Vijay V

Freelance Web Developer

Self Employed • Freelance

Feb 2019 - Present • 7 yrs 8 mos

• Run a full-time independent web engineering services business for a global client base. • Architect and build custom WordPress themes and plugins from scratch based on bespoke design specs. • Develop highly optimized responsive layouts using modern builders (Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, Avada). • Build tailored API wrappers to cleanly integrate third-party systems using REST, SOAP, and Social APIs. • Conduct systematic codebase, database, and asset optimizations to significantly reduce page load times. • Incorporate web security fundamentals, access logs auditing, and routine environment hardening.

Senior PHP Developer

Russmedia • Fulltime

Aug 2018 - Feb 2019 • 6 mos

• Engineered and deployed core functionalities for high-traffic real estate portals, including laendleimmo dot at and immo dot tt dot com. • Collaborated closely with product owners to translate complex requirements into stable, modular technical delivery items.

Technical Lead

Office Beacon ASPL • Fulltime

Sep 2013 - May 2018 • 4 yrs 8 mos

• Promoted to Technical Lead following 3 years of consistent delivery of high-complexity enterprise applications. • Served as Lead Programmer on a flagship commercial E-commerce product deployed across the promotional supplier industry. • Integrated Apache Solr into the system infrastructure to streamline massive product indexing and reduce search latency. • Built dynamic client web products using a unified Symfony2 framework, custom WordPress setups, and Solr engines. • Supervised engineering team workflows, mapped project milestones, and set up continuous integration deployment paths.