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Hi, I'm Nikole Garcia, a seasoned WordPress, PHP, and full-stack specialist based in Eugene, Oregon. I pride myself on crafting efficient, scalable web solutions that balance innovation with stability, ensuring low tech debt and outstanding user experiences. I enjoy collaborating closely with teams, listening empathetically, and finding solutions for even the toughest technical challenges. With a career spanning over 20 years, I've worked extensively across front-end and back-end development, supporting marketing initiatives, legal compliance, and multi-language site management. I also have a passion for helping small businesses, especially women- and minority-owned companies, by bridging gaps and rounding out their digital offerings with solid development expertise.…Hi, I'm Nikole Garcia, a seasoned WordPress, PHP, and full-stack specialist based in Eugene, Oregon. I pride myself on crafting efficient, scalable web solutions that balance innovation with stability, ensuring low tech debt and outstanding user experiences. I enjoy collaborating closely with teams, listening empathetically, and finding solutions for even the toughest technical challenges. With a career spanning over 20 years, I've worked extensively across front-end and back-end development, supporting marketing initiatives, legal compliance, and multi-language site management. I also have a passion for helping small businesses, especially women- and minority-owned companies, by bridging gaps and rounding out their digital offerings with solid development expertise.

Nikole Garcia

Web Developer, Full Stack Developer, Programmer, +1

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Hi, I'm Nikole Garcia, a seasoned WordPress, PHP, and full-stack specialist based in Eugene, Oregon. I pride myself on crafting efficient, scalable web solutions that balance innovation with stability, ensuring low tech debt and outstanding user experiences. I enjoy collaborating closely with teams, listening empathetically, and finding solutions for even the toughest technical challenges. With a career spanning over 20 years, I've worked extensively across front-end and back-end development, supporting marketing initiatives, legal compliance, and multi-language site management. I also have a passion for helping small businesses, especially women- and minority-owned companies, by bridging gaps and rounding out their digital offerings with solid development expertise.…Hi, I'm Nikole Garcia, a seasoned WordPress, PHP, and full-stack specialist based in Eugene, Oregon. I pride myself on crafting efficient, scalable web solutions that balance innovation with stability, ensuring low tech debt and outstanding user experiences. I enjoy collaborating closely with teams, listening empathetically, and finding solutions for even the toughest technical challenges. With a career spanning over 20 years, I've worked extensively across front-end and back-end development, supporting marketing initiatives, legal compliance, and multi-language site management. I also have a passion for helping small businesses, especially women- and minority-owned companies, by bridging gaps and rounding out their digital offerings with solid development expertise.

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Hi, I’m Nikole Garcia, a seasoned WordPress, PHP, and full-stack specialist based in Eugene, Oregon. I pride myself on crafting efficient, scalable web solutions that balance innovation with stability, ensuring low tech debt and outstanding user experiences. I enjoy collaborating closely with teams, listening empathetically, and finding solutions for even the toughest technical challenges.

With a career spanning over 20 years, I’ve worked extensively across front-end and back-end development, supporting marketing initiatives, legal compliance, and multi-language site management. I also have a passion for helping small businesses, especially women- and minority-owned companies, by bridging gaps and rounding out their digital offerings with solid development expertise.

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Work Experience

Contract WordPress Web Developer at California Closets

April 30, 2025 - July 28, 2025

Participated in the migration from old to new site. Developed landing pages, performed reviews and QA, advised on SEO best practices, troubleshooted functionality and performance issues, created pages in multiple languages, and gave design feedback.

Web Manager at NanoString Technologies, Inc.

July 31, 2024 - July 28, 2025

Oversaw the transition of the company reflected on the website with content, legal copy, and graphic changes. Created landing pages and templates for the marketing team's events. Monitored site and server errors, investigated problems, and applied fixes quickly. Fulfilled requests from the marketing team for content changes. Worked with legal team to respond to ongoing litigation changes with modifications to terms and site functionality. Designed functionality to import posts from another site and make them work with our own. Made decisions on cost savings by analyzing current service usage and alternatives.

Senior Web Developer, Marketing at NanoString Technologies, Inc.

January 31, 2024 - July 28, 2025

Partnered within the digital marketing team to integrate the site with SEO, social media, PR, and other efforts. Improved the site’s overall Core Web Vitals scores, page speed, and loading times. Monitored site and server errors, applying fixes quickly. Created new features (custom post types and taxonomies, user flows, backend processing) as requested by grant support, outreach, and outside marketing teams. Collaborated with the legal team on geofencing directives for specific content, ensuring no further litigation.

Your WordPress Hero at That Super Girl

January 1, 2005 - Present

Filled the gaps in the small business world by solving the problems that no one else can (or wanted to). Built new sites to designer's specifications, and added new features to existing sites as requested by the site owner. Addressed hosting issues and made hosting recommendations to improve website performance. Secured websites and other tech services, including post-hack repairs and complete virus removal. Performed site speed audits, and made recommendations or repairs as requested by site owner. Supported other professionals (VAs, designers, marketers) by rounding out their service offerings with direct development services. Worked with many women- and minority-owned businesses due to understanding their needs and providing empathetic listening.

Senior Web Developer at 3 Media Web

October 31, 2022 - July 28, 2025

Provided website development services in an agency environment to a variety of clients. Mentored junior staff to build new skills and explore new areas of technology. Drove new tech initiatives within the company, such as the development of an internal theme templating system. Made small improvements wherever possible, such as upgrading packages or cleaning up code whenever time and budget allowed for it. Collaborated directly with clients where needed to help plan and prioritize projects, discuss possibilities, and find ways to increase the usefulness of their technology.

Senior WordPress Developer at New Directions in Computing

April 30, 2022 - July 28, 2025

Provided custom contract development services for corporate clients. Drove team efforts modernize development process, such as adding version control and establishing workflows. Created custom functionality for WordPress and WooCommerce in accordance with client requests and technical specifications.

Lead Developer at Member Splash

December 31, 2021 - July 28, 2025

Developed a custom WordPress plugin as a service, providing membership management and e-commerce services to private pool managers. Improved development workflow process to increase velocity and productivity. Refactored codebase to better organize code components for team comprehension and increase productivity.

Senior Software Developer Contractor at Inseego Corp

August 31, 2021 - July 28, 2025

Provided full-stack development services for enterprise and government telecommunications contracts. Created new functionality using PHP and Vue. Created SQL scripts to drive the migration of hundreds of thousands of sensitive telecomm records from older to newer systems while not losing historical data points. Recruited and mentored new junior engineers. Participated in all stages of Scrum, from the development and grooming of new tickets to the feedback cycles after each sprint.

WordPress Engineer at X-Team

June 30, 2020 - July 28, 2025

Delivered optimized, native WordPress experiences to enterprise clients. Created WordPress code features for both an internal and external system for a large private school system. Added language translation capabilities to a Headless WordPress stack. Collaborated on international projects with async working in multiple time zones. Worked with many stakeholders to conceptualize a new WordPress project from the ground up. Improved internal company functions through our own JavaScript codebase. Participated in many online team activities in an effort to create a cohesive working environment and boost morale during the pandemic.