Aram Boyajyan
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Aram is a senior full-stack developer and tech lead with over a decade of experience. With an impressive portfolio encompassing diverse projects, from startup MVPs to corporate ventures, Aram has honed his skills in Drupal, Next.js, React, and team leadership. He is proactive and reliable and adopts a transparent approach, ensuring effective communication. His business background enhances product discussions, providing a comprehensive understanding of deliverables.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Drupal, React, Node.js, PHP, TypeScript, Gatsby, Architecture, Business Analysis, Technical Leadership, Next.js
The most amazing...
...things I've made are a full-featured marketplace for selling and buying fine art, an art investment platform, and a social network for healthcare professionals.
Work Experience
Senior Full-stack Developer | Lead
Fusion Systems Japan Co., Ltd / Rain Interactive / Ad-Comm Group Co., Ltd
- Discussed the project scope and requirements with all relevant stakeholders and created initial documents used as the base.
- Planned the structure and most critical parts of the system, provided implementation details, and guided the developers in execution.
- Coordinated the efforts across design, development, management, and other stakeholders.
- Provided and led training for the client's staff team.
- Planned and wrote initial documentation for the project.
Senior Full-stack Developer
Varbo Corporation s.r.o. | Arani Group, Inc.
- Developed websites from scratch on my own or within a team.
- Maintained existing client and corporate websites.
- Optimized existing projects when it comes to performance, security, configuration, and search engine visibility.
- Created administrative and reporting tools for internal purposes of the company.
- Migrated a website from one platform to another i.e. between major versions of a system.
- Collaborated with international remote client teams in order to deliver the project.
IT Lead and Project Manager
Varbo Corporation s.r.o. | Arani Group, Inc.
- Worked with the clients on defining project requirements.
- Organized, managed, and coordinated the work of developers and designers.
- Structured project milestones and planned the delivery.
- Communicated with clients on an ongoing basis to work on existing features and plan new ones.
- Advised clients on the best choice of technology (language, platform, server, and more) for a given project.
- Made technology-related decisions in the company, from choosing and hosting various services to hiring other people.
Full-stack Drupal Developer
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
- Built custom reports that allow administrators to filter and export workshop and roster data.
- Maintained the website, added new features, applied security, and bug fix updates.
- Built a custom fuzzy-search functionality that shows expected search results even when a typo or similarly written phrase is used.
- Built sales reports that allow administrators to export data in a specific format and then import that data into QuickBooks.
- Customized the Drupal Commerce setup to work with rosters, waiting lists, reoccurrence of the same workshop, and more.
Senior Full-stack Developer | Lead
EdjSports, LLC / Champion Gaming Inc
- Migrated the data and rebuilt all site features from Drupal 5 to Drupal 9. There were tens of thousands of articles and hundreds of thousands of comments and users.
- Built a complex data synchronization process that powers most of the website. It allows administrators to initiate one or more data synchronization processes that fetch the information from external APIs, process and store them in a local database.
- Created a complex fantasy football app that allows users to manage multiple fantasy leagues they participate in.
- Developed custom integration with other third-party APIs: Emarsys, Drip, Parsely, and Pendo. Developed custom APIs that allow satellite marketing websites and partner websites to create users and initiate subscriptions.
- Helped with the precise requirements, planned releases, and executed tasks that needed to be done in the off-season. Helped manage other developers and mentored them on integrating deeper features within Drupal.
- Built custom integration between Drupal Commerce and Stripe subscriptions API, so the active subscriptions are stored locally and within Stripe. This allowed us full integration with Stripe's reporting tools and dashboard.
- Developed a custom module for AB testing blocks and banners, with custom reporting that provides insights into signups, impressions, and conversion rates.
- Integrated a custom React app within Drupal that provides live score information and lists previous NFL matches.
- Managed other websites and parts of the infrastructure as needed, ranging from WordPress and Webflow to bash scripts and REST APIs.
Full-stack Developer
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Inc.
- Created custom migration scripts that utilize Drupal's Batch API to process data. Migrations for user biographies, faculty profiles, blog posts, and special types of pages.
- Developed a standalone animated website for the convocation event. It allowed visitors to read several poems in a visual way with animations.
- Documented special use cases that needed to be covered by the migration.
- Covered all use cases, from URL aliases to redirects, and allowed administrators to re-run the migration directly from the admin panel.
Senior WordPress & WooCommerce Consultant
Bottomless Brunch / Rock Mission Ltd
- Performed a security audit and implemented security patches in custom plugins and custom themes.
- Consulted and led in-house developers on the tasks.
- Provided performance optimization of critical and most visited parts of the site.
Tech Lead | eCommerce Expert
Silony Medical International AG
- Performed technical exploration to present viable platforms for the project based on the initial research and requirements.
- Established precise requirements and milestones with the client, end users, and client's employees managing the system. Documented all the findings and developed technical solutions for highly-customized purchasing and inventory management workflow.
- Created proof-of-concept for several aspects of the project, including the Magento admin panel and server set up.
- Developed a standalone tool for validating and recognizing SKUs used by the client. This includes dozens of rules for different product groups and types.
- Led the developers and designers as they were working on the project. Discussed technical problems and solutions with them.
- Interviewed potential developer candidates and provided feedback on their knowledge and fit for the project.
