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zuddin. WP & Shopify Engineer

WordPress, Shopify & Backend Engineering, crafted.

Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience architecting high-traffic WordPress platforms, bespoke Shopify stores, custom PHP APIs, and high-performance backend engines. Proven track record across 35+ production client sites shipped worldwide.

Stack:
PHP 8.3
WordPress / FSE
Shopify Liquid
WooCommerce
Laravel
MySQL
Redis Cache
Cloudflare
Docker
React / Gutenberg
Portrait of Zahid Uddin, Software Engineer Portrait of Zahid Uddin, Software Engineer
Zahid Uddin
Software Engineer · Dhaka, BD
8+ Yrs

// 01_about

Architecting scalable platforms with
zero compromise.

I specialize in backend engineering, custom WordPress theme/plugin systems, bespoke Shopify development, high-speed API endpoints, and database optimization. My focus is writing clean, maintainable code and delivering lightning-fast production platforms across both WordPress and Shopify.

8+
Years Backend Experience
35+
Production Sites Shipped
<100ms
Avg API & Server Response
95+
Core Web Vitals Scores

With over 8 years in commercial web development, I bridge the gap between heavy enterprise backend logic and smooth, high-converting client-facing platforms. Whether developing tailored WordPress & Gutenberg systems, architecting bespoke Shopify Liquid stores, building admission portals (Laravel + Vue), or scaling custom WooCommerce engines, I ensure peak speed, clean code, and intuitive editor workflows.

Whether working directly with product founders or within distributed Agile engineering squads using Jira, ClickUp, Bitbucket, and GitHub, I guarantee code reliability, tight security, and clean separation of concerns.

// 02_selected_work

Products, platforms, and client sites.

A curated showcase of 12 featured production platforms, custom WordPress themes, e-commerce architectures, and backend solutions shipped across US, EU, and global markets.

Envoc site preview
Headless CMS envoc.com

Envoc

Award-winning digital agency platform with component-based design systems, headless CMS architecture, and strict performance budget compliance achieving sub-second global rendering.

Headless Architecture Component Design Performance Budget
Little Rock Printing site preview
WooCommerce littlerockprinting.com

Little Rock Printing

Expansive commercial printing e-commerce platform with dynamic parametric quote calculators, real-time price matrix computation, and custom file upload proofing pipeline.

WooCommerce Dynamic Quoting Custom Calculator
Sixth & Rio site preview
WordPress sixthandrio.com

Sixth & Rio

High-end luxury condominium storytelling site with bespoke editorial layouts, interactive floor-plan explorers, and responsive media optimization without performance degradation.

Luxury Real Estate ACF Pro Visual Storytelling
Summit Federal Credit Union site preview
FinTech CMS summitfcu.org

Summit Federal Credit Union

Enterprise $1B+ banking platform with ADA-compliant accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), interactive loan calculators, dynamic rate tables, and secure online banking gateway.

FinTech WCAG AA Loan Calculator
Raydoor site preview
WordPress raydoor.com

Raydoor

Architectural sliding door system with custom product visualizer, spec generator, and Core Web Vitals remediation achieving zero cumulative layout shift.

Product Visualizer Custom Plugin CWV Optimization
Andover State Bank site preview
Banking CMS goasb.com

Andover State Bank

Commercial banking web platform with secure authentication handoff, financial product calculators, branch locator with geocoding, and strict compliance architecture.

Secure Banking Loan Tools FinTech CMS
Tower 56 NYC site preview
WordPress tower56nyc.com

Tower 56 NYC

Prestigious Manhattan Midtown office leasing presentation with interactive stacking plans, floor availability visualization, and architectural SVG overlays.

Commercial Realty Interactive Plans SVG Overlay
Book a Bubble (Germany & Switzerland) site preview
WooCommerce book-a-bubble.de

Book a Bubble (Germany & Switzerland)

Multi-region European glamping hospitality platform with calendar-based reservation engine, localized currency switching (EUR/CHF), and automated guest confirmation workflows.

