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Alejandro Giraldo, Software Developer in Medellín - Antioquia, Colombia
Alejandro Giraldo

Software Developer in Medellín - Antioquia, Colombia

Member since September 2, 2015
Alejandro is a full-stack web developer with more than a decade of experience. Over these years, he has been involved in several projects that he has designed and developed from scratch. Several of them have become a big success online. Being passionate about code and entrepreneurship, he embraces the ideas of his clients as if they were his own and work hard until the client is satisfied.
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Portfolio

Experience

Location

Medellín - Antioquia, Colombia

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

macOS, Sublime, dbeaver, Postman, Git

The most amazing...

...thing I've created is an API that has handled over 5 million requests. The client websites connect to my API and this makes the integration with several CRMs.

Employment

  • Senior PHP Developer

    2016 - 2019
    InteliClic
    • Created an API that worked as a proxy for several web clients connecting these ones with several CRMs. This was created with Laravel.
    • Created a back-end API for a mobile and web application done in pure PHP, Including a cloud version of a very custom quiz for the final client.
    • Created the foundation of a very big application made in Laravel which manages the whole structure of a healthcare company.
    • Configured a continuous integration system for several of the projects in the company.
    • Helped to improve a cloud-based CMS built before in the company.
    Technologies: PHP, jQuery, Ubuntu, Ionic, Angular

  • IT Consultant

    2015 - 2016
    Resolute Creative
    • Improved a very custom Drupal's module for a huge diodes company. This module used to have its own API, handled around 200+ categories of products, and 5,000+ products.
    • Fixed several issues in a huge WordPress website that sell songs for kids.
    • Improved a CodeIgniter application created for a company that sells mansion and commercial doors.
    Technologies: WordPress, Drupal, PHP, jQuery, CodeIgniter

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2013 - 2016
    Permalink Group
    • Created a WordPress website for breast cancer foundation in New York.
    • Created a WordPress theme and plugin for the company which handles the audio for big tv shows in the USA.
    • Created a WordPress site for Colombian coffee growers corporation.
    • Created the WordPress website for the biggest fashion police in Colombia.
    • Managed a team of two people that used to work alongside me in several of the company projects.
    Technologies: WordPress, Linux, jQuery, PHP

  • WordPress Developer

    2011 - 2015
    Sacred Media
    • Created, from scratch, a framework of widgets and shortcodes for a very big self improve course built with WordPress.
    • Created a WordPress website for a summer weight lost summit made with Wordpress.
    • Configured application servers in DigitalOcean for several of the company websites.
    • Created and integrated the affiliate system for their marketing group built with WordPress.
    Technologies: WordPress, PHP, jQuery, Linux, DigitalOcean

Experience

  • Ednet.net (Development)

    WordPress theme and plugin development.

    The plugin integrated the solution with an internal application which allowed gave clients access to a membership plan with some private information.

  • Berkeley County Chamber of Commerce (Development)

    I did create a small plugin WordPress for donation payments.

  • Doors Online (Development)

    Several improvements in this website made in CodeIgniter.
    The website has features that allow users to create quotations and make payments on desired doors. It has a very customized backend system, where the whole company sales process is managed in that system

  • Superhumanos.com (Development)
    https://superhumanos.com/

    Global self-improvement online course with Ken Wilber.
    I did create the website and architected the course system that is still used today. Made with WordPress and a very long shortcode framework used to create the whole front end.

  • Tuatu.com (Development)
    https://tuatu.co/

    Website and store of the biggest fashion influencer in Colombia.

    WordPress development and WooCommerce integration.

  • Caferetiro.com (Development)
    https://caferetiro.com/

    Colombian local coffee growers corporation.

    WordPress development and WooCommerce integration.

Skills

  • Languages

    PHP 7, PHP 5, JavaScript, Ruby, Python 2, Python 3, C#

  • Frameworks

    AngularJS, Lumen, Laravel 5, CodeIgniter, CodeIgniter 3, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ionic 2, Ionic 4

  • Libraries/APIs

    jQuery, API Development, Drupal Modules, WordPress REST API, Facebook API, Drupal API

  • Tools

    Adobe Fireworks, WP-CLI, Drush, Photoshop CS5, AWS SDK, Varnish

  • Paradigms

    Agile Software Development

  • Platforms

    WordPress, Linux, DigitalOcean, Drupal 7, Drupal 8

  • Storage

    MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, AWS RDS

  • Other

    MVC Frameworks, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes, Bash Scripting

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering
    2006 - 2010
    Universidad de Antioquia - Medellin, Colombia

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