Fitim Vata is a seasoned web developer and team lead based in Tirana with nine years of experience building reliable web and mobile applications. He progressed from hands-on web developer to leading engineering efforts at NMC Soft, blending PHP back-end expertise with front-end and design sensibilities. Fitim has contributed to high-profile open-source projects like WooCommerce, focusing on email, cart logic, REST API tweaks and session bug fixes—demonstrating comfort working within large, production-grade codebases. He holds a Computer Science degree from Universiteti i Tiranës and excels at translating product requirements into maintainable implementations. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that balance user experience, performance and system robustness. He’s equally at ease diving into legacy PHP systems as he is guiding a team through modern web development challenges.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Universiteti i Tiranës
A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:6 commits, 7 PRs, 8 comments in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Fitim primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the WooCommerce platform. Their work involved adding and modifying filters within the `WC_Email::send` method and the `WC_Cart::check_cart_item_stock` method, indicating a focus on email and cart-related logic. The user also made changes to the REST API, specifically adding the `api_restock` parameter for refunds, and addressed a bug in session handling related to cookie values.
Contributions:3 releases, 1 review, 1 PR in 1 year 4 months
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