Ivan Popov, Developer in Vienna, Austria
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Ivan Popov

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Bio

Ivan is a full-stack developer with more than a decade of experience building web applications. He specializes in getting the most out of WordPress and PHP frameworks like Laravel to build exceptional SaaS and eCommerce solutions. Ivan's expertise covers back- and front-end development and technical SEO, server setups, testing, and other tasks to ensure a website is ready to launch.

Portfolio

TotalTouchPos
PHP, WordPress, WordPress SEO, WordPress API, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)...
Paymentcloud
WordPress, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), SEO Tools, Application Security...
Healthcare
Search Engine Optimization (SEO), PHP, WordPress Plugins, WordPress, SaaS...

Experience

  • PHP - 15 years
  • WordPress - 15 years
  • JavaScript - 15 years
  • WordPress Plugins - 15 years
  • WooCommerce - 12 years
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - 10 years
  • Google Search Console - 10 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Google Search Console, WooCommerce, JavaScript, PHP, WordPress, Hugo, WordPress Plugins, WordPress SEO, WordPress Design, WordPress Themes

The most amazing...

...application I've built is called BetMagician from scratch, which is still used daily by users and sports-betting companies.

Work Experience

Senior Web Developer and Technical SEO Expert

2021 - 2022
TotalTouchPos
  • Developed WordPress themes from scratch, Optimized site for the best search engine optimization results, technical search engine optimization, and created custom migration script.
  • Worked on search engine optimization and Google Search Console reviews, improved site structure and site speed. Resolved all Google Search Console and page speed issues.
  • Created a migration process from one framework to WordPress and migrated all data to WordPress without downtime.
Technologies: PHP, WordPress, WordPress SEO, WordPress API, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Google SEO, MySQL, Back-end, WordPress Plugins, Sitemaps, jQuery, JavaScript, LAMP, Apache, Ubuntu, Linux, PHPUnit, PostgreSQL, Git, Docker, Google Analytics, Sass, APIs, CSS Frameworks, MariaDB, LEMP, JSON, PhpStorm, PyCharm, Docker Compose, Webpack, Google Search Console, Front-end Development, Back-end Development, CSS, HTML, Bootstrap, SEO Tools, WordPress Design, Application Security, Custom Themes, Web Analytics, Technical Leadership, API Integration, Web Development, HTML5, Web, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Blogs, On-page SEO, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Off-page SEO, Website Audits, Technical SEO, SEO Content

WordPress Expert | Payment Company

2020 - 2021
Paymentcloud
  • Built a SEO-friendly WordPress blog from scratch and implemented a call to action per Google Analytics usage.
  • Fixed past Google Search Console issues and all redirects and outdated content.
  • Optimized the WordPress blog and website to obtain the best SEO results.
Technologies: WordPress, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), SEO Tools, Application Security, SaaS, Technical Architecture, MySQL, Back-end, WordPress Plugins, Sitemaps, jQuery, JavaScript, Data Scraping, Web Scraping, LAMP, Apache, Ubuntu, Linux, PHPUnit, PostgreSQL, Python, Git, Docker, WordPress API, Google Analytics, Sass, APIs, CSS Frameworks, MariaDB, LEMP, JSON, eCommerce, PhpStorm, PyCharm, Docker Compose, Webpack, Data Mining, Google Search Console, Front-end Development, Back-end Development, CSS, HTML, Bootstrap, WordPress SEO, WordPress Design, WordPress Themes, Google SEO, Merchant Banking, Custom Themes, Web Analytics, Technical Leadership, API Integration, Web Development, HTML5, Web, PayPal, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Blogs, On-page SEO, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Off-page SEO, Website Audits, Technical SEO, SEO Content

WordPress Expert

2019 - 2019
Healthcare
  • Worked on search engine optimization for various healthcare WordPress websites.
  • Resolved a large number of errors reported by Google Search Console.
  • Fixed the websites' bugs, layout, and speed issues.
Technologies: Search Engine Optimization (SEO), PHP, WordPress Plugins, WordPress, SaaS, Google Search Console, WordPress API, MySQL, Back-end, Sitemaps, jQuery, JavaScript, LAMP, Apache, Ubuntu, Linux, PHPUnit, PostgreSQL, Git, Docker, Google Analytics, Sass, APIs, CSS Frameworks, MariaDB, LEMP, JSON, PhpStorm, PyCharm, Docker Compose, Webpack, Front-end Development, Back-end Development, CSS, HTML, Bootstrap, SEO Tools, WordPress SEO, WordPress Design, WordPress Themes, Google SEO, Custom Themes, Web Analytics, Technical Leadership, API Integration, Web Development, HTML5, Web, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Blogs, On-page SEO, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Off-page SEO, Website Audits, Technical SEO, SEO Content

Senior WordPress Developer

2019 - 2019
qPilot
  • Maintained and developed new features for the premium WordPress plugin.
  • Worked on payment integration for different payment providers.
  • Provided support for plugin users. Debugged and fixed bugs for a plugin installed on different versions of WooCommerce and WordPress.
Technologies: Online Payments, WooCommerce API, WooCommerce, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, WordPress Plugins, WordPress, SaaS, Stripe, Technical Architecture, eCommerce, MySQL, Back-end, Sitemaps, LAMP, Apache, Ubuntu, Linux, PHPUnit, PostgreSQL, Git, Docker, WordPress API, Google Analytics, Sass, CSS Frameworks, LEMP, JSON, PhpStorm, PyCharm, Docker Compose, Webpack, Google Search Console, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Front-end Development, Back-end Development, CSS, HTML, Bootstrap, SEO Tools, WordPress SEO, WordPress Design, WordPress Themes, Application Security, Google SEO, Braintree API, Custom Themes, Web Analytics, Technical Leadership, Web Development, HTML5, PayPal

