Rinat Khaziev
VIP Platform Lead Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRinat Khaziev is a hands-on engineering leader with 14+ years of experience building high-traffic WordPress and PHP/JavaScript platforms, currently leading the VIP Platform team at Automattic from Chicago. He blends tactical individual contribution—shipping testable, performant code and improving UX—with strategic leadership: coaching engineers, improving cross-team processes, and driving product roadmaps. His background includes running web networks serving 100M+ monthly uniques and deep expertise in WordPress VIP, editorial tooling, and ad-tech integrations. An active open-source contributor, he has improved core WordPress plugins and libraries, demonstrating attention to robustness, coding standards, and maintainability. Uniquely, he pairs technical depth with client-facing product ownership and a JD in Criminology, which informs a disciplined, audit-minded approach to security and processes.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Law (JD) Criminology, Doctor of Law (JD) Criminology at Bashkir State University
English, Russian
Github Skills (14)
plugin-development10
wordpress10
appsettings10
php10
javascript10
options-api10
api10
jquery10
object-oriented-programming10
api-design10
coding-style9
coding-conventions9
code-standards9
sanitization9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/Edit-Flow
May 2018 - Jan 2019
WordPress plugin to accelerate your editorial workflow
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 45 commits, 41 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Rinat primarily worked on the frontend of the Edit Flow plugin, making changes to JavaScript and PHP files. Their commits involved refactoring and updating the user interface using jQuery, along with fixing bugs and improving code quality. They also addressed issues in the calendar and editorial comments modules, ensuring proper functionality and addressing related issues. The user's work focused on enhancing the overall user experience and ensuring the plugin's features function correctly.
wordpresseditorialwordpress-pluginaccelerateworkflow
tareq1988/wordpress-settings-api-class
Oct 2012 - Mar 2013
A PHP class abstraction that removes all the headaches of the WordPress settings API under the hood and builds a nice options panel on the fly.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Rinat primarily focused on improving the WordPress settings API class. They addressed potential class redeclaration errors, refactored singleton usage, and implemented WordPress coding standards. Furthermore, the user added a sanitize callback and corrected an admin_init hook to prevent redundant registration of settings. These changes show an understanding of the WordPress API and aim to improve the robustness and maintainability of the settings class.
apiphp-classclass-abstractionheadachesbuilds
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