Ionuț Staicu, Developer in Constanța, Constanța County, Romania
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Ionuț Staicu

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SOLID Principles Developer

Constanța, Constanța County, Romania

Toptal member since March 1, 2019

Bio

Passionate about everything development-related, Ionuț has been a professional developer since 2006. Throughout his career, Ionuț has accumulated expertise in various languages and technologies, including SCSS, PHP, JavaScript, OOP, and SOLID principles.

Portfolio

Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
WordPress, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Vue, Elementor...
aLookingGlass Limited
PHP, JavaScript, Linux, NGINX, HTTP Server, Ansible, WordPress Themes...
WP Tutoring
PHP, Vue, Backbone.js, WordPress, WordPress Plugins, WordPress REST API...

Experience

  • jQuery - 12 years
  • PHP - 10 years
  • WordPress - 10 years
  • SOLID Principles - 6 years
  • Object-oriented Programming (OOP) - 5 years
  • JavaScript - 5 years
  • Responsive Web Design (RWD) - 5 years
  • React - 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, PhpStorm, Linux

The most amazing...

...thing I've built is a system that makes searching tens of thousands of documents a breeze by parsing PDFs and sending the content to an Elasticsearch instance.

Work Experience

WordPress and PHP Developer

2021 - PRESENT
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
  • Managed high-traffic period and optimized MySQL and Redis cluster configurations.
  • Improved existing Vue components that are interacting with WordPress API.
  • Built multiple Elementor widgets that interact with external APIs.
  • Improved the build process used by the deployment flow.
  • Improved the update flow by adding versioning info.
Technologies: WordPress, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Vue, Elementor, Nonprofits, Sass, Timber, Twig, Google APIs, OOP Designs, SOLID Principles

Web Developer

2020 - PRESENT
aLookingGlass Limited
  • Configured servers and gathered all the company's sites, which decreased the company costs by up to 80% every year.
  • Streamlined deployments, which now are an automated, one-click process.
  • Implemented redesigned layouts that match the current company direction.
  • Implemented public advertisements and banner reporting functionality.
Technologies: PHP, JavaScript, Linux, NGINX, HTTP Server, Ansible, WordPress Themes, Page Speed Optimization, Front-end Development, Web Development, PHPUnit, Git

PHP Developer

2020 - PRESENT
WP Tutoring
  • Developed a solution that integrates Apache Tika with Elastic Search (Swiftype App Search) to easily find content within tens of thousands of documents.
  • Set up scripts to streamline the deployment process.
  • Developed integration with Algolia that allows users to search for media items.
Technologies: PHP, Vue, Backbone.js, WordPress, WordPress Plugins, WordPress REST API, Pantheon, WP Engine, Elastic, Algolia, WordPress Themes, Page Speed Optimization, Front-end Development, Web Development, PHPUnit, Git, OOP Designs, SOLID Principles

Web Developer

2009 - PRESENT
iiD
  • Set up custom Git and CI integration to automatically assure high code quality.
  • Built mobile application using hybrid technologies like Cordova and PhoneGap.
  • Built custom WordPress plugins that assured integration with external services (e.g. Salesforce, YouTube).
  • Developed complex solutions on both the front end and back end, mostly with WordPress.
  • Wrote clean and efficient JavaScript, PHP, and SCSS code.
Technologies: Test-driven Development (TDD), Object-oriented Programming (OOP), WordPress, JavaScript, PHP, WordPress Themes, Elementor, Page Speed Optimization, Front-end Development, Web Development, Git

Web Developer

2008 - 2020
Fabvla Inc.
  • Streamlined deployment of applications to live servers.
  • Built custom WordPress plugins and custom WordPress themes.
  • Migrated custom CMS databases to WordPress by reverse-engineering the old DB structure.
  • Built custom REST endpoints for mobile applications.
  • Wrote a PhoneGap app for Android, iOS, and Windows mobile. The whole app was built using TDD methodology.
Technologies: WPML, Test-driven Development (TDD), Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Backbone.js, WordPress, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, Git, Bootstrap UI, WordPress Themes, Elementor, Page Speed Optimization, Front-end Development, Web Development, PHPUnit, OOP Designs, SOLID Principles

Experience

Handlebar for WordPress

https://github.com/iamntz/handlebars.wp
I always focus on code quality, and mixing PHP and HTML is usually not a good idea.

