Lae Mendes
Special Projects - Engineering Team Lead at Automattic
Portugal
Summary
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RockstarLae Mendes is an engineering team lead at Automattic’s WordPress.com Special Projects, bringing eight years of hands-on experience across the full project lifecycle from systems design and Siebel/web development to delivery management and client-facing product translation. Trained in Computer Engineering and coding since age six, Lae excels at bridging technical teams and business stakeholders to improve customer experience, usability, and product adoption. She combines a developer’s pragmatism with expertise in business analysis, design thinking, and training to turn complex requirements into clear, usable solutions. Passionate about remote work, productivity, and wellbeing, Lae brings a human-centered perspective to technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration. Based in Ourém, Portugal, she is known for blending deep technical chops with a focus on customer happiness and sustainable, measurable outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (36)
woocommerce10
javascript10
wordpress-themes10
ecommerce10
wordpress10
redux10
plugin10
php10
gutenberg10
wordpress-plugin10
nodejs10
react10
jetpack9
user-data9
js9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mlaetitia/let-me-get-my-bag
Aug 2017 - May 2020
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
a8cteam51/team51-tracking
Jun 2025 - Oct 2025
Contributions:1 review, 1 push, 1 comment in 4 months
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