Marcin Dudek
Verified Expert in Engineering
WordPress Developer
Wrocław, Poland
Toptal member since October 31, 2022
For the past 10 years, Marcin has been focusing on WordPress-related development. During that time, he worked mostly on plugin development and WordPress optimizations, so he gained an in-depth understanding of WordPress core and architecture. Besides that, he loves games, especially computer ones—his future goal is to design games that would bring something fresh to the field.
Portfolio
Experience
- Object-oriented Programming (OOP) - 14 years
- jQuery - 12 years
- JavaScript - 12 years
- Algorithms - 12 years
- PHP - 12 years
- WordPress - 10 years
- WordPress API - 4 years
- Stripe - 1 year
Preferred Environment
MacOS, PhpStorm, Discord, Bitbucket, Stripe, WordPress, WordPress API, SQL, jQuery, MySQL
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed is a WordPress plugin called CM Tooltip Glossary, which is one of the top plugins in its field.
Work Experience
CTO
Creative Minds
- Designed, developed, and supported over 10 complicated WordPress plugins with both back-end and front-end functionality.
- Optimized the speed and loading times of the company website.
- Hired, trained, and supervised over 10 developers, both junior and senior.
- Communicated with the company's top clients, managing and supervising projects spanning multiple years.
WordPress Plugin Expert
P3 Technologies, LLC
- Rewrote a procedurally written plugin into a nicely structured, object-oriented, modern plugin following the WordPress development guidelines.
- Developed a database caching system that served as a proxy for a complex API.
- Replaced the internal dated payment system with the fully functional WooCommerce integration.
WordPress Team Leader
Creative Minds
- Designed and developed the unique licensing system for all plugins the company uses.
- Managed remotely the work of a team of five other developers using Slack, Asana, and Discord.
- Held weekly development training meetings with the team, passing the knowledge and boosting the team spirit.
Junior WordPress Developer
Creative Minds
- Created the company's first website and the first-ever plugin that became a bestseller.
- Tracked and fixed bugs using Asana as a project management tool.
- Developed a pioneering WordPress plugin platform based on cryptocurrencies.
Senior Web Developer
Red Agencja Interaktywna
- Developed one of the first money exchange services on the market.
- Developed sophisticated online software for the agriculture industry.
- Rewrote and improved the in-house content management system (CMS) and an ORM.
Experience
Tooltip Glossary Plugin for WordPress
https://www.cminds.com/wordpress-plugins-library/tooltipglossary/CM Micropayment Platform WordPress Plugin
https://www.cminds.com/wordpress-plugins-library/micropayments/I also implemented the connection to the two major eCommerce plugins in the WordPress world: WooCommerce and Easy Digital downloads, which allow for the purchase of virtual points with real currencies, purchasing the products with virtual currency, or exchanging it for discounts.
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Systems and Networks
Wrocław University of Technology - Wrocław, Poland
Skills
Libraries/APIs
WordPress API, jQuery, WooCommerce API, Stripe
Tools
Bitbucket, Asana, PhpStorm, Google Analytics
Languages
PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL, C++, Java, C#, XPath
Paradigms
Object-oriented Programming (OOP), REST, HTML DOM, Management
Platforms
WordPress, MacOS, WooCommerce, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Storage
MySQL, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)
Other
Algorithms, APIs, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Management, Payment APIs, Performance Optimization, Performance, Plugin Development, Landing Pages, Payments, Discord, Learning Management Systems (LMS), WordPress Themes, User Interface (UI), QA Testing, Elementor, Education Technology (Edtech)
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