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Full stack developer · Laravel, WordPress & AI-assisted engineering

I build AI-powered web applications and the systems behind them.

I build and maintain production web systems — Laravel backends, WordPress and WooCommerce engineering, API integrations, performance and security work — with AI doing the repetitive parts of delivery.

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  • Back-end architecture
  • AI-assisted development
  • WordPress plugin systems
  • API integrations

3 yrs

Building production web applications

15+

Production projects worked on

60%

Load-time reduction on audited sites

10+

Third-party APIs integrated

AI Automation & IntegrationLaravel & Backend ArchitectureWordPress & WooCommerce EngineeringAPI Integrations & AutomationPerformance, Security & RecoveryAI Automation & IntegrationLaravel & Backend ArchitectureWordPress & WooCommerce EngineeringAPI Integrations & AutomationPerformance, Security & Recovery

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Focus

The work I go deep on.

Five areas rather than a list of everything. Increasingly that means AI doing the repetitive part of delivery — wired into real production systems, not bolted on beside them.

AI Automation & Integration

Teams lose hours a week to work a machine should do — sorting enquiries, rewriting copy, pulling data out of documents. The hard part is connecting a language model to the systems already in production.

Approach

Wiring language models into an existing stack rather than adding another SaaS subscription: hosted models where that suits, self-hosted via Ollama where the data can't leave the infrastructure.

Outcome

Repetitive work runs unattended, sensitive data stays in-house, and the integration is owned outright rather than rented per seat.

  • LLM API integration (OpenAI, Claude)
  • Self-hosted models for private data
  • Document and content processing pipelines
  • Internal tooling and workflow automation

Laravel & Backend Architecture

An application that started small starts resisting every change. Logic is scattered through controllers, nobody knows what a change will break, and each feature takes longer than the last.

Approach

Restructuring around explicit service layers, repositories, and typed boundaries, so domain logic lives in one place and can be extended without archaeology.

Outcome

Adding a feature becomes bounded and predictable, and the next developer is productive without a week of hand-holding.

  • Service and repository layer design
  • Database schema and migration strategy
  • Authentication and authorisation flows
  • Refactoring plan for existing code

WordPress & WooCommerce Engineering

A build held together by fifteen plugins, each one a liability. Updates are frightening, checkout does almost what the business needs, and nobody can safely touch the theme.

Approach

Custom plugins and themes on a PSR-4 foundation with proper hook management — the same standards as any other PHP application. Third-party plugins get integrated deliberately, not accumulated.

Outcome

A WordPress install that is owned rather than rented: fewer moving parts, safe updates, and checkout that matches how the business actually sells.

  • Custom plugin and theme development
  • WooCommerce checkout and shipping logic
  • Plugin consolidation and dependency reduction
  • WordPress REST API and headless integrations

API Integrations & Automation

Two systems that should talk don't, so someone copies data between them by hand. Or the integration exists but fails silently, and the first sign of trouble is a customer complaint.

Approach

Integrations built to assume failure: retries, webhook handling, idempotent writes, and logs that say what broke at 2am.

Outcome

Manual data-shuffling disappears, and an upstream outage degrades visibly instead of losing records quietly.

  • Third-party and payment API integration
  • Webhook infrastructure and event handling
  • Reusable API adapter layers
  • Error handling, retries, and logging

Performance, Security & Recovery

Pages load too slowly and it costs conversions — or the site is compromised, flagged by Google, and has to be clean and trustworthy again quickly.

Approach

Performance: measure first, then fix the actual bottleneck rather than installing another caching plugin. Security: scope the compromise, clean it, close the entry point, harden against a repeat.

Outcome

A site fast enough to stop losing visitors, and one that can be left running without checking whether it has been defaced.

  • Performance audit with before/after measurements
  • Database query and asset optimisation
  • Malware cleanup and hardening
  • Ongoing monitoring setup
Selected work

Systems built to be maintained, not just shipped.

Plugins, frameworks and integrations running in production. Detailed case studies with measured results are in progress.

WordPress Plugin

WordPress Performance & Debloater Suite

An all-in-one WordPress plugin for speed and stability — disabling unnecessary core features, reducing HTTP requests, deferring scripts, and applying targeted optimizations to improve load times and Lighthouse scores out of the box.

  • PHP
  • WordPress
  • OOP
  • Composer
WordPress Engineering

PSR-4 Plugin & Theme Framework

A fully structured PSR-4 autoloaded foundation for building production-grade WordPress plugins and themes — featuring service providers, admin module separation, hook management, and reusable API adapters for faster, maintainable client delivery.

  • PHP
  • OOP
  • WordPress
  • Composer
  • PSR-4
Cross-Stack Development

Multi-Framework Project Contributions

Contributed across a breadth of production stacks including Next.js, React, Vue, Ruby on Rails, and Django — handling feature development, API integrations, and back-end modules as part of cross-functional teams.

  • Next.js
  • React
  • Vue
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Django
Expertise

Depth where it matters, breadth where it helps.

Grouped by the kind of problem each tool solves rather than by language, because that is how the work arrives.

Backend

PHP
OOP, PSR standards, Composer packages
Laravel
Service layers, repositories, queues, Eloquent
Node.js
Express APIs and service endpoints
REST APIs
Design, versioning, auth, webhook handling

WordPress

Plugin development
PSR-4 autoloaded, service-provider based
Theme development
Custom builds, no page-builder lock-in
WooCommerce
Checkout, shipping, and payment extensions
WP REST API
Headless and API-driven integrations

Data & Infrastructure

MySQL
Schema design, indexing, query optimisation
PostgreSQL
Relational modelling for Laravel services
GitLab CI/CD
Build, test, and deploy pipelines
Linux & CLI
Server administration, WP-CLI, shell tooling

Frontend & AI Tooling

React & Next.js
Component architecture and API integration
JavaScript
ES2020+, browser APIs, progressive enhancement
AI-assisted workflows
Claude, Cursor, OpenAI, local Ollama models
Performance tooling
Lighthouse, query profiling, asset budgets
Experience

Where the practice was built.

Production work across WordPress plugin systems, Laravel backends, API integrations, and performance engineering.

Full-Stack Developer

Digital Web Solutions Pvt. Ltd. · Gurugram, Haryana

Nov 2023 – Present

Trainee Developer

Digital Web Solutions Pvt. Ltd. · Gurugram, Haryana

Aug 2023 – Nov 2023
Contact

Get in touch.

Questions about the work here, something you want to talk through, or just saying hello — email is the fastest way to reach me.

Emailsalilsaurav.work@gmail.com
Phone+91 7701990393
LocationGurugram, Haryana

Happy to talk about Laravel and backend architecture, WordPress and WooCommerce internals, API design, or AI-assisted workflows.

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