Pierre Saïkali

Proficient in an assortment of technologies, including PHP (advanced WordPress & WooCommerce) and JavaScript (React JS & React Native).

I am able to effectively self-manage during independent projects, as well as collaborate in a team setting.

Project consisted of creating an iOS/Android application fully integrated with a custom WordPress backend developed from scratch for a local collaborative baby-sitting & products-rental startup:

• The mobile app uses a React Native codebase (using Expo for easier development workflow).
• The backend is a custom WordPress solution with a Laravel/Eloquent ORM for some entities. Heavy use of the WordPress Rest API (custom routes) with JWT authentication.
• Firebase Firestore is used to store user chat messages and events, with React Gifted Chat used for the frontend. The Firebase PHP SDK is also used on the server-side to inject system/event messages in the chats.
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Project consisted of creating an Android application fully integrated with a custom WordPress backend from scratch, for a French startup specializing in analyzing agricultural silos fan systems.

• The mobile app uses a React Native codebase (using AppCenter CodePush for easier over-the-air updates).
• Backend is a fully customized WordPress system coded from scratch. An advanced report documents creation tool has been coded using both PHP and React JS (for specific interactive modules like heavy-calculation-based tables, dynamic charts, etc.).
• Heavy use of the WordPress Rest API (custom routes) with JWT authentication.
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Project consisted of creating a WooCommerce marketplace (using WC Product Vendors) and developing a highly-customized vendor frontend dashboard with multiple customer and vendor-oriented features (wishlists, shop-following tool, Q&As, etc.), and admin tools.

• Use of WooCommerce and WCPV alongside WC Subscriptions, development of a custom WordPress plugin for all specific features created from scratch, use of React JS for specific modules (featured products calendar system for admins, ads planning system for vendors).
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A personal side-project that consisted of developing an all-in-one WordPress solution for restaurant and food-truck owners with a focus on menu management and ready-made visual assets generation for promotion on social networks.

• Use of WordPress and ACF for all the custom forms and user flows.

• A React JS module works alongside a PHP API (using the Intervention library) to manage the automatic creation of promotional/marketing images.

• The project was later sold to a client to become Miam.Store:

  • addition of a custom cart and checkout flow (using React JS and ACF) fully integrated with a custom payment API (with 3D Secure and SMS validation),
  • development of custom React JS modules to visualize and manage orders in real-time.

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Project consisted of developing a custom WordPress theme and backend for a home renovation directory website.

• The frontend uses a custom responsive theme built with Roots Sage/WPack.io. All user flows and forms have been carefully handcrafted following WordPress best practices.
• A custom WooCommerce Subscriptions process has been set up to allow members to purchase premium options to promote their business on the site.
• Development of various automated tasks to outsource the latest leads to partner APIs, send transactional emails to subscribers, or fetch company details from third-party APIs.
• Development of a custom module to retrieve, adapt and import data from the previous PHP/SQL legacy system into the new WordPress structure.
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I volunteered at WordCamp Europe 2017 (Paris), 2018 (Belgrade), 2019 (Berlin), and 2022 (Porto) where I managed several areas such as registration, swag station, workshops and attendees assistance.

I am part of the backend coding review team at Codeable where I analyze the code quality of plugins sent by new applicants and provide constructive feedback.