Chad Windnagle
Senior Software Engineer at NauWork
Florida, United States
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Top SchoolChad Windnagle is a senior software engineer with 14 years building scalable web and backend systems, specializing in PHP ecosystems such as Symfony and Laravel. He has led architecture and production delivery for healthcare and recruiting platforms, owning APIs, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS. An active open-source contributor, Chad has enhanced core functionality in notable projects like Joomla and Mautic, focusing on backend filters, API refactors and user-management improvements. He combines hands-on coding with technical leadership—mentoring teams, guiding contractors, and driving DevOps and infrastructure-as-code practices. Based in Florida, he also consults on recruitment and staffing portals, blending business-facing product work with deep implementation experience. Colleagues know him for pragmatic design decisions and a track record of turning complex domain requirements into reliable, production-ready services.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Associates of Applied Science Web Design, Associates of Applied Science Web Design at Tompkins Cortland Community CollegeBachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Business Administration and Management General, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Business Administration and Management General at State University of New York at Delhi· High School Gradute of North Atlantic Regional Highschool - 2008
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Github Skills (25)
content-management-system10
cms10
back-end-development10
php10
content-management10
symfony10
symfony-ux10
backend10
mysql9
joomla9
apidoc9
mysql-db9
api9
web-development9
code-optimization8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
mautic/mautic
Mar 2015 - Sep 2015
Mautic: Open Source Marketing Automation Software.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:196 commits, 69 PRs, 46 pushes in 6 months
Contributions summary:Chad primarily contributed to improving the Mautic backend functionality. The contributions include fixing a state filter bug, adding a factory method for bundle configurations, and updating function documentation. Furthermore, the user refactored code related to API calls, demonstrating an understanding of the system's internal workings. These changes indicate a focus on enhancing the application's architecture and usability.
marketing-automationmauticphpautomationsoftware-automation
joomla/joomla-cms
Dec 2011 - Oct 2013
Home of the Joomla! Content Management System
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 7 comments in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Chad contributed to the Joomla! Content Management System by implementing features related to user filtering and adding functionality to the user management component. They modified core PHP files within the administrator section, specifically in the com_users component, to include filtering options. This involved changes to files like `users.php`, `users.php`, and `models/users.php`, demonstrating their focus on enhancing user management capabilities within the CMS. Additionally, the user worked on the integration of new module positions, affecting the batch processing of modules.
cmsmanagement-systemjoomla-extensionsjoomla-componentphp
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