Lefteris Kavadas
Senior Developer at DPG Digital Media
Korydallós, Attiki, Greece
Summary
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Top SchoolLefteris Kavadas is a senior web developer from Athens with 14+ years building high-traffic, backend-focused systems using PHP, Node.js and a range of databases (MySQL, MongoDB, CouchDB, Elasticsearch). He has deep Joomla expertise—contributing bug fixes and core improvements to the Joomla CMS and co-developing widely used extensions including K2 (3M+ downloads) and several Firecoders plugins. Currently at DPG Digital Media, he helps operate platforms serving roughly 170–180 million page views per month, blending performance engineering with practical front-end work in Vue.js when needed. Comfortable across APIs, chatbots and mobile backends, he brings a pragmatic, data-handling mindset honed on large-content sites and long-running open-source projects.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at University of Piraeus
English, Greek
Github Skills (12)
site-builder10
content-management-system10
cms10
php10
page-builder10
joomla10
cm10
mysql9
api8
apim8
database-design8
file-management7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
joomla/joomla-cms
Apr 2016 - Aug 2017
Home of the Joomla! Content Management System
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 4 PRs, 14 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Lefteris primarily contributed to bug fixes and improvements within the Joomla CMS. They addressed issues related to user field default values, merging updates, and resolving duplicate queries. The user also worked on alias generation and transliteration for various components like banners, newsfeeds, and menu items, indicating a focus on data handling and content management. Additionally, they made adjustments to the FTP client, demonstrating expertise in file management and potentially deployment-related tasks.
cmsmanagement-systemjoomla-extensionsjoomla-componentphp
getk2/k2-next
Sep 2013 - Sep 2016
Contributions:609 commits, 1 PR, 71 pushes in 3 years
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