Paulo Carvajal, Developer in Bilbao, Spain
Paulo is available for hire
Hire Paulo

Paulo Carvajal

Verified Expert  in Engineering

Bio

Paulo is a senior front-end and web developer with more than twelve years of experience in WordPress and over twenty years of experience building websites. He is a creative, decisive, and committed professional, always eager to be up to date on his skills and employ them in finding the best solutions for his clients.

Portfolio

Gyoza Technology Studio
WordPress, JavaScript, PHP, APIs, WooCommerce, HTML, Figma
Vudumedia
jQuery, JavaScript, Sass, CSS, WordPress, PHP, WooCommerce, Figma
Louisiana Museum Video Channel
Sass, JavaScript, WordPress, HTML, Sage, Roots

Experience

  • WordPress - 13 years
  • Theme Development - 13 years
  • WordPress Themes - 13 years
  • JavaScript - 10 years
  • CSS3 - 10 years
  • PHP - 10 years
  • Elementor - 3 years
  • Sage 9 - 3 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Sublime Text, WordPress

The most amazing...

...app I've built is a responsive multi-language WordPress event site that automatically changes its home depending on the state (pre, during, and post expo).

Work Experience

Full-stack Developer

2021 - 2022
Gyoza Technology Studio
  • Developed Twilio and Stripe API integrations into WordPress.
  • Built custom themes and plugins for WordPress.
  • Constructed custom Elementor widgets to integrate into WordPress.
Technologies: WordPress, JavaScript, PHP, APIs, WooCommerce, HTML, Figma

CTO and Front-end Developer

2000 - 2021
Vudumedia
  • Managed web projects and scheduled all the tasks that needed to be done to complete the projects.
  • Made prototypes and wireframes and prepared and presented budgets to customers.
  • Developed and deployed websites to their hosting, mostly using WordPress, Apache, and Nginx servers.
  • Transformed, on a regular basis, design layouts to custom themes and developed custom plugins when needed.
  • Built custom plugins and implemented third-party plugins.
Technologies: jQuery, JavaScript, Sass, CSS, WordPress, PHP, WooCommerce, Figma

WordPress Video Channel Developer

2017 - 2018
Louisiana Museum Video Channel
  • Created a video playlist utility using JavaScript.
  • Added a save and sharing of video lists utility to be used on social networks.
  • Developed a new WordPress theme based on provided designs.
  • Made customizations to the administration interface.
  • Developed custom fields to add info to each video and show it in the front end.
  • Added custom search and Ajax pagination functionality.
Technologies: Sass, JavaScript, WordPress, HTML, Sage, Roots

Web and Graphic Designer, Trainer, and Teacher

1997 - 2000
Consultec
  • Taught graphic and web design theory and tools.
  • Developed static sites in HTML.
  • Developed dynamic sites using ASP and Access.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, HTML

Junior Graphic Designer

1996 - 1997
Pool CME
  • Designed graphic elements.
  • Created stationery and flyers.
  • Concepted and designed corporate image and logos.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop

Eneperi Restaurant

http://eneperi.com/
I developed this website in WordPress, using JavaScript and Sage 9 base theme, taking care of the responsive design, and creating custom Gutenberg blocks. It was an amazing and delicate design to be put into web technologies.

Atxurra Zelaieta Architects

http://atxurrazelaieta.com/
WordPress, JavaScript, Bourbon, Neat, Responsive, Multilingual

Damaso Martinez Jewelers

https://damasomartinez.com/
Dámaso Jewellers is a design and craftsmanship company that recovers the artisanal origins of fine jewelry. I built the site using a WordPress custom theme, JavaScript, responsive, multilanguage, SCSS, and Bourbon.
1993 - 1999

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Arts (Audiovisual Specialty)

University of the Basque Country - Bilbao Bizkaia

1992 - 1995

Technical School Certificate in Audiovisual Media

IES Erandio Tartanga - Erandio Bizkaia

Libraries/APIs

jQuery, Vue, Vimeo API, X (formerly Twitter) API, Vuex, React, Sage

Tools

Sublime Text, Adobe Photoshop, Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Git, Gulp, Grunt, Terminal, Gutenberg Editor, Roots

Languages

CSS, HTML, CSS3, HTML5, Sass, PHP, JavaScript

Platforms

WordPress, LAMP, Linux, Apache2, WooCommerce, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

Frameworks

Bootstrap 3+

Storage

JSON, MySQL

Paradigms

Class-based OOP

Other

Elementor, Plugins, Theme Development, WordPress Themes, Sage 9, APIs

Collaboration That Works

How to Work with Toptal

Toptal matches you directly with global industry experts from our network in hours—not weeks or months.

1

Share your needs

Discuss your requirements and refine your scope in a call with a Toptal domain expert.
2

Choose your talent

Get a short list of expertly matched talent within 24 hours to review, interview, and choose from.
3

Start your risk-free talent trial

Work with your chosen talent on a trial basis for up to two weeks. Pay only if you decide to hire them.

Top talent is in high demand.

Start hiring