Chris Lilitsas
Software Engineer at automattic
Greece
Summary
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RockstarChris Lilitsas is a seasoned software engineer and technical lead with 9 years of experience building and maintaining high-traffic PHP and JavaScript applications, currently wrangling code at Automattic. He blends deep WordPress/WooCommerce backend expertise with modern front-end skills in React and React Native, and a strong background in Laravel, CodeIgniter and performance-focused system design. At SomewhereWarm he progressed from engineer to architect and team lead, shipping UX-driven features, reducing technical debt, and mentoring teams while translating product requirements into pragmatic technical solutions. An active open-source contributor, he has improved the WooCommerce core with focused backend refactors and admin customizations, reflecting his philosophy that software should control complexity, not create it. Based in Greece with an MEng in Computer Science, he pairs hands-on implementation with an eye for long-term maintainability and measurable SEO and performance gains.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (7)
woocommerce10
wordpress10
php10
back-end-development10
api-design7
apim7
api7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
woocommerce/woocommerce
Apr 2019 - Dec 2022
A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:167 reviews, 38 commits, 44 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily focused on improving the WooCommerce backend codebase, specifically addressing issues related to data handling and admin settings. Their commits demonstrate a focus on code cleanup and refactoring, with changes like replacing outdated functions and correcting typos. They also implemented enhancements, such as adding body classes for improved compatibility and adding filters for customization within the WooCommerce admin interface.
ecommercecommercewordpressautomatticphp
somewherewarm/woocommerce-packages
Jun 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:21 commits, 4 PRs, 14 pushes in 8 months
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