- Full-stack web developer
- Sébastien Dumont
- United Kingdom
Technical Skills
Code languages: PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SCSS
Architecture: REST APIs, Headless, WooCommerce, Multisite
Frameworks: WordPress (incl. Gutenberg), jQuery
Data: MySQL
Tooling: Git, Composer, WP-CLI, NPM, Claude AI
Career Summary
Two decades in web development, self-taught, WordPress since 2007. I take prototypes to fully developed products fast, and I’ve tackled challenges where others failed.
Experience
Platform API Lead Developer – Perfect Checkout, Inc
United States, Remote
Nov 2021 – Dec 2023
- In charge of developing and optimising a REST API to perform fast for a single page checkout experience built with React.
- Handled internal infrastructure for the platform that were not readily available within WordPress.
- Supported merchants by helping them connect to the platform via WordPress with our plugin.
- Was “Project Manager” organising the team’s priority tasks day to day, reviewing code and auditing.
WordPress Developer – Pragmatic
United Kingdom, Remote
October 2019
- Took a proof of concept into a fully fledged product.
- Solved key areas of technical complexity for the Gutenberg block editor of WordPress.
- Supported the ability to monetize all or partial web content via the plugin developed.
Project: https://wordpress.org/plugins/coil-web-monetization/
We brought Sébastien in to work on a contract basis on a WordPress plugin project for us, due to his extensive experience in this area. My experience of working with Seb has been fantastic. He quickly came to understand the requirements and specific challenges of our project, and the particular priorities for us in terms of delivery timescales. He worked on a proof of concept, testing out key areas of technical complexity, but the plugin code he developed ended up being much closer to the fully fledged product than we’d been anticipating. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Sébastien to anyone for any WordPress development projects, and hope to work with him myself again in the future.
Gareth Jenkinsart
I found Seb after following his contributions to the WordPress community. I was impressed with his commitment to a variety of projects, and passion for enhancing WordPress.
Seb joined Pragmatic to work on a MVP for a plugin. We were impressed with how quickly Seb onboarded and started solving some of the tricky challenges we faced. Seb was committed and always showed fast progress. Seb showed strong problem solving and development skills, and was able to work in a self-contained manner, leading his own work.
We were able to get a finished proof of concept, that was well tested completed in a very quick time frame. This was a fantastic win for the agency and our client. Seb is a very useful person to call on, and I’m sure we’ll engage with him again!
Tom Chute
WordPress Contractor – Codeable
United Kingdom, Remote
Mar 2015 – Oct 2018
Web Designer and WordPress Developer – Remy
United States, Remote
Jan 2016 – Mar 2016
- Was in charge of designing and developing an easy to use cooking ordering service with WooCommerce that sell meals to the local community.
WordPress Developer – Koreaboo
San Francisco, California, United States, Remote
April 2015
- Was tasked to make posts inject one after the other as users scrolled to the end of each post to keep the readers engaged.
- Increased the sites pageviews by 30% after just 1 week of implementation.
Projects
Founder and Head Developer – CoCart Headless, LLC
United States, Remote
August 2023 to Now
Project 1 | CoCart
Create custom storefronts for web, mobile, and beyond with CoCart. WooCommerce headless commerce gives you full control over your buyer and developer experiences, and inherits with your existing setup.
Project 2 | Frosty Cache
Caches WordPress REST API responses as static JSON files and serves them before the database even loads. Once cached the response times are ridiculously fast. Perfect for people that want to build headless WordPress or eCommerce websites.