Vlad Pazenuks
Verified Expert in Engineering
Magento Developer
Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Toptal member since May 14, 2021
Vlad is a certified Magento developer with six years of freelance eCommerce experience with multiple digital agencies. He has migrated code from Magento 1 to 2, customized and built themes from scratch, and implemented back-end functionality. Vlad has also optimized online stores to perform well in Google PageSpeed Insights, Core Web Vitals, and other performance audits.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Magento 2, Shopify, Magento 1, WordPress, MacOS, PhpStorm, Windows, Sequel Pro, Lighthouse, Magento
The most amazing...
...thing I've done is optimize a Magento 2 store to get 90 - 99% in a Google PageSpeed Insights audit.
Work Experience
eCommerce Specialist
Pazenuks Limited
- Implemented multiple theme customizations for a Shopify client to align mobile and desktop site versions to the design requirements.
- Created dynamic sections for Shopify pages, using a metafields plugin to display image collages on blog posts.
- Built a multilingual Shopify site for a startup client, including the development and installation of a unique translation pack (Latvian language).
- Implemented an interactive map with city district-based pricing for delivery, featuring fill colors for each price range. This was an OpenCart store.
Senior Front-end Magento Developer
SixBySix
- Migrated several Magento 1 modules to Magento 2 within a larger migration project for a client. One of the modules was meant to serve meta titles and descriptions for filtered categories based on filter values.
- Provided support for existing eCommerce clients, including front-end theme fixes, ad hoc changes, issues debugging, back-end customizations, database manipulations, solution research, and estimation.
- Optimized several Magento 2 sites to improve their Google PageSpeed scores and pass a Core Web Vitals audit.
- Developed an internal module that improves the page speed of any Magento 2-based website.
Senior Magento Developer
Gravytrain
- Migrated modules from Magento 1 to Magento 2 with both storefront and admin functionality.
- Collaborated with a colleague to create and complete a Magento 2 theme from scratch for a multinational Magento 2 retailer.
- Extended a third-party theme and customized it per the design for mobile, tablet, and desktop devices.
- Developed a range of widgets for admins to use in the CMS page editor within a Magento 2 site.
Magento Developer
PVTL
- Implemented theme style amends, additional features, and improved responsiveness across a website.
- Developed page layout templates for admins to use when creating CMS pages. This was well before Magento released page builder functionality.
- Performed debugging and code refactoring for a custom Magento 2 loyalty card extension.
- Implemented a range of unit tests that utilized Selenium and BrowserStack for browser emulation to perform automated user journeys.
Full-stack Web Developer
Affinity Agency
- Implemented multiple theme changes and fixes for a client's Magento 1 and Magento 2 stores.
- Resolved data integrity issues for a client that had products with a vast number of attributes in its Magento 1 store, which included cleaning and fixing data for hundreds of products.
- Implemented custom post types and flexible content widgets for a WordPress site that was a religious portal that included branch information, blog posts, news, articles, and authors profiles.
Web Developer
Angling Direct
- Developed a module for posting job ads on a corporate site.
- Optimized back-end code to reduce time to first byte (TTFB).
- Configured the settings and mapping of XML files for a Magento 1 to Magento 2 migration for an 8GB database comprising orders, customers, and products.
- Delivered minor theme tweaks and changes for A/B testing to improve key interface profiles (KIPs) and store conversion rates.
Web Developer
Self-employed
- Developed a custom MVC architecture for the website of a logistics company that received 100+ orders per day.
- Implemented admin and customer areas for managing and tracking parcels.
- Integrated FedEx, TNT, and UPS APIs to automate parcel labels and invoice generation.
Junior PHP Developer
Simourg
- Developed a time-tracking tool as an initial test project.
- Improved the user area UI by implementing mass-actions functionality for internal tables.
- Fixed a bug that arose only within specific conditions.
Experience
Magento 2 Front-end Optimization to Pass a Core Web Vitals Audit
• Compressed fonts.
• Minified and preloaded assets.
• Preconnected origins.
• Created critical CSS to eliminate render-blocking assets.
• Deferred and delayed third-party scripts, such as live chat, tracking, and analytics services.
• Eliminated theme layout shifts during page load.
• Connected image compression service and configured CDN.
• Configured varnish to minimize TTFB and set the leverage browser cache.
Before implementing all of this on a real-world store, I had to do a lot of R&D because there are very limited resources that describe how to apply these techniques for Magento.
WordPress and Magento 2 International Site for Bulldog Skincare
https://www.bulldogskincare.com/Technologies: Magento 1 and 2, WordPress, PHP, MySQL, Less, CSS, HTML5, JavaScript
Site Redesign for Penelope Chilvers
https://penelopechilvers.com/• Installed a third-party theme.
• Created a child theme with hundreds of design amends for mobile, tablet, and desktop across all site pages, including CMS, category, product, basket, and checkout pages.
• Implemented responsive image collages.
• Resolved a third-party theme to address cross-browser compatibility issues.
Technologies: Magento 2, PHP, MySQL, LESS, CSS, HTML, JavaScript
Shopify Build for Nikki Bradford
https://nikkibradford.com/Technologies: Shopify, Liquid, Sass, CSS, HTML5, JavaScript
B2B and B2C Site Redesign for A1 Coffee
https://a1coffee.net/Technologies: Magento, PHP, MySQL, WordPress, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Automated UI Tests for a Magento 2 Store
http://notcutts.co.ukI designed and implemented a range of automated Selenium unit tests that used BrowserStack to emulate real user interactions with their Magento 2 site. I also created a single-page dashboard to track the execution and results of the tests. Organized as suites, their purpose was to check key user journeys: adding a product to cart, checkout, login and registration, and applying discount codes and privilege cards.
Data Migration from Magento 1 to Magento 2
http://www.anglingdirect.co.ukTechnologies: Magento 1, Magento 2, PHP, SQL, XML
B2B Site Maintenance and improvements for Promstal
Technologies: HostCMS, HTML, CSS, PHP, XML
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Business Information Systemss
University of East Anglia - Norwich, England, UK
Secondary Education in Secondary Education
Rigas Kengaragas Secondary School - Riga, Latvia
Progmeistars Certificate in Computer Science
Progmeistars - Riga, Latvia
Certifications
Magento 2 Certified Associate Developer
Adobe
Skills
Libraries/APIs
RequireJS, jQuery, Liquid
Tools
Lighthouse, PhpStorm, Sequel Pro, GitLab, Composer, Git, BrowserStack, MAMP, NGINX, Varnish
Languages
PHP, CSS, HTML5, JavaScript, Less, Java, R, Python, SQL, Pascal, C++, Batch, XML, Liquid Template, Sass
Platforms
Magento, Windows, Magento, Magento 1, Shopify, WordPress, MacOS, Oracle, WooCommerce, Linux, OpenCart
Frameworks
Knockout (Knockout.js), Selenium, PHPUnit
Paradigms
Object-oriented Programming (OOP), MVC Design, Refactoring, Unit Testing, Automated Testing
Storage
Database Management Systems (DBMS), MySQL
Industry Expertise
Project Management
Other
Web Development, Warden, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Computing in Science & Engineering (CISE), Programming, Human Resources (HR), System Development, Systems Analysis, Logic Design, Debugging, Google Search Console, Sonassi, Optimization, HostCMS, Critical-path CSS, eCommerce, APIs, API Integration
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