Ahamed Arshad
Senior Software Engineer at Upwork
Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Summary
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Top SchoolAhamed Arshad is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building full-stack web applications and over eight years specializing in WordPress theme and plugin customization. He has delivered 30+ websites, often writing custom plugins, WooCommerce extensions, and integrations that prioritize speed, SEO, and polished UX. His background spans Laravel, Yii2, vanilla PHP, modern front-end frameworks (AngularJS, Vue.js), and desktop/mobile apps in Java and C#, giving him strong cross-platform versatility. At companies like 10up, rtCamp, and Awesome Motive he shipped high-impact features—such as an Elementor integration for Easy Digital Downloads—and improved performance by refactoring core queries and modules. As a freelancer on Upwork since 2016, he pairs client-focused iteration with rigorous testing and support experience handling tier-3 escalations. Based in Colombo, he combines product-minded development with a pragmatic focus on maintainability and measurable performance gains.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering at International College of Business & Technologyhigh school basics, high school basics at Zahira College colombo
Github Skills (116)
jquery-plugin10
woocommerce10
wordpress10
user-manager10
php10
wordpress-plugin10
perfect9
timepicker9
jquery9
datetimepicker9
datepicker9
multiselect9
uploads9
drag9
resumable-upload9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
achchu93/klaviyowp
Feb 2020 - Dec 2022
Klaviyo integration for Elementor
Contributions:9 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 10 months
crosswordelementordialogue-systemsklaviyo
achchu93/dokan-pro-extended
Jul 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:106 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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