Trac Nguyen
Verified Expert in Engineering
WordPress Developer
Trac is a skilled software engineer with over a decade of professional experience in web development and PHP with impressive communication skills. He has worked in a variety of roles on teams, both small and large, and he is particularly fond of Trello-based task management. His skillset includes things like WordPress (WooCommerce) development, security improvement, scalability, and code quality. He is also a PHP expert with experience in Laravel, Yii, Symfony, and modern development processes.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Terminal, Linux, MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), GitHub
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on is BWFBadminton for the Badminton World Federation, where I played multiple roles and produced an extraordinary result for the company.
Work Experience
WordPress Developer
Toptal Client
- Built a WordPress RESTful API for better performance to serve a front-end application (https://blog-api.moneysmart.sg/wp-json/ms/).
- Built new UIs and codebases (or continued from current code) for many websites to improve UX and SEO using WordPress and WooCommerce (https://www.homehouse.co.uk/; http://freeze-frame.com.au/ http://alfree.com.au/; https://blog.moneysmart.sg/).
- Created WordPress (WooCommerce) plugins for custom needs (https://wordpress.org/plugins/tamara-checkout/).
- Applied unit tests and integration tests (Codeception) to WordPress.
Software Engineer
Wizeline
- Contributed to a website system for NewsCorp Australia: news.com.au, heraldsun.com.au, dailytelegraph.com.au, and more.
- Provided guidance to junior members of the team and performed code reviews for the team.
- Performed good communication with the clients of the company to have them get to know all the aspects of the projects.
VN | Head of Tech
Mamamia
- Contributed to the development of the news website using Bedrock.
- Planned and watched the Jira for all members of the team using the Scrum approach.
- Trained new members, provided guidance to the team, and reported to the higher level about the situation weekly.
Technical Director
Top3 Media
- Created training documents for fresh developers to get familiar with their jobs ASAP.
- Provided consultation for the sales team so they have a better background to get more clients to the company.
- Managed all projects. Trained new members, provided guidance to the team, and reported to the higher level about the situation weekly.
Technical Manager
River Orchid
- Rebuilt the web system for BWF, including a back-end system built on Yii to input data, a cron-task system to crawl data from third parties, and a WordPress front end to display tournament results to the user.
- Trained new members, provided guidance to the team, and reported to the higher level about the situation weekly.
- Gave consultation to the sales team so they have a better background to communicate with clients.
Tech Lead
Plus Factory
- Used WordPress to develop small to medium websites for companies in China and the US. Provided a back-end API for some mobile applications.
- Trained new members, provided guidance to the team, and reported to the higher level about the situation weekly.
- Gave consultation to the sales team so they have better context to communicate with the clients.
Software Engineer
Techpropulsion Labs
- Worked on projects with Ruby on Rails 2 and PHP (WordPress and Drupal).
- Learned and used the Nokogiri gem to do data crawling for projects.
- Learned how to work with a MacOS environment and how to use bash efficiently.
Experience
News Sites for NewsCorp AU
https://www.news.com.au/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/, https://www.heraldsun.com.au/, https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/
They use WordPress, Twig, and Jade to unify the UI among systems. The same way is applied to other news sites in the NewsCorp Ecosystem. Worked closely with the WordPress VIP team for the deployment.
BWF Website System
https://bwfbadminton.com/Created a back-end system for data management (on Yii framework), a cron-task system for crawling data from https://www.tournamentsoftware.com to input data for the system, and a template for the front end of the system (in WordPress), including:
• http://bwfbadminton.com/
• https://bwfworldchampionships.bwfbadminton.com/
• https://olympics.bwfbadminton.com/
CuddleClones - A Pet Cloning Service In US
https://cuddleclones.com/Blogs and News System for MoneySmart
https://blog.moneysmart.sg/A Promising Singaporean Startup
https://www.parknparcel.com.sg/Selfhacked
https://selfhack.com/Campark Resorts System and HauntManor
https://campark.com/Hundreds of Small to Medium Websites
https://www.phillipcfd.com/Skills
Languages
PHP, HTML, CSS, PHP 7, HTML5, JavaScript, Ruby, JADE, Python
Frameworks
Yii 2, Yii, Laravel, Divi, Laravel 5, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Symfony, Nuxt.js, Twig, Bootstrap
Libraries/APIs
WordPress API, jQuery, WooCommerce API, Custom APIs, Shopify API, Stripe, Node.js, REST APIs, React
Tools
PhpStorm, WebStorm, WPML, ACF PRO, cURL Command Line Tool, GitHub, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Figma, NGINX, Mailchimp, Basecamp, Terminal, Zapier, Edifecs
Paradigms
Hosting, Automation, Responsive, Agile Software Development, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Development (CD), Test Automation
Platforms
WooCommerce, WordPress, Web, WordPress VIP, Shopify, Amazon Web Services (AWS), HubSpot, MacOS, Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Magento, OpenCart
Storage
MySQL, WP Engine, MongoDB
Other
WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, Websites, Freelancing, APIs, eCommerce, Web Development, Custom Themes, API Integration, Payment Gateways, Back-end, Mobile First, Full-stack, Website Optimization, Website Performance, WordPress Optimization, Bug Fixes, Online Payments, Payment APIs, Customization, Elementor, Healthcare IT, Gravity Forms, WordPress SEO, PayPal, WooCommerce Subscriptions 2, Leadership, Yoast SEO, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), CI/CD Pipelines, PWA, Progressive Web Applications (PWA), UI Templates, Web UX, Real Estate, Astra, Fraud Prevention, HubSpot CRM, Oxygen, OpenAI GPT-4 API
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Computer Science
Ho Chi Minh City PolyTechnic University - Ho Chi Mình City
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