Summary
Ryan Hellyer is a Full Stack Engineer with 14+ years of experience designing enterprise-scale PHP systems and modern Laravel and WordPress applications, focused on performance, security, and maintainability. He has built foundational WordPress tooling—from one of the first full-scale theme editors to a Stale Cache library that ports Laravel caching concepts into WordPress—and has led CMS-to-static conversion and search systems used at scale. His background includes security audits for Fortune 500 clients, high-traffic optimisation, and authoring 40+ plugins, alongside running Laravel-based SaaS like Spam Destroyer. Based in Berlin, he blends rigorous engineering practices (PSR standards, unit testing, service containers) with practical DevOps automation, and uniquely pairs a scientific research background in chemistry with deep production engineering instincts.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Majoring in chemistry, Master of Science Majoring in chemistry at University of Otago