Nikola P.

Nikola P.

Senior Software Engineer

Serbia
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About Me

A highly experienced Web Developer with proven expertise in WordPress development; creating innovative themes and plugins, PHP manipulation for customizations, optimizations and major website changes. I am adept with large scalable systems and in developing APIs and RESTful services. I am a fast learner, client-focused and serve with the highest level of service excellence.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Software Engineer
2017 - Present (7 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing software solutions for different clients across a broad range of industries.

Toptal
Toptal
Web Developer
2015 - 2017 (2 years)
Remote
  • Programmed and developed fully functional web pages using a CSV to HTML generator to convert .CSV files to HTML files.

  • Worked on a variety of projects implementing JavaScript Charts plugins, a PDF generator and designing of a complex database.

  • Ensured consistency of design and functionality by introducing new and innovative features on an existing WordPress theme, implementing frontend commands and maintaining the site.

Eutelnet
Eutelnet
Web Developer
2014 - 2015 (1 year)
Remote
  • Developed creative initiatives for innovative WordPress plugins, PHP and WordPress code bases for use in developing solutions for company projects.

  • Provided technical advice on WordPress frameworks to be use in implementing internal software driven projects.

  • Worked on a variety of API integrations, maintenance improvements and performance optimization for several company projects.

 Code Anvil
Code Anvil
Web Developer
2012 - 2014 (2 years)
Remote
  • Designed, deployed and unit tested numerous WordPress websites, themes and premium plugins for clients.

  • Used the CodeIgniter framework in producing various full-featured projects for clients.

  • Performed regular maintenance and updates on existing websites of clients to improve efficiency and optimize performance.

Portfolio

Developer - Spark Business IQ
Developer - Spark Business IQ

A presentational website developed for an American banking company. My work included theme and plugins development, integration of social sharing and social counters APIs, SEO, and Web accessibility development (ADA).

Developer - API for Belgrade Fair Android Application

A PHP-based API for the Belgrade Fair Android application data feeds.

Developer - Class Compete

An educational game/quiz website for children. My work included using PHP CodeIgniter (with HMVC pattern and Propel ORM) for back-end development and jQuery for the front-end. This project had six independent sub-applications and data-feeding APIs.

Developer - Colour & Trends
Developer - Colour & Trends

A premium fashion articles, news, and forecasts website. My work included the WordPress theme and plugins development and re-factoring of the existing system. Paid users can access premium content and special subscriptions

Developer - YCK Arts
Developer - YCK Arts

A gallery website. My work included back-end and front-end WordPress integration and Ajax and HistoryJS WordPress implementation.

Developer - Pulsar Watches
Developer - Pulsar Watches

A WordPress-based presentational website for a Japanese watch manufacturer for the US region. My responsibility was to develop full ajax search that is working via JavaScript history object. The idea was that when the user uses search filters, the URL state changes without refresh and changing URLs triggers an Ajax request to some API endpoint, and new data arrives with the Ajax response. The API endpoints support multiple search filter categories and items.

Developer - Fully Customizable WordPress Travel Theme
Developer - Fully Customizable WordPress Travel Theme

Work in progress. The idea is to develop a fully customizable theme for a travel agency. The theme supports customizable elements including positioning, price list generator, gallery, customizable URL structures, and many Ajax templates.

Developer - Real Estate Plugins for WordPress

I developed two real estate plugins for WordPress whose main purpose is to give complete solutions for real estate agencies. The plugins are simple to use. The main purpose of these plugins are to give the user an easy way to integrate Google Maps to WordPress post and give information about real estate spots as well as the ability to search added spots by multiple categories and items.

Education

Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Faculty of computing - Belgrade, Serbia