CV 2023 – 2024

WAVETRADER
DANIEL RAFIQUE
DANIEL RAFIQUE - INTEGRATION SPECIALIST

Fullstack developer based in London with over 10 years experience working with PHP, Javascript and other frameworks such as; Magento (1 & 2), Laravel, ReactJS, NodeJS, Solidity and Moralis.

Currently specialising in all aspects of fullstack web development with a sharp focus on 3rd party API integrations, AI and ML, Blockchain Technology and Cloud administration.

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ECOMMERCE | AI / ML | BLOCKCHAIN
WAVETRADER
Current
Founder

During the pandemic I noticed an explosion in the amount of people getting into crypto. I had been working on an automated trading service on and off since around 2018 so I felt that now was the time to launch it. 

WAVETRADER is a fully automated cryptocurrency trading service that is non-custodian. Funds never leave our members accounts and they remain in full control.

Technologies used:

JAVA 8 - trade engine

NODEJS / PM2 - for persistence and API requests

MONGO DB

REACTJS - frontend

WORDPRESS - backend

TAILWIND CSS - frontend

SUPERPAYMENTS.COM
May 2023 - Oct 2023
Magento Certified Developer / Integration Specialist

SUPERPAYMENTS.COM Is a relative newcomer to the payments space. It was a young and vibrant team of developers woking on optimising and refining their native Magento 2 extension in time for Black Friday / Cyber Monday.

Technologies used:

MAGENTO 2 (ADOBE COMMERCE)

GIT

PHP

XML

KNOCKOUT JS

 

DMMC NFT Platform
May 2022 - June 2022
NodeJS & Moralis (Ethereum Blockchain)

Implement a script that could synchronise blockchain and NFT Metadata into Hubspot CRM for DMMC which is an NFT based global concierge service.

Technologies used

NodeJS / PM2  - for persistence and API requests 

Moralis - to query the Ethereum Blockchain for NFT Metadata

Vision Direct
January 2021 - May 2021
Backend Magento Developer

Backend Magento development contract for https://visiondirect.co.uk/

This was an initial 3 month contract that involved all aspects of backend Magento development. The role involved development of new features as well as bug fixes and upgrades. This was a legacy Magento 1 contract.

Technologies used:

MAGENTO 1.14.2.1

GIT

PHP5.6

MYSQL 5.6

XML & JSON

Affinity Digital - The Cornish Fishmonger
July 2020 - September 2020
Magento developer

Magento 1 upgrade to Magento 2 for a medium sized seafood business.

Technologies used:

MAGENTO 2.3.5

GIT

PHP7.3

MYSQL

XML & JSON

Kurt Geiger
Aug - Nov 2019
Backend Magento Developer

This was a great  opportunity to work on a large migration project. I learnt that precise software architecture from the beginning is key for enterprise level migrations from M1 to M2 to be successful and on time.

Technologies used:

GIT (CI/CD including unit tests and integration testing)

PHP7.2

MYSQL

XML & JSON

Javascript - KnockoutJS

Microservices 

NodeJS

REST

Pay360
May - Jun 2019
M2 Backend Developer

This is my most recent work on M2, I was contacted by a former colleague that needed their M2 extension rewritten to work with the latest version of M2.  

Technologies used:

GIT

PHP7.2

MYSQL

XML & JSON

Javascript - KnockoutJS

Its nice to be back doing M2!!

Seraphine
January 2019 to May 2019
M1 Backend Developer

There was a backlog of tickets to get through!

Technologies used:

GIT

PHP7.0

MYSQL

XML & JSON

SOAP

GravyTrain
July 2018 to October 2018
Backend Developer

Magento 2 upgrades, some Wordpress and a little bit of Laravel including customisations and bug fixes.

