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About

I’m interested in solving problems in the content and distribution space (creator economy, e-commerce, publishing…). Mainly because I have skin in the game: I create, sell, and publish online myself. You can say I understand the audience.

Full-stack Payments Expansion Engineer – WooCommerce Payments

December 2022 – Present

Focusing on expanding WooCommerce Payments to new markets, adding new payment methods (Tap to Pay, Stripe Link…), and language localization/internationalization.

Technologies: PHP, JS/React, MySQL, Stripe Connect, and Stripe API.


Full-stack Payments Engineer – WooCommerce Payments

January 2022 – December 2022

Helping merchants sell online by making WooCommerce Payments a better product. Working on both the server and client code. Examples of projects I worked on are payment authorizations and fraud prevention.

Technologies: PHP, JS/React, MySQL, Stripe Connect, and Stripe API.


Product Engineer for Headless CMS – WordPress.com VIP

February 2021 – January 2022

Doing market research to understand customers’ needs, the current offerings, and what the best product looks like. Then working closely with selected customers to validate ideas and help create a Headless CMS product from scratch.

Technologies: Node.js, JS/React/Next.JS, Product Thinking, and Market Research.


Full-stack (Platform) Engineer – WordPress.com VIP

July 2018 – February 2021

Working on the WordPress VIP platform, home to the busiest websites on earth. Working on client-facing tools, platform orchestration, and internal tooling.

Technologies: Node.js, PHP, JS/React, MySQL, and DevOps.


You can find a list of my personal projects in my portfolio.