Multi-Region Booking Engine Multi-Currency
Naturally NWA site preview
Headless WP naturallynwa.com

Naturally NWA

Decoupled headless WordPress content delivery pipeline with custom REST endpoints, Cloudflare edge caching, and sub-second page rendering across the directory.

Headless CMS REST API Edge Caching
The Bud Grower site preview
WooCommerce thebudgrower.com

The Bud Grower

Specialized horticulture WooCommerce platform with custom bundle configuration logic, Stripe & PayPal gateway bridges, and server-side OPcache tuning for high-volume sales.

WooCommerce Product Bundles Stripe Gateway
Modern Lights site preview
Shopify modernlights.com

Modern Lights

High-ticket luxury lighting D2C Shopify store demonstrating cross-platform versatility with custom Liquid templates, curated collection layouts, and premium visual merchandising.

Shopify Liquid High-AOV Luxury D2C
CA Flat Fee site preview
WordPress caflatfee.com

CA Flat Fee

High-converting real estate brokerage platform with dynamic commission savings calculator, custom ACF Pro content blocks, and bidirectional CRM lead capture automation.

Real Estate WP ACF Pro CRM Integration
Explore All 16+ Projects & Architecture Specifications →

// 03_services

Where I add the most value.

Focused WordPress, Shopify, and backend engineering services designed for business longevity, high performance, and rapid editor workflows.

01 / CMS & E-COMMERCE

WordPress & Shopify Engineering

Bespoke Full Site Editing (FSE) themes, custom Gutenberg blocks with ACF Pro, and tailored Shopify Liquid development with modular sections and zero page-builder bloat.

WordPress FSE Shopify Liquid ACF Pro Custom Themes
02 / BACKEND

PHP Architecture & REST APIs

Clean object-oriented PHP (OOP), secure custom REST API endpoints, webhooks, third-party CRM integrations, and relational MySQL database optimization.

PHP 8.3 REST API MySQL Indexing Laravel
03 / PERFORMANCE

Core Web Vitals & Caching

Server-level OPcache tuning, Redis Object Cache, Cloudflare edge caching rules, SQL query profiling, and asset pipeline minification for 95+ PageSpeed scores.

Redis Cache OPcache Cloudflare Core Web Vitals
04 / ARCHITECTURE

Headless CMS & Decoupled Platforms

Decoupled WordPress & Shopify storefront backends feeding modern React / Next.js frontends via GraphQL or REST APIs, combining editorial flexibility with cutting-edge UI speeds.

Headless WP Shopify Storefront Next.js WooCommerce

// 04_process

From architecture to scale.

A disciplined, transparent engineering methodology built for shipping rock-solid production software on time.

STAGE 01
30-45 MIN READY TO GO

Discovery & System Scoping

We review technical requirements, existing codebases, performance bottlenecks, and target user flows with clear next steps.

  • Scope & requirements doc
  • API & plugin dependency map
  • Timeline & milestone plan
STAGE 02
2-3 DAYS PLANNING

Architecture & Data Modeling

Mapping custom post types, ACF Pro fields schema, database indexing, caching strategies, and server configuration before coding.

  • ERD database schema
  • ACF / Gutenberg block spec
  • Security & server plan
STAGE 03
ITERATIVE BUILD

Core Backend & Theme Engineering

Clean PHP implementation, custom theme and plugin engineering, API integrations, and regular staging deployment previews.

  • Clean OOP PHP code
  • Figma-to-Gutenberg fidelity
  • Live staging previews
STAGE 04
1-2 DAYS QUALITY

Performance Tuning & Security Auditing

Query Monitor profiling, Redis object caching, OPcache verification, Lighthouse 95+ CWV optimization, and security hardening.

