Senior Web Developer
2021 - PRESENTSymetris- Maintained a multilingual Drupal installation containing over 200 websites.
- Created Drall, an open-source tool that helps with the development and deployment workflows of multisite Drupal installations.
- Wrote performant, object-oriented PHP code to build Drupal apps that integrate with third-party APIs.
Technologies: Drupal, PHP, SQL, DevOps, Docker, Docker Compose, JavaScriptSenior Software Developer
2016 - 2020Evolving Web- Created several multilingual, responsive, accessible, and SEO-friendly websites.
- Implemented a nightly sync of over 10,000 nodes from a non-Drupal website to Drupal.
- Provided coding and other training sessions to several clients and Drupal enthusiasts.
- Made several contributions to the Drupal community in the form of blog posts, commits, issue reports, and even an entire module, Sidr.
- Optimized the performance of many Drupal websites using profiling tools like Blackfire and contributed to Blackfire.
Technologies: Drupal, PHP, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, CSS, DevOps
Jigar Mehta
Drupal Developer in Vancouver, Canada
Member since November 8, 2022
Jigar is a software engineer primarily based in Canada, with over six years of experience working with technologies like PHP, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, and SQL. He enjoys improving processes and finding long-term and creative solutions through coding.
Jigar is now available for hire
Portfolio
- SymetrisDrupal, PHP, SQL, DevOps, Docker, Docker Compose, JavaScript
- Evolving WebDrupal, PHP, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, CSS, DevOps
Experience
- JavaScript 12 years
- SQL 12 years
- PHP 12 years
- Drupal 10 years
- DevOps 3 years
- Python 2 years
- Ruby 2 years
- TypeScript 1 year
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
SQL, TypeScript, Ruby, PHP, Drupal, JavaScript, Shell, Django, Python
The most amazing...
...coding experience I've had is building a PHP-powered CMS from scratch.
Employment
Experience
- Jigarius.comhttps://jigarius.com/
Developed a modern-looking and SEO-friendly website using Drupal. It uses the UI Patterns module to facilitate component-driven development, making each component reusable. Special care was taken to ensure fast load times and satisfactory scores with front-end performance assessment tools.
- Princeton University Presshttps://press.princeton.edu/
Collaborated with a team on implementing a nightly migration mechanism for over 10,000 nodes from a non-Drupal source to Drupal 8. We used profiling tools and designed custom plugins that had to be used to optimize the migrations. Some of these plugins were later contributed to the Migrate Plus project.
- CISSS de la Montérégiehttps://www.santemonteregie.qc.ca/en
Built the official website of a healthcare system in Montérégie, Quebec. It is a multiple-language Drupal installation with Apache Solr search and color-coded content for the Eastern, Central, and Western regions.
- Drallhttps://github.com/jigarius/drall
Created an open-source tool for the Drupal community that helps speed up and streamline development and deployment workflows during multisite Drupal installations. It uses parallel processing to speed up execution and the industry-standard Console component to enhance the command-line experience.
Skills
Languages
PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL, TypeScript, Ruby, PythonPlatforms
Drupal, Drupal 8, Drupal 7, DockerOther
Drupal 9, Data MigrationFrameworks
DjangoTools
Shell, Docker Compose, SolrParadigms
DevOps, Object-oriented Programming (OOP)
Certifications
- Acquia Certified Drupal 9 DeveloperMAY 2022 - PRESENTAcquia
- Acquia Certified Back End Specialist – Drupal 9MAY 2022 - PRESENTAcquia
- Acquia Certified Drupal 9 Front End SpecialistMAY 2022 - PRESENTAcquia
- Acquia Certified Back End Specialist – Drupal 8JUNE 2019 - PRESENTAcquia
- Acquia Certified Drupal 8 Front End SpecialistJUNE 2019 - PRESENTAcquia
- Acquia Certified Drupal 8 DeveloperMAY 2019 - PRESENTAcquia
- Acquia Certified Drupal 7 DeveloperAPRIL 2017 - PRESENTAcquia