Technologies used:

GIT

PHP7.0

MYSQL

XML & JSON

IBM - Audi
March 2018 to June 2018
Magento 2 contract for IBM

M2 Transition project through to delivery for Audi.co.uk

Technologies used:

PHP7.0

MYSQL

XML & JSON

Javascript - KnockoutJS

Microservices 

ADOBE AEM

Shopcade
September 2017 to December 2017
Magento Integration Specialist

M1 Extension development for Shopcade Marketplace

M2 Extension development for Shopcade Marketplace

Technologies used:

GIT

PHP7.0 & 5.6

MYSQL

XML & JSON

ZEND CLIENT

GravyTrain
July 2017 to August 2017
PHP Developer / Magento Integration Specialist

Magento Development contract for Gravy Train - Web agency

Age Verification M2 Extension development.

Laravel Development and customisations

Technologies used:

GIT

PHP7.0 & 5.6

MYSQL

XML & JSON

ZEND CLIENT

LARAVEL

HubBox Click n Collect
June 2017 to July 2017
Magento Integration Specialist

Magento 2 Development contract for HubBox

M2 Extension development

Technologies used:

GIT

PHP7.0

MYSQL

XML & JSON

ZEND CLIENT

Condenast for Style.com
July 2016 to December 2016
Magento Integration Specialist

Magento Development contract for Style.com/

M1 Marketplace Extension refactor

M2 Marketplace Extension development

Ongoing support prior to onboarding merchants (March 2017 to May 2017)

Technologies used:

GIT

PHP7.0

MYSQL

XML & JSON

ZEND CLIENT

Klarna AB (UK office)
October 2015 to June 2016
Magento Integration Specialist

Magento Development contract for Klarna AB 

Merchant integration and customisation of the Official Klarna Checkout Extension.

Development of the Klarna MOTO extension

Technologies used:

GIT

PHP5.6 - 7.0

MYSQL

XML & JSON

Limesharp
September 2015 to October 2015
Backend PHP / Magento Developer

Magento Development contract for Limesharp

SOAP ERP Integration

Laravel Development

Bespoke Wordpress Integration

Technologies used:

GIT

PHP5.6

MYSQL

XML & JSON

LARAVEL

The Idle Man
May 2014 to June 2014
Front & Backend Magento Developer

Magento Development contract for The Idle Man.

Front & Backend Development for The Idle Man Menswear fashion site.

Technologies used:

GIT

PHP5.6

MYSQL

XML & JSON

Oliver Marketing
February 2014 to March 2014
Frontend Magento Developer

Magento Development contract for Oliver Marketing

Frontend Development for Starbucks B2B portal website.

Technologies used:

GIT

PHP5.6

MYSQL

XML & JSON

LARAVEL

AllBeauty.com
December 2014 to June 2015
Backend Magento Developer

Magento Development contract for All Beauty.

Technologies used:

GIT

PHP5.6

MYSQL

XML & JSON

Vivid Resourcing
December 2013 to February 2014
Backend Magento Developer

Magento Development contract for Brandalley.co.uk

Day to day debugging and responding to issues and tasks using Jira Ticketing System.

Technologies used:

GIT

PHP5.6

MYSQL

XML & JSON

Like Digital Media
November 2013
Backend Magento Developer

Magento Development contract for Like Digital Media

For Geeves & Hawkes and BBS Clothing

Technologies used:

GIT

PHP5.6

MYSQL

XML & JSON

LARAVEL

Thane.TV
August 2012 - October 2013
Lead Magento Developer and eCommerce Manager

As eCommerce Manager & Lead Magento Developer I was responsible for all aspects of frontend and backend development through testing to deployment of the H2O X5 Mop Website and Magento based Business Management System.

Technologies used:

GIT / SVN

PHP5.6

MYSQL

XML & JSON

Oxford Brooks University & Open University Studies
2009 - 2012
BSC Open - Business & Economics

I was fortunate enough to study with The Open University and at Oxford Brookes Wheatley Business School. Having this type of academic background in eCommerce has been invaluable.