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Ricardo Correia

Verified Expert in Engineering

WordPress Developer

Porto, Portugal

Toptal member since April 16, 2020

Expertise

WordPress Development Site Speed Optimization WooCommerce Development PHP Database JavaScript HTML5 A/B Testing

Bio

Ricardo is a WordPress engineer specialized in plugin and back-end development. He loves to create custom WordPress and WooCommerce solutions to empower bloggers and business owners with the means to achieve their digital goals quickly and reliably. His work has helped significantly increase profits/sales, greatly improved membership and retention, and outperformed expectations. He is easy to work with and an asset to any team looking for an outstanding WordPress engineer.

Portfolio

Performance Foundry

WP-CLI, JavaScript, MySQL, WordPress, PHP, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Rescue...

Performance Foundry

Sass, CSS, HTML, mSQL, WooCommerce, WordPress, PHP, WordPress Plugins...

Samsys, Lda.

WooCommerce, CSS, HTML, WordPress, PHP, WordPress Themes, WordPress API, HTML5...

Experience

WordPress Rescue - 8 years
WordPress Plugins - 8 years
WordPress - 8 years
WooCommerce - 5 years
Site Speed Optimization - 5 years
WordPress Optimization - 5 years
WordPress API - 5 years
WooCommerce API - 4 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Command-line Interface (CLI), Docker, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Linux

The most amazing...

...WordPress-based solution I've developed allows the site to handle incredibly high amounts of traffic without downtime making sales of over $1.5 million in days.

Work Experience

Chief Engineer

2018 - PRESENT

Performance Foundry

Managed a team of WordPress engineers to develop client projects and evolve in their careers.
Reviewed code and projects to ensure the delivery of quality outputs.
Oversaw technical and technological decisions that led to the company's innovation and development.

Technologies: WP-CLI, JavaScript, MySQL, WordPress, PHP, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Rescue, WooCommerce, WordPress Themes, WooCommerce Subscriptions 2, AffiliateWP, WordPress API, HTML5, WooCommerce API, jQuery, Scrum, Zoho API, API Integration, WordPress Optimization, Site Speed Optimization, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Page Speed Optimization, A/B Testing, Early-stage Startups, Software Development Management, Team Management, Testing, Responsive Web Design (RWD), REST, JSON, MariaDB, SCSS, Zeplin, Databases, WordPress REST API

Senior WordPress Engineer

2016 - 2018

Performance Foundry

Designed WordPress plugins to solve specific project needs.
Created WooCommerce, WooCommerce subscriptions, and WooCommerce membership-related plugins.
Developed themes from scratch based on custom designs.

Technologies: Sass, CSS, HTML, mSQL, WooCommerce, WordPress, PHP, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Rescue, WordPress Themes, WooCommerce Subscriptions 2, AffiliateWP, WordPress API, HTML5, WooCommerce API, jQuery, CSS3, Zoho API, API Integration, WordPress Optimization, Site Speed Optimization, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Page Speed Optimization, A/B Testing, Early-stage Startups, Testing, Responsive Web Design (RWD), JSON, MariaDB, SCSS, Databases, WordPress REST API

Web Consultant and Developer

2012 - 2016

Samsys, Lda.

Created WordPress plugins and themes to fulfill specific client needs.
Designed custom themes from client briefings and implemented them using WordPress.
Assisted clients in choosing the perfect digital solutions for their business needs.

Technologies: WooCommerce, CSS, HTML, WordPress, PHP, WordPress Themes, WordPress API, HTML5, WooCommerce API, jQuery, API Integration, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Early-stage Startups, Responsive Web Design (RWD), JSON, MariaDB, Photoshop CS6, Databases, WordPress REST API

Experience

WooCommerce and Dokan-based B2B Marketplace

I customized Dokan and WooCommerce to fulfill the specific needs of a B2B marketplace and the construction market. Some of the custom features built were wholesale price handling, sample requests, extra fields, and validations for vendors, among others.

Subscriptions and Membership Product Development

A new product for an existing market-leading company based on recurring revenue through subscriptions and access to private promotions and learning areas on the website. I installed and configured WooCommerce subscription and membership plugins. I created custom plugins to extend both plugin features to fulfill the client needs; some of those features were custom membership levels, extended cancellation periods after the subscription is canceled, and custom connections with affiliate WordPress plugins.

WooCommerce and Zoho API Integration

A WordPress plugin to integrate WooCommerce with Zoho CRM using Zoho API and WooCommerce API for allowing bi-directional communication. I designed and developed the custom WordPress plugin to integrate WooCommerce with Zoho according to business needs and engineered solutions to ensure a correct and reliable connection between the platforms.

Education

2003 - 2006

Coursework in Computer Engineering

Instituto Superior Engenharia do Porto - Porto, Portugal

Skills

Libraries/APIs

WordPress API, WooCommerce API, WordPress REST API, jQuery, Zoho API

Tools

AffiliateWP, WP-CLI, Zeplin, Photoshop CS6

Languages

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

Paradigms

Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Responsive Web Design (RWD), REST, Scrum, Testing

Platforms

WordPress, WooCommerce, Linux, Docker, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

Storage

Databases, MariaDB, JSON, mSQL, MySQL

Other

WordPress Optimization, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Rescue, WordPress Themes, WooCommerce Subscriptions 2, API Integration, Site Speed Optimization, Page Speed Optimization, A/B Testing, Team Management, Software Development Management, Early-stage Startups, Command-line Interface (CLI)

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