Paul Grigoruta
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Paul has over a decade of experience working in PHP and has developed a considerable amount using the Laravel framework for custom projects, with Magento for eCommerce, and using NetSuite as the ERP platform of choice. While he has worked with bigger brands such as Coach, McLaren, and Bulletproof, Paul considers himself to have a startup mentality. He is also experienced in client-facing projects and explaining technology in simple terms.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
PHP, Git, PhpStorm, Apache, MacOS
The most amazing...
...thing I've done was a deep integration with NetSuite. It was so good that it became a flagship product for my company.
Work Experience
Principal Developer and Architect
Trellis
- Streamlined the donation process for companies like Partners Healthcare and Massachusetts General Hospital.
- Developed WordPress, Vue, and Magento 2 projects.
- Extracted requirements, architected solutions, and performed estimates.
- Unblocked teams by fixing critical bugs and tackling complicated problems.
- Implemented various ETL flows using Celigo: Magento to NetSuite, Salesforce to NetSuite, and Salesforce to custom FTP.
Solutions Architect
Classy Llama Studios
- Helped translate business needs into software solutions for various big and small eCommerce companies.
- Prepared clear requirements for developers, performed code reviews, and ensured the implementation met the quality standards.
- Performed hands-on programming and debugging for more complex or time-sensitive tasks.
Head of Solutions, Engineering
Rocket Web
- Contributed directly to key projects as a technical architect.
- Helped with sales engineering, providing all the needed technical information to develop realistic and fair proposals to prospects.
- Centralized artifacts—documents, code, methodologies—from specific projects and ensured they were incorporated into our base development strategy, enabling the company to improve with each project.
- Conducted technical interviews and participated in hiring decision meetings.
- Mentored new developers as part of the onboarding process.
Web Developer
MRM
- Joined Optaros as a Drupal expert, but it quickly became obvious that Magento was the company's main focus at the time. Took the challenge of learning Magento and became the first certified Magento developer in the company and the country.
- Shaped the core product's roadmap after becoming the engineering team lead.
- Liaised with various stakeholders in negotiating the best solutions that were cost-effective, fit business requirements, and made sense technically.
- Tackled the most demanding platform challenges to facilitate the implementation of client projects.
- Engaged with client-project teams to mentor, help with complex problems, or be available as an extra resource.
Web Developer
Axello Communications
- Joined Axello when it had just launched the Bizoo.ro site, a B2B marketplace that became the biggest name in its niche and one of the biggest sites in Romania.
- Listened to user feedback and changed the product roadmap on the go.
- Developed the right tools to allow data-driven decisions.
- Created one of the biggest innovations in the project—a relevant search tool using technologies that were not mature enough at the time.
- Built solutions continuously, easing employees' manual processes to optimize the cost of operating the website.
Experience
Spanx | Magento 2 Website
https://www.spanx.com/Contentful PHP SDK
https://www.contentful.com/developers/docs/php/Formlabs
https://formlabs.com/Massachusetts General Hospital
https://giving.massgeneral.org/Coca-Cola
https://www.cokestore.com/Maiden Home
https://maidenhome.com/Node.js API with Mongo Back End
• CRUD API endpoints
• Batch processing
• Fully covered by unit tests
• Near real-time sync with a MySQL database (Magento)
• Reasonably large data set (1+ million records)
• Mongoose
• Continuous integration
Gravity Forms Integration with Google and Apple Pay
Internet Service Provider Management Portal
VARIOUS INTEGRATIONS:
• Client management integrated with campaign monitor and postmark
• Stripe payments
• Various hardware integration to check the connectivity status
• Slack integrations for automated messaging
• Batch processing for email campaigns
• Zendesk integration for support
• Reporting on various metrics
NetSuite Connector for Magento
http://rocketweb.com/products/netsuite-connector-for-magentoPROJECT DETAILS:
• It can synchronize orders, invoices, products, stocks, shipments, and customers.
• It's queue-based so performance is not affected by NetSuite downtime.
• It's stable so any error will remain in the queue for manual review.
• It's fully customizable via admin settings or code.
• It's been implemented successfully for more than ten retailers.
• It's able to handle more than 10,000 orders per day.
Amazon Tool to Analyze Product-selling Opportunities
Amazon Fulfillment Warehouse Integration
PROJECT DETAILS:
• Implemented an Amazon MWS integration to pull orders, push order status changes back to Amazon, and sync up the stock.
• Developed a NetSuite integration to keep stocks and financial data up to date.
• Integrated a warehouse via an API to send orders for fulfillment orders.
• Automated the returns, cancellations, purchases, and all other flows to have the system work without manual intervention.
• Built the systems on Laravel.
Braintree Payment Gateway Extension
PROJECT DETAILS:
• Created the documentation, flow diagrams, and specs for every feature.
• Developed automated tests.
• Ensured PCI compliance.
• Conducted security code reviews.
AI-backed eCommerce
• expanding product descriptions based on the existing product data
• summarizing product data (i.e., for short descriptions, meta description, title)
• suggesting categories based on product data
• utilizing openCV to extract image features and add them as attributes to enhance layered navigation
Skills
Languages
HTML, JavaScript, PHP, CSS, Ruby
Frameworks
Laravel, Nuxt.js
Paradigms
Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Design Patterns, Unit Testing, Continuous Integration (CI), Test-driven Development (TDD)
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Magento, Magento 2, LAMP, Linux, WordPress, Shopify, MacOS, Azure, Drupal, New Relic
Storage
MariaDB, Memcached, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB, WP Engine
Other
Software Architecture, APIs, API Integration, eCommerce, Solution Architecture, Google Analytics 4, SaaS, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), NetSuite, WordPress Plugins, OpenAI GPT-4 API, OpenAI GPT-3 API, Google Ads, Web Scraping, Gravity Forms, Apple Pay, Celigo, Computer Science, Programming, Headless Commerce, Stripe Payments
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, Amazon MWS, jQuery, OpenCV, Stripe, Amazon Product Advertising API, Vue, Vue 2, Shopify API, Stripe API, Stripe Connect
Tools
Apache, PhpStorm, Mongoose, Git, Shopify Plus, Stripe Checkout
Industry Expertise
Project Management
Education
Magento 2 Certified Professional Developer in Magento
Magento U - Online
Magento Solution Specialist Certification in Magento
Magento U - Online
Magento Developer Plus Certification in Magento
Magento U - Online
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Ovidius University of Constanta - Constanta, Romania
Certifications
Stripe Certified Professional Developer
Stripe
Celigo Certified Level 4
Integrator.io
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft
New Relic Certified Performance Pro
New Relic
Magento 2 Certified Professional Developer
Magento
Magento Certified Solution Specialist
Magento
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