Ivan Paulin, Developer in Četekovac, Croatia
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Ivan Paulin

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Full-stack Web Developer

Četekovac, Croatia

Toptal member since December 7, 2017

Bio

Ivan is a full-stack web developer with several years of experience in the development of web solutions. Ivan specializes in WordPress and he has built numerous themes for presentation sites for products and companies, eCommerce websites, and plugins for a variety of custom solutions.

Portfolio

Paulin Media
PHPUnit, Laravel, Mailchimp, Sass, Bootstrap 3, JavaScript, jQuery, React...
Intoto | Online Markedsføring ApS
Sass, WooCommerce, WordPress, Susy, Bootstrap, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5...
Plava Tvornica
Slim, Laravel, CSS3, HTML5, PHP

Experience

  • PHP - 8 years
  • WordPress Plugins - 8 years
  • WordPress - 8 years
  • HTML5 - 7 years
  • WooCommerce - 7 years
  • CSS3 - 7 years
  • JavaScript - 6 years
  • Shopify Theme - 1 year

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Avocode, GitKraken, Git, Visual Studio, Ubuntu

The most amazing...

...thing I've coded is a WooCommerce add-on that enables the administrator to choose which payment gateway will be available in a certain country.

Work Experience

Full-stack Developer | CEO

2013 - PRESENT
Paulin Media
  • Developed websites for non-profit organizations, sports clubs.
  • Developed custom CRM solution on WordPress.
  • Built a multi-vendor eCommerce website.
  • Worked on customization of premium WordPress plugins and themes.
  • Developed a WooCommerce plugin for importing products from third-party APIs.
  • Developed integration between WooCommerce and on-demand printing systems.
  • Developed integration between WooCommerce and LTL dropshipping platform.
  • Developed WooCommerce plugin which is in use by 2,000+ websites.
  • Developed a WooCommerce plugin for requesting quotes.
  • Increased the number of sales by improving website speed.
  • Maintained WordPress-powered websites.
  • Rebuilt a website with the Gutenberg plugin.
  • Developed a Gutenberg block for an open-sourced slider plugin.
  • Worked as a sole developer and in a team of experts.
Technologies: PHPUnit, Laravel, Mailchimp, Sass, Bootstrap 3, JavaScript, jQuery, React, WooCommerce, WordPress, CSS3, HTML5, MySQL, PHP

Full-stack Developer

2014 - 2018
Intoto | Online Markedsføring ApS
  • Developed websites for products, companies, and hotels.
  • Developed plugins for WordPress and WooCommerce.
  • Built WooCommerce and Magento webshops.
  • Improved loading speed of WordPress powered websites.
  • Developed static HTML5/CSS3 responsive websites.
  • Developed a price calculator for making a quote for house based on type and sizes.
  • Maintained WordPress websites.
Technologies: Sass, WooCommerce, WordPress, Susy, Bootstrap, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, MySQL, PHP

Back-end Developer

2016 - 2016
Plava Tvornica
  • Worked as part of a team on the development of the crowdfunding platform.
  • Developed solutions for custom web applications.
Technologies: Slim, Laravel, CSS3, HTML5, PHP

Back-end Developer

2014 - 2015
Nivago
  • Worked on the maintenance of in-house built CMS.
  • Developed solutions for apartment booking websites.
  • Developed web application for generating reports for Google AdSense campaigns which is used by the company team.
Technologies: Google Ads, Google Ads API, Git, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, MySQL, PHP

Network of Corporate Academies

http://noca.dk/
I was responsible for front-end and back-end development of a custom WordPress CRM solution.

Work Done:
· Developed a WordPress theme from PSD designs using HTML5 and CSS3.
· Built custom admin pages for managing companies and employees.
· Developed the front-end of the profiles pages where employees can edit their personal information.
· Constructed a system which allows employees to select their interest groups. Based on selected interest groups, the system shows employees relevant blog posts and subscribe them to relevant MailChimp newsletter lists.
· Designed custom database tables.

Intoto | Online Markedsføring

https://www.intoto.dk/
I was responsible for front-end and back-end development of a WordPress website for a kitchen furniture store.

Work Done:
· Translated a PSD design into a WP theme using HTML5 and CSS3.
· Developed custom fields for content management.

Køkken Butikken

I was responsible for front-end and back-end development of a WordPress website for a kitchen furniture store.

Work Done:
· Translated a PSD design into a WP theme using HTML5 and CSS3.
· Developed custom fields for content management.
· Optimized the WordPress loading speed.

WooCommerce | Country-based Payments

https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-country-based-payments/
This is a WooCommerce add-on which allows the administrator to choose which payment gateways are available in certain countries.
2008 - 2013

Bachelor's Degree in Information Science

Polytechnic of Rijeka - Rijeka, Croatia

JULY 2018 - PRESENT

WordPress: Plugin Development

LinkedIn

JULY 2018 - PRESENT

WordPress: Developing Secure Sites

LinkedIn

JUNE 2018 - PRESENT

WordPress Ecommerce: WooCommerce

LinkedIn

Libraries/APIs

WordPress API, WordPress REST API, React, Google Ads API, Susy, jQuery

Tools

WPML, Bitbucket, Git, Avocode, Mailchimp, Gulp

Platforms

WooCommerce, WordPress, Google Ads

Languages

PHP, HTML5, CSS3, SQL, JavaScript, Sass

Frameworks

Bootstrap 3, PHPUnit, Bootstrap, Slim, Laravel

Paradigms

Object-oriented Programming (OOP)

Storage

MySQL

Other

Custom Themes, Theme Development, Child Themes, HTML to WordPress, PSD to WordPress, WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, Software Development, Shopify Theme, Web Applications, Sage WordPress Theme, Responsive Web Apps, Mobile Web, Contact Form 7, Plugins, GitKraken, Elegant Themes

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