Rodrigo Donini - Freelance Wordpress Developer for Hire

WordPress Screener

2017 - PRESENT

Toptal

Interviewed candidates about their WordPress competency.

Technologies: WordPress, Roots.io, SCSS, Gulp, Google Cloud, Git

WordPress Engineer

2016 - PRESENT

Toptal

Developed WordPress themes and plugins.
Maintained WordPress sites.
Advised on software architecture design.
Implemented the image to layout workflow (PSD to theme conversion or similar).

Technologies: WordPress, PHP, CSS, Sass, STYLUS, JavaScript, Roots.io, Grunt.js, Gulp.js, Composer, WooCommerce

Full-stack Developer

2015 - 2016

Codzen

Developed web applications based in WordPress.
Created WordPress themes and plugins.
Developed eCommerce sites based In Magento.
Developed the front-end and back-end.

Technologies: WordPress, Magento, PHP, Sass, MySQL, CodeIgniter, Node.js, Grunt.js

Full-stack Developer | Project Manager

2012 - 2016

WING—Taking Your Projects Further

Developed web applications based on WordPress.
Created WordPress themes and plugins.
Defined the project architecture.
Managed projects and promoted the practice of Agile methods (SCRUM) with the remote team. Conducted monitoring, cost control, quality, scope, and risks.
Defined the work processes based on my own working methods.

Technologies: WordPress, AngularJS, PHP, Sass, MySQL, CodeIgniter, PhoneGap, Node.js, Grunt.js, Gulp

System Coordinator

2011 - 2012

E-TAB Tecnologia e Gestão

Supported the CIO in defining and managing the IT environment.
Managed the allocation of the systems team.
Integrated the system's development environment.
Managed the integration of the system's area with other areas of the company.
Implemented the CMMI level 2 qualification project.
Built the methodological process of project management for development based on the CMMI systems.
Supported the commercial area in the definition of time estimates for proposals.
Supported the commercial area in technical visits.
Conducted the training sessions for the tools sold by the company.
Researched and developed to define the technology used by the company.

Technologies: Microsoft .NET 2.0/3.5 Windows Forms and Web Forms, Sencha Ext JS, MS SQL Server, MySQL, PHP, MS Project, EPF Composer, Zoho CRM

Program Manager

2009 - 2011

E-TAB Tecnologia e Gestão

Worked as the coordinator of the system development team.
Acted as the project manager of the Finding Solution (a documentary information tool for intelligence and management).
Managed the negotiations with suppliers and software partners.
Developed a solid methodology for development projects based on the best practices of Scrum.

Technologies: C#, .NET, MS SQL, MS Project

System Analyst

2006 - 2009

CWI Software

Worked with technological innovations.
Performed systems analysis, data modeling, and class modeling.
Developed the most important part for a retailer of electronics, a major European company. Created a listening-post solution to 120 stores divided into 2 countries, which had communication with local and central servers. Two other projects were associated with higher television station south of the country. One was the development of a toolbar for browsers developed in XUL and another was a portal for donations to social projects.
Gained extensive knowledge about complex systems requiring high availability.

Technologies: C# .NET, MS SQL, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, XUL, Web Services, Windows Service

System Developer

2005 - 2006

iVirtua Solutions

Worked as a developer of the Trauma Zer0 Suite Web module, developed with .NET Framework 2.0 technology, Visual Studio 2005, consuming web services capabilities of the Tz0 Core Server with code behind in the C# language.
Developed a framework to organize the web service layer and database persistence with support for MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, and MySQL.
Worked with dynamic resources with Atlas AJAX and the interface layer.
Worked mainly on analysis, development, product configuration management, modeling, and usability/accessibility.

Technologies: C# .NET, MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB, MySQL, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Delphi

Web Developer

2003 - 2005

Feevale

Worked as a developer on the team of for the Systems Center—developed systems focused on the internal use of the institution, for the most part, systems with WEB architecture. I used the most of the technologies ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, MS SQL and worked as a systems administrator on the institution database.
Gained a business macro-view, because it was an educational institution in addition to dealing with a great number of customers (students).
Worked in the research for ideal usability and accessibility, database modeling, and implementation of the institutional website.

Technologies: ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, MS SQL

Web Developer

2000 - 2003

Graphic Line

Joined as a development intern, working with web systems, technologies VB Script, ASP 3, HTS, SHTML, PHP, and JSP.
Developed sites and content management systems.

