Ivan Galambos

Led the in-house transition to Magento 2, delivering 20% annual cost savings and doubling organic traffic within one year; optimised caching and SEO contributing to record Black Friday sales while managing major incidents end-to-end.

Provided software consultancy and engineering services across e-commerce and CMS projects, delivering bespoke solutions and overseeing technical delivery since founding the company.

Delivered senior engineering contract work across two e-commerce projects including multi-currency preparation, caching implementations and Speculation Rules API integration for WordPress/WooCommerce.

Served as Tech Lead and senior Magento developer, optimising sites for Black Friday and resolving long-standing B2B invoicing issues to stabilise client commerce operations.

Provided contract Tech Lead services as a senior Magento2 developer, leading engineering efforts and delivering high-quality e-commerce solutions.

Led migration from Magento 1 to Magento 2 as Tech Lead and senior developer, driving architecture and development to ensure a successful platform transition.

Led Magento migration projects from M1 to M2 and mentored remote developers to raise code quality and delivery standards across the team.

Provided Magento consultancy to enhance payment gateway functionality on Magento 1 codebase, improving payment integrations and reliability.

Led migrations to Magento 2 and architected new Magento 2 projects while mentoring remote developers to deliver high-quality commerce solutions for clients.

Managed migration from Magento 1 to Magento 2 and served as sole developer/architect during a staffing reduction, delivering critical backend and frontend work and optimisation projects.

Served as lead eCommerce engineer, optimised Magento to meet business needs, achieved PCI-compliance and recommended downgrading to Magento Community which produced substantial cost savings.

Provided lead Magento development and architecture for major clients, notably supporting Punch Taverns through acquisition and contributing to new business bids.

Promoted to Technical Lead/Architect, delivered high-quality, reliable code for high-traffic clients and led optimisation and algorithm development for key projects.

Became Magento Technical Lead and backend developer servicing enterprise clients, improving sites and business processes for clients like the LDS Church.

Volunteered to translate the CS50 online course into Croatian for edX, improving accessibility of course content for Croatian speakers.

Worked as a Magento backend developer on integrations including WordPress API and ERP integrations, and developed tracking and analytics modules for Magento.

Built bespoke PHP web applications and e-commerce solutions, including portals for food ordering, car sales and driving test preparation while developing custom CMS and e-commerce platforms.

Taught PHP, JavaScript, MySQL and XML technologies in private education, designing curriculum and delivering practical web development training.

Earned the Certified ScrumMaster credential from Scrum Alliance in 2015.

Completed multiple Magento certifications (Developer 2012; Certified Developer Plus, Solution Specialist, Front-end Developer in 2015) via PROMETRIC.

Obtained Zend Certified Engineer (PHP 5.3) certification (PROMETRIC license ZEND020696) in 2013.

Completed a Bachelor of Mathematics (univ. bacc. math) with main studies in natural science and mathematics between 2005 and 2009.