Full-stack Developer

2016 - 2019
BetMagician
  • Developed a website's back and front end from scratch and set up the servers and load balancers.
  • Handled data mining for the above-mentioned project and worked with the TensorFlow developer on data problems.
  • Created a custom XML sitemap generator that works with Google Search Console to resolve existing and new issues.
  • Implemented the complete CI on the project, automatic tests, and deployment.
Technologies: Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Data Mining, Web Scraping, Python, WordPress, Laravel, PHP, SaaS, Technical Architecture, User Experience (UX), MySQL, Back-end, WordPress Plugins, Sitemaps, Data Scraping, jQuery, JavaScript, LAMP, Apache, Ubuntu, Linux, PHPUnit, PostgreSQL, Git, Docker, WordPress API, SendGrid API, Google Analytics, Symfony, Sass, React, Redis, PayPal API, Stripe API, Amazon Web Services (AWS), APIs, CSS Frameworks, MariaDB, LEMP, JSON, PhpStorm, PyCharm, Scrapy, Docker Compose, Webpack, Google Search Console, SendGrid, Mailgun, ActiveMQ, Front-end Development, Back-end Development, Online Payments, CSS, HTML, Bootstrap, SEO Tools, WordPress SEO, WordPress Design, Google SEO, Custom Themes, Web Analytics, Technical Leadership, API Integration, Web Development, HTML5, PayPal

Web Developer

2012 - 2013
Fliplet
  • Contributed to developing the Fliplet application, a project/startup for creating custom mobile apps with HTML5.
  • Developed new features for the Fliplet application.
  • Implemented the new back-end functionality and fixed existing bugs.
Technologies: Back-end, Front-end, CodeIgniter, PHP, MySQL, WordPress Plugins, Sitemaps, jQuery, JavaScript, LAMP, Apache, Ubuntu, Linux, PHPUnit, PostgreSQL, Git, Docker, WordPress API, Google Analytics, LEMP, JSON, PhpStorm, PyCharm, Docker Compose, Google Search Console, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Front-end Development, Back-end Development, CSS, HTML, Bootstrap, SEO Tools, WordPress SEO, WordPress Design, WordPress Themes, Google SEO, Custom Themes, Web Analytics, Technical Leadership, Web Development, HTML5

Web Developer

2009 - 2012
Weboo
  • Worked on a range of WordPress and PHP projects for clients.
  • Fixed bugs and implemented search engine optimization (SEO) on client websites.
  • Developed and maintained multiple WordPress and PHP sites.
Technologies: Back-end, Front-end, CodeIgniter, WordPress Plugins, WordPress, PHP, MySQL, Sitemaps, jQuery, JavaScript, LAMP, Apache, Ubuntu, Linux, PHPUnit, PostgreSQL, Git, Docker, WordPress API, Google Analytics, Selenium, LEMP, JSON, PhpStorm, PyCharm, Docker Compose, Google Search Console, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Front-end Development, Back-end Development, CSS, HTML, Bootstrap, SEO Tools, WordPress SEO, WordPress Design, WordPress Themes, Google SEO, Custom Themes, Web Analytics, Web Development, HTML5

Experience

PaymentCloudInc

https://paymentcloudinc.com/
I have fixed all Google Search Console issues and optimized and maintained the blog and website for the best SEO results for this payments company, obtaining the best performance and keeping up with good SEO scores.

BetMagician

https://betmagician.com
The application uses machine learning to analyze a sports match and generate predictions. I developed the entire website, including setting up the server, load balancing, back end, APIs, front end, and data mining.

Healthcare

https://healthcareinsider.com/
I was in charge of technical search engine optimization, on-page search engine optimization, broken links, image optimization, fixing canonical issues, custom URL rewriting, and maintaining the site. I also fixed layout/responsive issues.

Skills

Libraries/APIs

React, jQuery, WordPress API, SendGrid API, PayPal API, Braintree API, Stripe API, WooCommerce API, Stripe

Tools

PhpStorm, PyCharm, Webpack, Docker Compose, NGINX, Apache, Git, Google Analytics, SendGrid, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), ActiveMQ

Languages

PHP, Sass, JavaScript, Python, CSS, HTML, Hugo, HTML5

Frameworks

Laravel, CodeIgniter, Symfony, Scrapy, PHPUnit, Selenium, Bootstrap

Paradigms

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Platforms

Ubuntu, Linux, WordPress, Docker, LEMP, LAMP, WooCommerce, Mailgun, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Web

Storage

MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Redis, JSON

Other

APIs, Web Scraping, Data Scraping, WordPress Plugins, CSS Frameworks, Google Search Console, Sitemaps, eCommerce, Front-end, Back-end, Front-end Development, Back-end Development, Online Payments, SEO Tools, WordPress SEO, WordPress Design, WordPress Themes, Application Security, SaaS, Technical Architecture, User Experience (UX), Custom Themes, Web Analytics, Technical Leadership, API Integration, Web Development, PayPal, Blogs, On-page SEO, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Off-page SEO, Website Audits, Technical SEO, SEO Content, Data Mining, Google SEO, Merchant Banking

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