Summary
Rory O'connor is a seasoned full stack developer with 25+ years maintaining and modernizing mission-critical e-commerce systems, currently managing multi-brand site portfolios and deep ERP integrations. He combines LAMP/Python backend expertise with modern front-end stacks (Vue, Webpack, Bootstrap) to deliver robust, production-grade solutions including custom search engines, middleware, and CI/CD pipelines. Rory has led like-for-like rewrites of legacy CGI/C applications to Python, implemented CDN/security layers and multi-environment failover infrastructures, and built features that bridge B2B and B2C workflows. Known for pragmatic build-vs-buy evaluations, he’s equally comfortable crafting bespoke systems when business rules demand it and augmenting platforms like BigCommerce with custom front-ends and middleware. Based in Knoxville, TN, he brings a contractor’s breadth and an engineer’s attention to detail, often surfacing creative technical approaches to thorny integration and scaling challenges.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Amherst College