I'm Pratik Vaja, a Senior WordPress Engineer with 13+ years of experience building high-performance, scalable, and secure WordPress solutions for global clients. I specialize in custom theme and plugin development, performance optimization, API integrations, and complex WordPress architectures, and I thrive working with distributed remote teams to deliver production-ready results aligned with business goals.

Pratik Vaja

I'm Pratik Vaja, a Senior WordPress Engineer with 13+ years of experience building high-performance, scalable, and secure WordPress solutions for global clients. I specialize in custom theme and plugin development, performance optimization, API integrations, and complex WordPress architectures, and I thrive working with distributed remote teams to deliver production-ready results aligned with business goals.

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I’m Pratik Vaja, a Senior WordPress Engineer with 13+ years of experience building high-performance, scalable, and secure WordPress solutions for global clients. I specialize in custom theme and plugin development, performance optimization, API integrations, and complex WordPress architectures, and I thrive working with distributed remote teams to deliver production-ready results aligned with business goals.

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Language

English
Fluent
Gujarati
Advanced

Work Experience

Freelance WordPress Developer at WordPress Capital
April 1, 2025 - Present
Freelance WordPress development; project planning, design, development and client coordination; setting up modern web apps and delivering on client requirements.
Project Manager / Developer at WordPress Capital
February 1, 2021 - August 2, 2024
End-to-end project management for WordPress-based projects; client communication; team coordination; project delivery.
Technical Project Manager (Part-time) at Skystis InfoTech LLP
September 1, 2020 - May 31, 2021
End-to-end project planning; requirement analysis; coordinate with development and design teams; Agile governance.
WP Project Coordinator at Netstar Overseas Services LLP
October 1, 2017 - July 31, 2020
Managed internal WordPress projects; contributed to intranet site on Oracle NetSuite; data processing and reporting.
Team Lead at Next Design
October 1, 2016 - October 31, 2017
Led a small team; managed client engagements; worked on WordPress, Joomla, Magento, and other design tasks; delivered projects on time.
Senior PHP Developer / Team Lead at MSPC Concepts Pvt Ltd
November 1, 2012 - December 31, 2016
Senior PHP developer; led a small team; contributed across multiple web projects using PHP, WordPress, Joomla, Magento, and related stacks.
PHP Trainee at Ruma Infosys
November 1, 2011 - January 31, 2012
Trainee role focusing on PHP basics; exposure to WordPress, Joomla, Magento; contributed to various small projects.
WordPress Co-ordinator at Netstar Overseas LLC
September 2, 2020 - May 2, 2021
Maintain and enhance enterprise WordPress systems.
Assistant Project Manager at ITRD Solution LLP
October 2, 2017 - July 2, 2020
Led multi-technology projects including PHP, WordPress, Joomla, and Magento. Managed a team of developers and coordinated long-term government-related projects. Delivered high-impact solutions during business-critical timelines.
Senior PHP / WordPress Developer at MSPC Concepts Pvt. Ltd.
January 2, 2012 - December 2, 2016
Delivered high-impact solutions during business-critical timelines; Led architecture → development → deployment lifecycle; Improved page speed, SEO, performance and collaborating with designers, QA, and stakeholders.
PHP Developer at Agile Infoways Pvt. Ltd.
February 1, 2011 - January 31, 2012
Developed custom PHP and WordPress-based solutions; front-end-back-end integration; WordPress themes, plugins, hooks, REST API; PHP OOP, MVC, custom frameworks; MySQL optimization; WooCommerce, eCommerce integrations.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) at Gujarat University
January 11, 2030 - December 25, 2025
Bachelor of Commerce at Gujarat University, India
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2009

Qualifications

PMP Certification Training
January 1, 2023 - December 25, 2024
Not completed
TRAINING
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2026
Continuous professional development in WordPress, PHP, and performance engineering

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics, Media & Entertainment

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