Experience
Senior WordPress and WooCommerce Consultant
WooCommerce and WordPress Senior Developer
Football Outsiders
https://www.footballoutsiders.com/Sport Media Reports Portal
Platform for Investing in Fine Art
https://www.artinvestpartners.com/The main features of the site:
• Multiple languages can be used on the site
• Custom workflows for registration and applying for new investments
• Private message boards
• A system for uploading, reviewing and signing the documents
• Integration with an external database for fetching the artwork
• Allocating investment funds across multiple pieces of artwork
Marketplace for Artists and Buyers
https://www.armenianart.center/The main features of the site:
• Multiple types of art
• Two types of user accounts
• Custom registration workflow
• Wallet and fund withdrawal features for artists
• Various price access levels
• VIP buyer membership level
• Dynamic preview of artwork in a room
• Private messaging
• Custom shipping quotes and an invoice generation system
• Administrators have a very complex set of pages for updating the artwork in bulk
• Integration with an external database
Private Social Network for Healthcare Professionals
The main features of the site:
• Automatically synchronized accounts across two websites using REST services
• Custom services authentication
• Custom SSO (single sign-on) for logging into both websites
• A forum, private messages, events, groups, polls, videos, several different types of articles, user badges, a member directory, a member map, and custom group approval workflows
• Front-end “administrative” pages for specific front-end roles with higher permissions
• Complex email notifications for each group and modules for bounceback management and reporting
Top 2% Overall on Drupal Answers
https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/8623/aram-boyajyanMaintainer and Contributor on Drupal.org
https://www.drupal.org/u/aramboyajyanImpact of Open Source on Recruitment: Case of Digital Companies
http://ibima.org/accepted-paper/impact-open-source-recruitment-case-digital-companies/Skills
Languages
Sass, Less, CSS3, HTML5, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP, TypeScript, TypeScript 3, GraphQL, Bash Script, Objective-C, Bash, Python, Go
Frameworks
Twig, Drupal Commerce, React Native, Bootstrap, TYPO3, Laravel, Next.js
Libraries/APIs
Drupal API, jQuery, WordPress REST API, WooCommerce API, WordPress API, Drupal Modules, REST APIs, React, Node.js, React Redux, Stripe, jQuery UI, Stripe API, Mailchimp API, Amazon API, Google Maps, Google Maps API
Tools
PhpStorm, Git, Apache, Drush, Sublime Text, Composer, Confluence, Jira, Draw.io, Gulp, Drip CRM, Photoshop 2018, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Notion, Magento Modules, Miro, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Grunt, Pardot, Webpack, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Figma, Zapier, Make
Paradigms
Management, REST, B2B, B2C, Agile, Scrum, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Automation, Web Performance Optimization (WPO), Responsive Web Design (RWD), Agile Workflow, Requirements Analysis
Platforms
LAMP, Drupal 6, Drupal, Drupal 5, Drupal 7, Drupal 8, WordPress, WooCommerce, Pantheon, Emarsys, Ubuntu, Docker, MacOS, cPanel, Acquia, Webflow, Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce, Magento 2, Magento API, Magento Community Edition, Magento Extension Development, Amazon Web Services (AWS), WordPress Theme Design, Linux, New Relic, Acquia Cloud
Storage
MySQL, Redis Cache, Redis, LAMP Server, SQL Performance, SlimPHP, SQLite, WP Engine, AWS Elastic File System, Elasticsearch, Datadog
Other
APIs, WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, WooCommerce Subscriptions 2, HTML to WordPress, PSD to WordPress, PSD to Drupal, PSD to HTML, Drupal Theming, WordPress Optimization, WordPress eCommerce, WordPress Installation, WordPress Management, Sketch to WordPress, Agile Sprints, Support & Maintenance, Website CMS, Performance Tuning, Website Performance, Website Maintenance, Security, Web Security, Optimization, Website Optimization, Workflow Optimization, Drip Email, Drip Marketing, Performance, Performance Analysis, Page Speed Optimization, Security Analysis, Web App Security, Gatsby, Headless Software, Migration, Data Migration, Leadership, Stripe Payments, Subscriptions, Stripe Subscriptions, Fantasy Sports, Fantasy & Daily Fantasy Sports Platforms, Subscription Processing, Elementor, WordPress SEO, eCommerce, Software Architecture, Interviewing, Open Source, Drupal Themes, DDEV, Full-stack, Full-stack Development, Site Speed Optimization, PHP Performance, Team Leadership, Technical Leadership, Drupal Architecture, Web Host Manager (WHM), Ubuntu Server, SSH, WebHost Manager, Google SEO, Organic SEO, Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), Leaderboards, Accessibility, Web Accessibility, Cloudflare, Pendo, Drip Campaigns, CI/CD Pipelines, Booking, A/B Testing, Performance Optimization, SparkPost, Transactional Emails, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Animation, UI Animation, CSS3 Animation, Enterprise, Planning, Business Analysis, IT Business Analysis, Internationalization, Website Translation, Languages, Sitecore, Architecture, Payment Processing, Interviews, Documentation, Requirements, Business Requirements, Scope of Work, Functional Requirements, Core Web Vitals
Education
Master's Degree in Business Management and Corporate Finance
University of Finance and Administration - Prague, Czech Republic
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
Anglo American University - Prague, Czech Republic
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