About

Hi, I'm Raj Shah. WordPress engineer, team lead, and coffee regular.

Senior WordPress developer with 7+ years building high performance sites and leading delivery. Based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Working remotely with companies across the US, UK, Australia, and Ireland. I treat WordPress like a real stack, because that is how it behaves in production.

(04) ENGINEER Raj Shah
0 Years in WordPress
0 Projects shipped
0 Load cut (NU London)
0 Devs on the team I lead

How I work

Fix the business problem, then write the code

Name the real problem

Tickets are polite. I dig until we find the business pain the codebase is dancing around.

Plan, then quote

You get a clear technical plan and scope before anyone writes a pile of hopeful code.

Build with discipline

Custom themes or plugins, integrations, performance budgets, and staging that looks like production.

Ship and harden

Careful deploy, measure Core Web Vitals, leave your team able to run what we built.

What clients usually need from me

  • A site that loads fast enough that users stay
  • Custom themes or plugins you actually own
  • Integrations that do not break mobile or forms
  • A lead who can ship and keep the team sharp

Recent path

  • Digital Six (Australia): Team lead and senior WordPress developer
  • Hybrid (UK): WordPress developer and team lead on university platforms
  • Currently leading a team of 10 developers
  • Makura Creations: lead on high performance WP and WooCommerce
  • Kimber (Ireland): API ecommerce and custom sync plugins

Off the keyboard

Gym, trails, two wheels, then back to the repo

I think clearer after a hike. Gym and cycling keep the week balanced. Bring coffee recommendations. Leave the stiff corporate voice at the door.