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I’m a full-stack web developer with 8+ years of experience building and modernizing production PHP and WordPress applications. I specialize in custom WordPress themes and plugins, Laravel-based solutions, and PHP/MySQL backend engineering—often taking legacy projects and turning them into faster, more maintainable platforms. I enjoy partnering with stakeholders and distributed teams to deliver real-world software used by many users. From CI/CD pipelines and automated cron jobs to performance tuning, SEO improvements, and clean technical documentation, I focus on shipping reliable features that reduce deployment issues, improve speed, and make sites easier to manage.…I’m a full-stack web developer with 8+ years of experience building and modernizing production PHP and WordPress applications. I specialize in custom WordPress themes and plugins, Laravel-based solutions, and PHP/MySQL backend engineering—often taking legacy projects and turning them into faster, more maintainable platforms. I enjoy partnering with stakeholders and distributed teams to deliver real-world software used by many users. From CI/CD pipelines and automated cron jobs to performance tuning, SEO improvements, and clean technical documentation, I focus on shipping reliable features that reduce deployment issues, improve speed, and make sites easier to manage.

Melquiv Vunge

Web Developer, Full Stack Developer, Back-End Developer, +2

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I’m a full-stack web developer with 8+ years of experience building and modernizing production PHP and WordPress applications. I specialize in custom WordPress themes and plugins, Laravel-based solutions, and PHP/MySQL backend engineering—often taking legacy projects and turning them into faster, more maintainable platforms. I enjoy partnering with stakeholders and distributed teams to deliver real-world software used by many users. From CI/CD pipelines and automated cron jobs to performance tuning, SEO improvements, and clean technical documentation, I focus on shipping reliable features that reduce deployment issues, improve speed, and make sites easier to manage.…I’m a full-stack web developer with 8+ years of experience building and modernizing production PHP and WordPress applications. I specialize in custom WordPress themes and plugins, Laravel-based solutions, and PHP/MySQL backend engineering—often taking legacy projects and turning them into faster, more maintainable platforms. I enjoy partnering with stakeholders and distributed teams to deliver real-world software used by many users. From CI/CD pipelines and automated cron jobs to performance tuning, SEO improvements, and clean technical documentation, I focus on shipping reliable features that reduce deployment issues, improve speed, and make sites easier to manage.

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I’m a full-stack web developer with 8+ years of experience building and modernizing production PHP and WordPress applications. I specialize in custom WordPress themes and plugins, Laravel-based solutions, and PHP/MySQL backend engineering—often taking legacy projects and turning them into faster, more maintainable platforms.

I enjoy partnering with stakeholders and distributed teams to deliver real-world software used by many users. From CI/CD pipelines and automated cron jobs to performance tuning, SEO improvements, and clean technical documentation, I focus on shipping reliable features that reduce deployment issues, improve speed, and make sites easier to manage.

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Senior WordPress Developer at In All Media (contracted to Indeed United States)

March 1, 2024 - Present

Architected and shipped custom WordPress themes and plugins for enterprise clients on WPEngine using a reusable, hook-based component library that reduced template build time by 40%. Reduced release time and deployment errors by 50% by designing and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines and automated cron-based jobs. Delivered 25+ requirements per sprint by translating stakeholder needs into maintainable PHP/MySQL solutions while sustaining a 98% on-time delivery rate. Improved page-load performance and SEO rankings across 20+ client sites by refactoring legacy templates and optimizing database queries.

Senior WordPress Developer at In all Media / Indeed

March 1, 2024 - Present

Negotiation with clients. Custom WordPress development (themes and plugins, templates, hooks, WPEngine).

WordPress Developer at Hogarth

April 1, 2023 - March 1, 2024

Backend and frontend development of WordPress websites; theme development; plugin development; migration and SEO optimization; content management; updates and support.

PHP Developer at TITAN SOFTWARE

September 1, 2022 - April 1, 2023

Resolving and assisting in calls; creation of screens and new functions; reporting; migration from PHP 5 to PHP 8; Technologies: HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, MVC, OOP, AJAX.

Web Developer at Vepcom Lda (Angola)

June 1, 2020 - June 1, 2022

Requirements analysis; full stack development (PHP, HTML5, JavaScript); CSS3 and Bootstrap; SQL database administration; error resolution; documentation.

Back End Developer at Muango Brain (Angola)

August 1, 2019 - October 31, 2019

Requirements analysis; verify that all requirements are fulfilled; testing and error correction; scope expansion by customer request.

Full Stack Developer at Voraltex (Namibia)

January 1, 2018 - November 1, 2018

Requirements analysis; full stack development with PHP, HTML5, JavaScript; Bootstrap; SQL database modeling; error resolution; documentation.

Full Stack Laravel & WordPress Developer at Freelance / Independent Contractor

January 1, 2017 - August 31, 2022

Developed and maintained Laravel and WordPress applications for large nonprofit fundraising platforms serving thousands of participants. Built Laravel features including payment workflows, reporting tools, donor management, and administrative dashboards. Developed custom WordPress themes and plugins, integrated REST APIs, and implemented ACF-powered content management features. Enhanced payment processing and fundraising tools (promotional campaigns, volunteer management, and participant experiences) while collaborating with product managers, designers, QA engineers, and developers in Agile. Conducted code reviews, bug fixes, production deployments, and continuous platform improvements. Also delivered 60+ full-stack WordPress builds end-to-end with a 75% repeat-client rate, led projects from requirements to deployment in 3–4 weeks on average, designed and modeled SQL databases, maintained 40+ live applications with scheduled backups/updates, and sustained 99.9% uptime.

Full stack Developer at Contractor

January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2022

Negotiation with clients. Requirements Analysis with the client. Development of the prototype (Layout). Full stack web development with PHP, HTML5, JavaScript, Sass. CSS3 e Bootstrap. Build WordPress theme and Plugin. SEO. Version control using Git. Administration and modeling of SQL database. Resolve Errors and Update Web Applications and Wordpress. Maintenance (Backup). Development of the Documentation of all applications.

Full stack Developer at Contra tor

January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2022

Negotiation with clients. Requirements analysis; prototype development; full stack web development (PHP, HTML5, JavaScript, Sass); CSS3 and Bootstrap; WordPress theme and plugin development; SEO; Git; SQL database administration; maintenance; documentation.