Trac N.

Trac N.

Ho Chi Minh , Vietnam
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About Me

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.

Frontend

Backend

PHP 7 WordPress API PHP

Database

Other

Work history

Toptal Clients
WordPress Developer (Contract)
2018 - Present (7 years)
Remote
  • Built a WordPress RESTful API to serve a front-end application for better performance (https://blog-api.moneysmart.sg/wp-json/ms/).

  • Built new UIs and codebases (or continue 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.

Wizeline
Software Engineer
2016 - 2018 (2 years)
Remote

Contributed to a website system for NewsCorp Australia: news.com.au, heraldsun.com.au, dailytelegraph.com.au, and more.

Mamamia.com.au
VN | Head of Tech
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Remote

Contributed to the development of the news website using Bedrock.

Top3 Media
Technical Director
2014 - 2015 (1 year)
Remote
  • Created training documents for fresh developers to get familiar with their jobs ASAP.

  • Provided consultation for the sales team.

  • Managed all projects.

River Orchid
Technical Manager
2012 - 2013 (1 year)
Remote

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 WP front end to display tournament results to the user.

Plus Factory
Tech Lead
2010 - 2012 (2 years)
Remote

Used WP to develop small to medium websites for companies in China and the US. Provided a back-end API for some mobile applications.

Techpropulsion Labs
Software Engineer
2009 - 2010 (1 year)
Remote
  • Worked on projects with Rails 2.

  • Learned and used the Nokogiri gem to do data crawling for projects.

Ruby on Rails (RoR) Ruby

Showcase

News System for NewsCorp Australia
  • Developed all masthead websites for NewsCorp Australia.

  • Contributed to WP and front-end development within a team.

  • Worked on the News System for NewsCorp Australia project.

BWF Website System
  • The project involves developing a back-end system for data management using the Yii framework.

  • A cron-task system is implemented for crawling data from tournament software.

  • A WordPress template for the front-end is created, including multiple URLs related to the BWF website.

A Promising Singaporean Startup
  • Developed a website for a promising startup in Singapore in 2016.

  • The website is built using Yii2 and MySQL.

  • Played a key role in the team's development efforts.

WordPress Plugin – Enpii Base
  • A WordPress plugin designed for faster and more contemporary development.

  • It utilizes a Composer package and requires Bedrock WordPress.

  • The plugin leverages Bower, AuraPHP, and lazy loading for efficient resource management.

WordPress Plugin – Facebook Comment Sync
  • This plugin synchronizes Facebook comments to WordPress' core comments system.

  • It focuses on syncing comments to each individual URL.

  • The plugin integrates with the WordPress comments system for threaded comments.

Selfhacked
  • Develop a new site for Selfhacked focused on enhancing UI and SEO performance.

  • The project involves creating a new site for Selfhacked.

  • The primary goal is to improve both the user interface and search engine optimization.

Campark Resorts System and HauntManor
  • Developed a WordPress multisite system.

  • Utilized technologies including ACF, WordPress Bedrock, Git, Composer, HTML/CSS, and on-page SEO.

  • The project involved creating a Campark Resorts System and HauntManor.

Hundreds of Small to Medium Websites
  • Created working templates for team projects.

  • Managed project execution and oversaw website development.

  • Trained the team on website completion and WP usage.

Education

Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Computer Science
Ho Chi Minh City PolyTechnic University
2000 - 2005 (5 years)