Technologies: VB Script, ASP 3, HTS, SHTML, PHP, JSP

I AM SUPERCHARGED (via Toptal) (Development)

http://iamsupercharged.com/

• Conducted general maintenance, solved performance issues, and built new pages.
• Built the member's area and created plugins for support of LearnDash, Memberium, and an integration with InfusionSoft.
• Converted PSD files to HTML ones.
Technologies: WordPress, PHP, jQuery, CSS, AJAX, SCSS, Gulp

Epic Design Labs (via Toptal) (Development)

https://epicdesignlabs.com/

• Developed custom WordPress plugins for the client's agency.
• Converted PSD files into HTML ones.
Technologies: WordPress, PHP, Google Maps API, Sass, jQuery, AJAX, SCSS, Gulp, Beaver Builder

Catchpoint (via Toptal) (Development)

http://www.catchpoint.com

• Conducted general maintenance, solved performance issues, implemented search improvements, and built new pages.
Technologies: WordPress, PHP, jQuery, CSS, AJAX

Breathe Education (via Toptal) (Development)

http://breathe.edu.au/

• Developed a custom theme for the client, based on a given design.
Technologies: WordPress, Roots.io, SCSS, Gulp, JavaScript

Revere Capital (via Toptal) (Development)

http://www.reverecapital.com

• Built a plugin to handle the documents of funds and investments, with a secure login and folder and file permissions.
• Maintained and implemented some improvements on the main site.
Technologies: WordPress, PHP, jQuery, CSS, Bootstrap, AJAX

REBTECH (via Toptal) (Development)

http://rebtechnvg.com/

• Developed company forms for engineering change orders, return material authorizations and request for quotes.
Technologies: WordPress, Contact Form 7, PHP, jQuery, CSS

American Real Estate Investments (via Toptal) (Development)

http://areibelize.com/

• Solved malware issues.
• Implemented a protection tier.
• Created visual improvements.
• Solved the publishing campaigns' AdSense issues.

Cardamom (via Toptal) (Development)

http://beta.cardamomapp.com/

• Created a custom theme for the client including designing the theme, supporting the institutional website, and the app's blog.
• Used the Theme Customization API and the Widget API.
Technologies: WordPress, PHP, jQuery, CSS, Sass, Bootstrap, AJAX, Grunt.js

Jouney Principles Institute (via Toptal) (Development)

http://members.journeyprinciples.com/

• Built the member's area and created plugins for support of LearnDash, Memberium, and an integration with InfusionSoft.
Technologies: WordPress, PHP, jQuery, CSS, AJAX

Portal TJRS (Development)

• Worked as a WordPress engineer defining the architecture of the themes and plugins.
• Created a customized login process in order to integrate with the active directory.
• Created a great plugin to integrate and index the content for search with Google Search Appliance (GSA).
• Built the second plugin in this project in order to customize the default style and information of the default WordPress menu.

Vigzul (Development)

http://www.vigzul.com.br

Vigzul is a huge security company in Brazil. The main thing that was built in this project was a custom theme.

HMV | Hospital Moinhos de Vento (Development)

http://www.hmv.org.br

HMV is one of the best hospitals in the south of Brazil and in this project, I built a custom theme and many other plugins to integrate WordPress components with the legacy systems of the hospital. Another plugin was created to customize the default style and information of the default WordPress menu.

Calçados Comfort Flex (Development)

http://www.calcadoscomfortflex.com.br/

This project was built with CodeIgniter, using the basic features of the framework.

How to Create Exclusive Custom Taxonomies in WordPress (Publication)

https://www.toptal.com/wordpress/wordpress-taxonomy-tutorial

In WordPress, taxonomies allow you to flexibly organize your content in categories with tags and more. However, when defining custom taxonomies, you may not get the desired behavior out of the box. In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Rodrigo Donini shows how exclusive custom taxonomies can be implemented in WordPress for strict categorization of posts.

Languages

PHP, HTML5, Sass, Less, C#, JavaScript, CSS3, SQL

Frameworks

WordPress Multisite, CodeIgniter, PhoneGap, AngularJS, Ionic 3

Libraries/APIs

WordPress API, REST API, Sage, WordPress REST API, jQuery, Facebook API, Instagram API, Twitter API, Google Maps API, WooCommerce API, BuddyPress, Trello API, YouTube API, Infusionsoft API

Tools

Sublime Text 3, MAMP, SourceTree, Bitbucket, Trello, phpMyAdmin, Roots.io, Stylus, WP-CLI, Sublime Text, Git, GitHub, Terminal, Balsamiq Mockups, Grunt.js, Gulp.js, Atom, PageSpeed, Adobe Photoshop, Infusionsoft

Paradigms

Scrum, Responsive Web Design (RWD), REST, Agile, Model View Controller (MVC), Unit Testing, Testing

Platforms

WordPress, WordPress Theme Design, Amazon, WooCommerce, Docker

Storage

JSON, MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server

Other

WordPress Themes, PSD to WordPress, WordPress Plugins, Conference Speaking, Public Speaking, PSD to HTML, HTML to WordPress, Back-end Development, Front-end, Beaver Builder, APIs, Project Management, SOAP, AJAX

Technical degree in Information Technology Management

2011 - 2015

Unisinos - São Leopoldo, Brazil