Freelance Web Developer
Independent · Multiple Clients
ONGOING
May 2012 to Present
Remote
- + Ongoing freelance work across WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, CodeIgniter, and custom PHP for agencies and direct clients in the USA, UK, Australia, the Netherlands, France, Norway, and the UAE.
- + Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 Built PrepBenchmark (prepbenchmark.com) solo end to end for a direct client, taking it from an early WordPress prototype to a full Laravel 12 and Filament v4 rebuild: the public server rendered content site, the editorial CMS, and the data model separating exam certifications, exam levels, prep providers, and provider course levels as independent relationships with globally unique slugs. Scored provider reviews per certification, an article archive whose level filter narrows to the selected certification so no filter pair can return a silently empty page, relevance ranked search on a weighted SQL expression rather than a search service, a three date publishing model distinguishing published from fact checked from materially updated, canonical handling that collapses filtered archive URLs, BreadcrumbList and ItemList structured data, and transactional plus marketing email on AWS SES with bounce handling, confirmed unsubscribe, and reCAPTCHA v3.
- + Jun 2026 to Present Currently building RollCall, a multi tenant BJJ gym membership and class attendance SaaS, solo on a Laravel 13 JSON API with Sanctum and a React 19 TypeScript SPA in a pnpm monorepo with a shared Zod typed contract. QR check in and class logs, belt progression, dues and billing with GCash and Maya reconciliation and dunning, member chat, a community board, and family accounts. Phases 1 to 3 shipped and tested, with the public launch on rollcallhq.xyz next.
- + Jun 2026 to Jul 2026 Designed and built solo a full internal team operations and time tracking platform on CodeIgniter 4 and Shield. Kanban projects and tasks, a team calendar, worker owned time tracking, team messaging with broadcasts, an internal board, notifications, and an encrypted vault, wired to a third party workforce time tracker with cron alerts to email and Telegram. Running live for a private team and repeatable for any team that needs one.
- + May 2026 to Jun 2026 Architected and solely built a three application headless ecommerce suite for an international client under NDA: a CodeIgniter 4 admin platform spanning 28 feature phases, a standalone REST API service with API key auth and rate limiting, and a React 19 TypeScript storefront on TanStack Start, integrating Stripe, Mollie, and Viva Wallet with webhook driven order flow.
- + Active build for a high risk DTC client (NDA): a custom WooCommerce payment gateway that wraps a headless payment provider's browser SDK so checkout runs on the store with no redirect, inline 3DS, plus a Shopify storefront to WooCommerce cart handoff and a WooCommerce to Shopify order sync that fires paid orders back over the Shopify Admin API. Specifics covered by NDA.
- + Payment processor approval and EU compliance hardening for an international DTC client in a regulated, high risk vertical, on the same headless CodeIgniter and React stack. Took the store from a failing processor readiness audit to submission ready: an 18 point requirement checklist closed in code, six GDPR and EU distance selling policy pages generated into the CMS and rendered dynamically from the business settings, a cookie consent gate, original AI generated imagery that passes reverse image checks, and a native pay by bank gateway built from scratch with HMAC signed webhooks alongside the existing Stripe, Mollie, and Viva Wallet integrations. Specifics covered by NDA.
- + WooCommerce to WooCommerce cart bridge plugin. Source only WordPress plugin shipped to a UK DTC retail client. Vanilla Web Component drawer cart intercepts native cart and checkout, maps local products to a partner store via post meta, and creates a real pending order on the destination via the stock WC REST API authenticated with an Application Password encrypted at rest (AES 256 GCM). Four checkout strategies, mobile first three tier responsive drawer with dark mode, full WP CLI parity, 108 PHPUnit tests at PHPStan level 6.
- + Current freelance engagement covering WordPress, WooCommerce, and Shopify work for a private retail client. Custom plugin development on the WordPress side and Shopify Liquid theme customization on the storefront side. Specifics covered by NDA.
- + Active engagements with international agencies and direct clients across Amsterdam, Paris, and Dubai. WordPress, WooCommerce, and Shopify Liquid stack with custom plugin and theme work.
- + Wellness platform build for a private client. Two custom WordPress plugins shipped: a pre approved date booking plugin that auto generates a Google Meet link per locked in slot, and an in site messaging plugin with admin moderated community group chat. Also authored a small set of health and wellness ebooks for the client's content library. Specifics covered by NDA.
- + Developed custom WordPress plugins and WooCommerce extensions for clients. Class booking systems, role based pricing extensions, WooCommerce POS sync bridges, Google Meet booking plugins, in site messaging and community group plugins, hybrid WordPress to Shopify ecommerce integrations, and a WooCommerce to WooCommerce cart bridge plugin for a UK DTC retail client running two storefronts under separate brands.
- + Built several browser based POS, DTR, and accounting systems for local businesses as standalone internal tools.
- + Notable projects: Timber City Academy (tca-butuan.edu.ph), St. Mary's School (sms.edu.ph), Bixby Knolls Flowers (WooCommerce), Innovative Martial Arts Australia, Natalie Totland Fit Lifestyle Norway.
WordPress
WooCommerce
Shopify
Shopify Liquid
CodeIgniter
PHP
REST API
HPOS
React 19
TypeScript
TanStack Start
Custom Plugins
WooCommerce Extensions
GDPR
Pay by Bank
Compliance
3DS
Shopify Admin API
Laravel
Filament
AWS SES
Multi-Tenant