As a web developer with 10+ years of experience, Joel started his journey by developing professional WordPress themes. He mastered the skill of developing more complex platforms for both web and mobile. He has led engineers as a consultant in the complete product development lifecycle of successfully launched applications for clients, including PWC. Joel has worked with regional clients like NCBA, Ola Energy, and Resolution Insurance in developing custom web-based solutions.
Developed a student management plugin to enroll new students in courses, assign course units, manage communication with students via Mailchimp API, and link those functionalities with Moodle.
Tracked and fixed bugs arising from the older plugins.
Oversaw the user testing of the education platform.
Developed a platform that provides real-time dashboards to monitor donor funds hence creating transparency between all stakeholders. This was a team project where I was the lead developer responsible for the front-end and API integration.
Developed and demonstrated project management solutions for tracking projects run by county governments in Kenya. This helped bring accountability to government projects.
Oversaw the improvement of operations in existing platforms by conducting systems analysis and recommending changes in procedures.
Developed a WordPress framework for helping the agency build client website projects in a fast yet scalable manner. This ended the reliance on third-party WordPress themes.
Developed microsites and landing-pages for product and event launches on WordPress.
Executed website design mockups by translating them to functional WordPress websites.
Created a custom-built REST API that ran on Node.js and built an interface to link WordPress, Angular-based site, and Firestore Database.
Used WordPress for managing content while the front end is based on Angular as the custom front-end stack to display the content. The database is Firestore while interacting with MySQL, and Redmond Construction is a headless WordPress site.
Built custom REST API using node.js to support Firestore database queries and link them with WordPress dashboard. Built custom WordPress functionalities using custom hooks for extending WordPress capabilities to interact with Cloud Firestore.
Developed a plugin that connects to Stripe and ShipStation to track payments while authorizing shipments as well we issue refunds for canceled shipments.
Updated the functionality of the older plugins to work with Stripe and ShipStation flawlessly.
Built an independent Node.js application to manage more complex tasks that could not be handled with WordPress.
