Panos Synetos is a seasoned software leader and Team Lead at Automattic with 13 years of experience building web platforms, APIs, and ecommerce solutions. He combines deep WordPress and WooCommerce expertise with backend PHP (Laravel, CodeIgniter), Node.js, ElasticSearch and database work (MySQL, Oracle PL/SQL), having contributed to WooCommerce’s order-processing and HPOS code paths. His career spans hands-on engineering, product-facing roles and founding/leading startups and agencies, so he blends technical delivery with project management and client support. Panos has a history of working on large institutional systems for the European Commission as well as high-velocity consumer products, showing adaptability across domains. He’s equally comfortable refactoring legacy ColdFusion systems as he is shipping modern REST APIs and data visualizations with D3. Based in Greece, he pairs pragmatic problem-solving with open-source collaboration and a knack for untangling complex data flows.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Technologiko Ekpaideutiko Idrima, Athinas
Internet Technology Web development Internet Services, Internet Technology Web development Internet Services at IEK Omega
Bsc (Hons) Computer Science, Bsc (Hons) Computer Science at University of Staffordshire
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Back-end Developer
Contributions:28 reviews, 3 commits, 12 PRs in 2 days
Contributions summary:Panos primarily contributed to the WooCommerce project by modifying PHP files related to order processing, admin interfaces, and API functionality. They refactored code to utilize updated components, deprecated features, and fixed issues related to data handling, specifically within the context of the High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) feature. Their work demonstrates a strong understanding of the WooCommerce codebase, including its data structures and administrative interfaces.
Contributions:4 releases, 2 reviews, 26 commits in 4 years 6 months
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