Therefore, I've created a wrapper that will ultimately separate the two responsibilities.

Clean PHP, clean HTML for all!

Audrie & Daisy Movie Site

http://www.audrieanddaisy.com
Audrie & Daisy is a real-life drama movie about two teenage girls who were sexually assaulted and the impact of this event on their friends and families.

The theme was created from the client's designs and fine-tuned to match the expected functionality.

Foundation Cini (Client: Fabvla)

https://www.cini.it
I developed a REST API for a mobile app and built a user-friendly front end, focusing on a seamless back-end experience. All content management is handled through WordPress. Additionally, I migrated data from a custom CMS to WordPress.

Technologies: Handlebars, ECMAScript (ES6), REST API, Carbon Fields, WPML.

Fondazione Benetton (Client: Fabvla)

http://www.fbsr.it
At the Benetton Foundation, I integrated designs into the website, developed REST API endpoints for a mobile app, created custom Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), and migrated data from a custom CMS to WordPress.

Plugins and technologies used: WPML, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Handlebars.

Marius Cucu' Blog

http://mariuscucu.ro
A WordPress restyling that involved color uniformization, a couple of custom Gutenberg blocks, and a dark mode while focusing on performance. At the moment of release, the Lighthouse score was over 95 points.

Friland

https://fri.land/
An application for helping fellow travelers quickly find stunning travel locations!

By using Next.js/React with server-side rendering, I built a system that fetches and consumes data coming from an external API.

Jubiter Blog

A corporate WordPress blog with basic publishing functionality.

My responsibilities included implementing Sketch designs into WordPress, migrating data from a non-WP CMS, and managing an automatic deploy method.

Felder Gruppe

https://felder-gruppe.ro/
Felder manufactures woodworking machinery. The site combines a presentation site, a portfolio, and a collection of success stories from Felder clients.

My job was to implement PSD designs into WordPress while maintaining an easy-to-use admin UI. I also created a multi-environment setup for Live and Staging, allowing editors to manage content and test new features in a private area while deploying automatically to Live servers when changes are approved.

Alexandrian Witchcraft

https://alexandrianwitchcraft.org/
As a WordPress developer, I was in charge of making the site responsive, integrating with Algolia, MapBoxGL, WooCommerce, and Dokan (although these last two launches were delayed), and tweaking Buddy Press to match the site's look and feel.

Additionally, I moved the site to a freshly configured server, set up automatic backups, and streamlined the update process.

Mountain Innovation Hub

https://mountaininnovationhub.it
A NuxtJS application with a Laravel backend for the Italy's beautiful mountain areas that provides a collection of informations, best practices, ideas and tools for improving development of communities, tourism and business alike.

Skills

Libraries/APIs

jQuery, WordPress API, React, Facebook API, WordPress REST API, BuddyPress, Vue, Backbone.js, Google APIs, Stripe, Carbon, Vue 3

Tools

WPML, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Git, GitHub, Ansible, Docker Compose, PhpStorm, Sublime Text, Vim Text Editor, Grunt, Gulp, NGINX, Elastic, Meilisearch

Languages

CSS, SCSS, HTML, PHP, Sass, JavaScript, Timber, TypeScript

Frameworks

Tailwind CSS, ZURB Foundation, Twig, Next.js, Nuxt.js, Nuxt 3, Genesis Framework, Laravel, Lumen, PHPUnit

Paradigms

Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Responsive Web Design (RWD), Responsive Layout, Responsive Development, REST, Object-relational Mapping (ORM), Test-driven Development (TDD)

Platforms

WordPress, WooCommerce, DigitalOcean, Linux, Pantheon, Algolia, Docker, Vercel

Storage

MySQL, WP Engine

Other

Elementor, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes, Responsive Design, Responsive UI, Plugins, Page Speed Optimization, Front-end Development, Web Development, OOP Designs, SOLID Principles, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), Bootstrap UI, Servers, Dokan, HTTP Server, Design, Nonprofits, APIs

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