  • Query Monitor zero-slow query
  • Core Web Vitals green pass
  • Cloudflare WAF / SSL setup
STAGE 05
2 HOURS LAUNCH

Production Deployment & Hypercare

Zero-downtime DNS switchover, full documentation walkthrough for editors, and a 30-day warranty window for continuous stability.

  • Zero-downtime rollout
  • Editor training & docs
  • 30-day dedicated hypercare

// 05_architecture

Interactive Backend Profiler.

Inspect real-world backend architectures, caching benchmark telemetry, and clean OOP design patterns engineered by Zahid Uddin.

// Live Production Cache & DB Profiler Benchmark
> SYSTEM HEALTH: OPTIMAL (PHP 8.3.10-FPM + NGINX + Redis 7.2)
> DB ENGINE:     MySQL 8.0 with InnoDB Buffer Pool Tuning (4GB allocated)
> OPCACHE HIT:   99.82% (Memory Consumption: 48MB / 128MB)
> OBJECT CACHE:  99.41% (Redis in-memory hits across 42,000 keys)
> AVG DB QUERY:  0.0004s (0 slow queries recorded by Query Monitor)
> TTFB:          64ms via Cloudflare Edge Cache (Enterprise Tier)
64ms
Time to First Byte
99.4%
Redis Cache Hit Rate
0.0004s
Avg Query Duration
<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Zuddin\Core\Cache;

final class OptimizedQueryManager
{
    public function __construct(
        private readonly \Redis $redis,
        private readonly int $ttlSeconds = 3600
    ) {}

    public function remember(string $key, callable $fallback): mixed
    {
        $cached = $this->redis->get($key);
        if ($cached !== false) {
            return igbinary_unserialize($cached);
        }

        $data = $fallback();
        $this->redis->setex($key, $this->ttlSeconds, igbinary_serialize($data));
        return $data;
    }
}
// Custom High-Performance WP REST API Controller
add_action('rest_api_init', static function () {
    register_rest_route('zuddin/v1', '/inventory', [
        'methods'  => \WP_REST_Server::READABLE,
        'callback' => [InventoryController::class, 'getPayload'],
        'permission_callback' => [SecurityValidator::class, 'verifyHMAC'],
        'args'     => [
            'store_id' => ['required' => true, 'sanitize_callback' => 'absint'],
        ],
    ]);
});
// Google PageSpeed Insights & Lighthouse Metrics
> AUDIT TARGET:  Enterprise Production Build
> PERFORMANCE:   90+ / 100 (Green)
> ACCESSIBILITY: 90+ / 100 (Green)
> BEST PRACTICES:90+ / 100 (Green)
> SEO:           90+ / 100 (Green)
> LCP:           0.8s (Largest Contentful Paint)
> INP:           30ms  (Interaction to Next Paint)
> CLS:           0.005 (Cumulative Layout Shift)

// 06_career

Professional journey.

8+ years of engineering leadership, production delivery, and backend craftsmanship across industry agencies and institutions.

March 2024 — Present

Senior Software Engineer (Lead)

Mediusware Ltd · Bangladesh
  • Lead backend-focused WordPress development for custom themes, plugins, and scalable content platforms, serving as the primary technical anchor for high-traffic environments.
  • Secured top-tier Core Web Vitals and eliminated database bottlenecks by implementing advanced server-level caching hierarchies (Cloudflare, Redis/Object Cache, OPcache, and NGINX).
  • Engineered dynamic, decoupled content systems using React-driven Gutenberg blocks and ACF to support large-scale, flexible publishing workflows.
  • Managed zero-downtime CI/CD deployment pipelines and maintained absolute production stability across Git-based Linux and Docker environments.
  • Integrated AI-assisted development workflows (Copilot/Claude/Cursor) to automate boilerplate code generation, expedite debugging of complex hook interactions, and write comprehensive PHPUnit test suites, achieving a 3x velocity multiplier.
WordPress Architecture PHP 8.x Redis / OPcache Cloudflare CI/CD & Docker AI & PHPUnit
April 2022 — February 2024

