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Maksym Rutkovskyi

@maksymrutkovskyi

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Senior WordPress developer and development head, building custom plugins and APIs.

Ukraine

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead WordPress-focused engineering, shaping architecture and delivery with a performance-first mindset, collaborating cross-functionally while building RESTful APIs and scalable cloud deployments.

I’m a Full-stack developer specializing in WordPress with 8+ years of experience, from scratch custom theme and plugin development to RESTful APIs and relational database work. I’m detail-oriented and enjoy turning complex requirements into clean, maintainable solutions.

Most recently, I’ve served as Head of Development & Partner, leading a cross-functional team of 10+ specialists and owning strategic decision-making, technical direction, and delivery. I’ve also grown development teams, driven planning and architecture, and focused on performance and scalability—while shipping products like my AI-powered WordPress SEO plugin and other high-impact WordPress initiatives.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Head of Development & Partner

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WP SEO AI

Sep 2023 - Present (2 years 9 months)

Led development of an AI-powered WordPress SEO/GEO optimization plugin, growing the team from 1 to 15 and reaching $10.5M ARR. Owned cross-functional delivery, architecture, and technical decision-making for a 10+ specialist team.

PHP Terraform Engineering Leadership System Architecture CI CD Performance Optimization

Senior WordPress Developer

Glomex GmbH

Feb 2022 - Jul 2023 (1 year 5 months)

Managed multiple WordPress environments provisioned with Terraform and deployed on AWS to support production operations for remote teams.

WordPress PHP AWS Terraform Nginx Linux CI CD

Middle WordPress Developer

Sigma Software Group

Apr 2021 - Feb 2022 (10 months)

Developed custom WordPress themes tailored to client requirements, partnering closely with design to implement responsive, maintainable solutions. Delivered scalable interfaces by working with WordPress and AngularJS.

PHP JavaScript AngularJS Responsive UI Performance Optimization Clean Architecture