Collaborated with the client to establish a scalable solution for seamless GMC integration and API communication, preventing future suspensions.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering
State University of Bangladesh - Dhaka, Bangladesh
Certifications
Zend Certified Engineer
Zend Technologies, Inc.
Skills
Libraries/APIs
WordPress API, Stripe, Google Merchant Center API
Tools
Slack, Sublime Text, Trello, Git, Bitbucket, WPBakery, PageSpeed, Zapier, Jira, Subversion (SVN), Cron, Atlassian, Stripe Checkout, Shopify Plus, ChatGPT, Claude
Languages
PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Platforms
WordPress, WordPress Theme Design, WooCommerce, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Amazon, MacOS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Magento, Drupal, Magento 2, Shopify, OpenCart
Storage
MySQLi, WP Engine, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)
Frameworks
Laravel, CodeIgniter
Other
WordPress Multisite, WordPress Plugins, PSD to WordPress, HTML to WordPress, Elementor, Website Migration, Theme Development, Website Optimization, Leadership, Google Tag Manager, WordPress Rescue, Plugin Development, Cloudflare, Gmail, APIs, Computer Science, Performance, Payment APIs, Payment Processing, PageFly, PSD to Shopify, Shopify Design, GMC, eCommerce, Amazon Marketplace, IT, Cursor AI, Webhooks, High-risk Credit Card Processing
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