Software Engineer (WordPress)

BluBird Interactive Ltd · Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Built custom WordPress themes and plugins from scratch utilizing clean OOP PHP, MySQL, and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
  • Architected complex backend functionality using the WordPress Hook system (Actions/Filters), custom post types, taxonomies, and optimized custom WP Queries.
  • Engineered secure, asynchronous third-party REST API integrations to seamlessly connect WordPress ecosystems with external CRMs (Salesforce, HubSpot) and payment gateways.
  • Managed sprint tasks and collaborative code reviews in Agile environments utilizing Git, Jira, and structured staging/production environments.
Custom Themes & Plugins REST APIs CRM Integrations OOP PHP Agile / Jira
March 2020 — March 2022

Backend Developer (PHP / WordPress)

Dynamicflow IT · Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Developed and maintained custom WordPress websites and plugins with focus on scalability, security, and performance.
  • Improved Core Web Vitals, SEO, and user experience through backend and template-level optimizations.
  • Diagnosed and resolved critical database bloat by writing custom SQL queries to purge legacy revision data and enforcing strict revision limits, which permanently restored visual editor functionality and reduced query overhead.
Custom WordPress Core Web Vitals SEO & Performance SQL Optimization
February 2018 — February 2020

Backend Developer

Northern University · Bangladesh
  • Maintained and optimized multiple university web platforms for performance and uptime.
  • Developed admission portals using Laravel and Vue.js to improve enrollment workflows.
  • Translated high-fidelity design mockups into a responsive, pixel-perfect frontend using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript to deliver an intuitive, user-friendly experience.
Laravel Vue.js MySQL Portal Architecture Responsive Frontend

// education

2016 — 2019

B.Sc. in Computer Science

Northern University Bangladesh

2011 — 2015

Diploma in Computer Engineering

Ahsanullah Institute of Technical & Vocational Education (AITVET)

2009 — 2011

Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C)

Bangladesh German Technical Training Center (BGTTC)

// 07_skills_matrix

Technical arsenal.

Comprehensive mastery of backend architectures, CMS platforms, caching infrastructure, and modern deployment toolchains.

WordPress & Shopify Architecture

Custom Theme Development Shopify Liquid Shopify Store Customization Custom Plugins React-Driven Gutenberg ACF Pro WP Query & Hooks REST API WooCommerce

Backend & Infrastructure

PHP 8.x (OOP) MySQL Laravel Bash / Shell Scripting WP-CLI & SSH Salesforce API HubSpot API

Frontend & UI Execution

JavaScript (ES6+) React.js Tailwind CSS HTML5 / CSS3 Sass / SCSS

Performance & DevOps

Linux & Docker Git & GitHub CI/CD Pipelines Core Web Vitals Cloudflare CDN Redis / Object Cache OPcache & NGINX WordPress VIP / WP Engine

AI-Augmented Engineering

GitHub Copilot Claude 3.5 ChatGPT Rapid Boilerplate Generation Automated PHPUnit Tests Stack-Trace Debugging

// 08_testimonials

What teams and clients say.

Feedback from product owners, tech leads, and long-term agency collaborators.

“Zahid’s understanding of WordPress backend architecture is phenomenal. He took our complex custom post and ACF requirements and turned them into clean, super-fast Gutenberg blocks without adding any plugin bloat.”

AK
Agency Technical Director
Collaborator on Multiple WP Builds

“Exceptional dedication and clean PHP code. Zahid optimized our WooCommerce checkout flow and caching layers, cutting our server response times in half during peak seasonal sale traffic.”

MR
E-Commerce Brand Manager
US Retail Client

“Always reliable, communicative, and punctual with sprint deliverables. Zahid is a true problem solver who takes ownership of complex backend problems and delivers bulletproof solutions.”

SH
Senior Project Manager
Mediusware Ltd

Let's build something scalable.

Open to senior backend engineering roles, custom WordPress consulting, and long-term contracts for clients across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

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