Bartek Makowski
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Bartek is a PHP developer with 10 years of experience in programming. His specialization is PHP, MySQL, and Apache (LAMP). He's familiar with WordPress & WooCommerce. For front-end projects, he uses SASS, jQuery, and the Foundation framework, but if required he can use Bootstrap as well. He's been working remotely for U.S. companies for the last 5 years. For last 2 years, Bartek's been working as a leader of a remote development team of 5.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Bitbucket, DigitalOcean, NetBeans, Git, Vagrant
The most amazing...
...thing I've built was a WooCommerce store with custom subscriptions.
Work Experience
Director of Development | Lead PHP Developer
Advant Interactive
- Led a team of developers.
- Built custom WordPress/WooCommerce websites.
- Worked on plugin development.
- Developed custom PHP applications.
- Maintained client relationships.
- Reviewed code quality.
- Managed teams.
- Did project estimations.
PHP Developer
Polcode
- Created and supported an online application for the pharmaceutical industry.
Co-Owner
Bydgoszcz For Weekend
- Developed a website about events, tourism, and entertainment in the Bydgoszcz area. Based on CMS with a Kohana 3 framework, and later with WordPress.
Co-Owner | Lead Developer
itp-itd agencja interaktywna
- Managed the team.
- Created and developed a CMS system, based on the Kohana 3 framework.
- Used open source applications in projects: WordPress, Joomla!, PrestaShop, and Drupal.
- Led a small team of designers and developers.
- Initiated and maintained contact with clients.
- Controlled the project budget.
Freelance Developer
Freelance Work
- Developed PHP applications for financial institutions.
Experience
Ephox Integration Plugin
https://ephox.comUsed: WordPress, WooCommerce, and Subscriptions.
Mother Goose Time
https://advantinteractive.com/work/mgt/Key features:
• Different shipping rates (flat, from carriers - FedEx, USPS).
• Supports different tax areas.
• Tax-exempt organizations (custom-built).
• Different payment options (Stripe, cash, check, invoice, or a free giveaway).
• Ability to order subscription in different languages.
• Different shipping rates per different products.
• ShipStation integration with custom tags and filters.
• Custom packaging rules for subscription items (custom-built).
• Welcome items for new orders (custom-built).
• Backorders (custom extension for synchronization with ShipStation).
• Monthly subscriptions (custom-built).
• Upfront paid subscriptions.
• Admin manual phone orders for regular and subscription items.
• Editing subscription orders (monthly and upfront).
The project is still in development. It will go live soon.
Punto Destino
http://puntodestino.com.mx/The goal for this website was to showcase Punto Destino’s high-end property listings and to communicate their brand identity. It was imperative that their website provided prospective buyers with property information in a clean, and stylish manner befitting their contemporary aesthetic.
Technology used: WordPress, HTML, PHP, CSS, and Foundation 5.
LMU Academic Swagger
http://lmyou.lmu.edu/Technology used: WordPress, HTML, PHP, and CSS.
LMU Canvas Theme
http://video.lmu.eduTechnology used: WordPress, HTML, PHP, and CSS.
360Heros
This client needed a website that showcased their video gear, such as camera holders, as well as accessories and 360 video software. The main goal of the website design and functionality was to attract prospective clients and provide much-needed information to current ones.
Company website: http://360heros.com
Technology used: WordPress, a custom-coded PHP application, and Amazon S3 storage.
It's a video hosting center: http://video.360heros.com
Advant Interactive
https://advantinteractive.comTechnology used: WordPress, Foundation 6, and HTML5 video.
Speaker Direct News Channel
My role:
• Lead developer of a team of 6-10.
• Communication with client.
• Front-end coding from the design files.
• Back-end development.
• Code reviewing and refactoring.
• Problem resolving.
• Technical support.
The project consists various of elements and modules:
• Multi-level sign-up forms.
• User management (login, signing-in).
• Multimedia (video library).
• AJAX calendars (months, days).
• Email notifications and reminders.
• Document generation (PDF, VCS, ICS).
• Data storage.
• Generation of reports (XLS, CSV).
• Performance optimization.
• Invitations and requests.
• Content management system.
• Browser compatibility.
• reCAPTCHA codes.
• Social media sharing.
• Mobile optimization (iOS).
• Integration of external libraries from different providers such as Adobe.
Technologies used: PHP, MySQL, LAMP, HTML 4&5, CSS 2&3, jQuery, JavaScript, Ajax, SVN, ORM, CRON, Adobe Connect, Linux Administration, Cloud Hosting, Google Analytics, GIMP, Photoshop, NetBeans, and VirtualBox.
Framework: Kohana 2
Libraries: ORM, Swift Mailer, mPDF, PHPExcel, jQuery UI, Flowplayer, nyroModal, SWFObject, and TinyMCE.
Skills
Languages
SCSS, HTML5, HTML, PHP, CSS, CSS3, JavaScript, Less, Sass, XML, CSS2, HTML4
Frameworks
Kohana, ZURB Foundation, Bootstrap, Bootstrap 3+, CodeIgniter
Tools
Git, Subversion (SVN), Apache, Basecamp, ShipStation, PrestaShop, Adobe Photoshop, Jira, Vagrant, NGINX, Bitbucket, Canvas
Paradigms
Model View Controller (MVC), Object-relational Mapping (ORM)
Platforms
NetBeans, WooCommerce, WordPress, LAMP, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Joomla, Linux, DigitalOcean, Amazon, Drupal
Storage
MySQL, Cache, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)
Other
WordPress Plugins, SFTP, FTP, Linux Administration, Adobe Connect, Security, Video Encoding, Video Codecs, WordPress Multisite, Content Management Systems (CMS), TinyMCE
Libraries/APIs
WooCommerce API, jQuery, PayPal API, Google Maps, Stripe, jQuery UI, Swift Mailer
Education
Master's Degree in Telecommunications and Electronics
University of Technology and Live Sciences - Bydgoszcz, Poland
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