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James Peterson

@jamespeterson

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Lead WordPress developer focused on secure, high-performance plugins, themes, and scalable web solutions.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role building secure, scalable WordPress and web applications where I can lead technical teams, improve performance, and deliver business-driven solutions.

I am a disciplined, results-driven WordPress developer with proven experience designing and deploying custom plugins and themes for high-traffic sites. I specialize in PHP, OOP, RESTful API integrations, and modern front-end frameworks, and I emphasize secure, performant, and user-centered solutions.

As a lead developer I have mentored teams, implemented CI/CD to reduce downtime, coordinated with editorial and product stakeholders, and improved database and application performance to meet business goals. I thrive in Agile environments and value continuous learning and code quality.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Lead WordPress Developer

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Nation Media Group

Feb 2021 - Present (4 years 8 months)

Designed and deployed custom WordPress plugins for high-traffic news platforms, led a developer team to improve code quality, and implemented CI/CD deployments to reduce release downtime.

WordPress PHP CI CD MySQL RESTful APIs Performance Optimization

WordPress Developer

Kenya Airways

Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 (2 years)

Built custom CMS features and responsive interfaces for internal and public websites, improved database efficiency to reduce query response time, and conducted security scans with mitigations.