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Kumar Desai

Kumar Desai

Web Developer
Mill Valley,CA

Summary

Results-driven and detail-oriented Full-Stack Web Developer with extensive experience in designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance websites. Expertise in custom theme and plugin development, ensuring seamless, visually appealing user experiences. Skilled in collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet project goals and deadlines. Seeking to bring my technical proficiency and creative expertise to a dynamic team, contributing innovative, user-friendly web solutions.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Full Stack Web Developer

Luminii
04.2024 - 01.2025
  • Built a WordPress website custom theme for a Mid-western lighting company
  • Built a custom website that generates a site of around 1200 pages
  • Built a custom product filtering system in JavaScript to allow users to easily find products based on a set of product features
  • Solved a data storage problem by moving all images and documentation to the cloud
  • Files are served from a third-party storage vendor – considerably reducing bandwidth and storage costs
  • Security – Implemented SSL security and ensured the code was protected from various security threats
  • I also implemented a back-up schedule to restore the site if needed
  • Custom code: The site was hand-coded to best practices in: SCSS/CSS, JavaScript, HTML, PHP and MySql
  • Set up a twice monthly release schedule that coordinates development work, keeps our Git repository updated and ensures thorough QA testing before launch.
  • Tech Stack: HTML/CSS, Apache, Linux, SCSS, Git/GitHub, WebPack, Node.js, PHP, JavaScript, JQuery, MySQL, Adobe XD, GulpJS

Senior Web Developer

MOTORSPORTS MARKET
07.2023 - 03.2024
  • Maintain the main company website and SASS application
  • Built the custom theme from graphic design comps
  • Re-engineered and customized an online course-taking applicaiton to match the administrative needs of the client
  • Installed functionality to assist website management, maintenance, security, functionality, and content creation
  • Configured and installed Linux Apache servers to set up the web environment to host the website.
  • Updated software, secured applications, and removed outdated functionality
  • Set up security software according to best practices to protect the website against hackers and malware
  • Tech Stack: WordPress, HTML/CSS, Apache, Linux, SCSS, Git/GitHub, WebPack, Node.js, PHP, JavaScript, JQuery, MySQL, Photoshop, Zeplin, Figma, Adobe XD, Responsive code, REST APIs, Headless CMS

Front End Engineer

WILLIAMS-SONOMA
04.2021 - 06.2023
  • Assisted in over 24 major releases over two years of Vue.js-based updates to the main Williams-Sonoma web code
  • Implemented over 70 dynamic new features for Vue.js-based product pages on 7 Williams-Sonoma websites
  • Web features included banner images, text areas, price and discounts, product specifications, product variants, delivery information, promotional areas, product availability information, pop-out windows, type-ahead search, customer interaction, chat functions, live price updating based on user selections, carousels, and slideshows
  • Vue.js website pages including the homepages with customer-based variations, category list pages, product pages, shopping cart, checkout, and sales complete pages
  • Interacted with REST APIs for standard CRUD operations to access production, sales, customer, and branding information as well as track customer progress and sales conversions
  • Assisted in A/B testing of new pre-production features written in vanilla JavaScript and tested via Adobe Target
  • Assisted in extensive Q/A testing of pre-production and productized features using unit and E2E testing
  • Tech Stack: Vue.js, JavaScript, Node.js, HTML, CSS, SASS, Webpack, Git, GitHub, Adobe Target, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Docker

Senior Web Developer

LIVERAMP
08.2018 - 03.2021
  • Maintained 10 international WordPress installations with locations in North America, Asia, Europe, and Australia
  • Re-engineered 8 separate websites into a single WordPress Multisite that allowed the marketing department to create and manage a network of multiple websites via a single WordPress dashboard
  • Installed over 30 WordPress plugins to assist website management, maintenance, security, functionality, and content creation
  • Created several custom WordPress plugins to allow the marketing department to extract and analyze data collected from customer website interactions
  • Created 11 custom themes from graphic design comps to install into WordPress as marketing sites for company events
  • Configured and installed Linux Apache servers to set up the web environments to host WordPress marketing websites
  • Set up security software according to WordPress best practices to protect the website against hackers and malware
  • Took care of all server and database maintenance tasks such as updating software, securing applications and removing outdated functionality
  • Tech Stack: WordPress, Multi-site, HTML/CSS, Apache, Linux, SCSS, Git/GitHub, WebPack, Node.js, PHP, JavaScript, JQuery, MySQL, Photoshop, Zeplin, Figma, Adobe XD, Responsive code, REST APIs, Headless CMS

Full-Stack PHP Engineer

VISA
04.2016 - 08.2018
  • Company Overview: https://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/
  • Built a 700-page information website
  • Built the site on top of the PHP Laravel framework
  • Configured the server environment which included setting up Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP and installing Laravel
  • Custom built security solutions to meet the considerable security requirements for Visa
  • The site needed to be protected against Cross-Site Request Forgery, Denial of Service, Brute Force Attacks etc
  • Https://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/
  • Tech Stack: PHP, Apache, Laravel MVC framework, jQuery, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, MySql, Linux, Apache, Eloquent ORM

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Interdisciplinary Studies: CS, Math, Psychology

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Skills

  • Full-stack programming
  • HTML/CSS
  • SCSS
  • PHP
  • MySql
  • VueJs
  • JavaScript
  • WebPack
  • NodeJs
  • Rest APIs
  • NoSql
  • Git/GitHub
  • LAMP environment
  • WordPress
  • Laravel

Work Status

US Citizen

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Senior Full Stack Web Developer

Luminii
04.2024 - 01.2025

Senior Web Developer

MOTORSPORTS MARKET
07.2023 - 03.2024

Front End Engineer

WILLIAMS-SONOMA
04.2021 - 06.2023

Senior Web Developer

LIVERAMP
08.2018 - 03.2021

Full-Stack PHP Engineer

VISA
04.2016 - 08.2018

Bachelor of Arts - Interdisciplinary Studies: CS, Math, Psychology

University of California, Berkeley

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