Dhiren Patel, Exivon Tech
13 years building web platforms, now with AI in my workflow.
Full-Stack Software Engineer: from web developer to technical team lead at global agencies, working with clients across seven regions. I build and run enterprise web platforms, e-commerce, cloud, DevOps and AI workflows, plus the security and cost work behind them. I work directly in your code and servers, demo finished work and document all decisions and implementations.
Track record
- 13years building web platforms and the teams behind them
- 2engineering teams I built and led as a founding technical lead
- 100K+users served on platforms I’ve architected and shipped
- $14.5ka year in savings in a client’s infrastructure, in three months
Work
Selected engagements, anonymised
I leave out client names and anything that could identify them.
A US digital media publisher
- Context
- A WordPress estate on Linode and Cloudflare, with no current picture of what each site ran or exposed.
- Constraint
- Some sites were already compromised, and old backups sat where anyone could download them.
- Result
- 464 findings in two weeks, 6 live compromises contained, about $14.5k a year in savings identified.
An independent research publisher
- Context
- One platform to publish to a large audience and sell physical goods, downloads and video on demand.
- Constraint
- Premium research, the publisher’s main asset, could not leak, even under event-day traffic surges.
- Result
- 800K+ daily pageviews, 1.5M+ on event days, under 2-second loads at peak, no downtime recorded.
A US subscription print-delivery company
- Context
- A subscription business moving from Magento to WooCommerce to cut maintenance overhead.
- Constraint
- Subscriptions were live during the move, so any mistake would reach paying customers.
- Result
- Zero disruption to active subscribers, 8K+ daily visits and instant self-serve quotes.
What I do
What I build
The technical depth and leadership to take a project from roadmap to production.
Enterprise web platforms
Scalable, maintainable platforms for enterprise demands: WordPress and WordPress VIP, headless builds, custom plugin architecture and integrations that hold up under real traffic.
E-commerce solutions
Storefronts on WooCommerce, Shopify and Magento, optimised for conversion, performance and growth. Greenfield builds, migrations and re-platforms at scale.
AI solutions
AI added to your product or workflow without breaking what already works. Custom GPT-powered tools, Claude integrations and workflow automation.
Cloud, DevOps and security
Security hardening, performance tuning and infrastructure work that make slow, fragile systems faster and more resilient. CI/CD pipelines and hosting architecture.
Writing
Latest posts
Tutorials, deep dives and code notes on platforms, stores, security and AI.
Why my passphrase generator was weak and how I fixed it
The passphrase mode in my own password generator gave about 26 bits of entropy while the page said “100% secure”. This is…
How I clean up a hacked WordPress site: preserve evidence, rebuild the timeline, hunt persistence, re-verify
A restore from backup rarely ends a WordPress compromise, so this is the four-stage method I use to preserve evidence, rebuild the…
WordPress backup plugins compared: five options, free and paid
A backup only matters on the day you need to restore it. Five WordPress backup plugins compared: what each one does, where…
Open source
I also build what I use
ShieldScope is a free, open-source WordPress security scanner I built. It runs 69 checks across 16 areas, and every finding comes with a specific action to take.
- 69 security checks, one scan
- Pauses between steps to go easy on your server
- Read-only for your files and settings; stores only its own results
It runs one test login with a wrong password to check login protection.
Got a platform that needs fixing, scaling or rethinking?
I take contract, fractional and embedded engineering work where architecture decisions matter.
Need a team or a full project? Send me a message or email contact@dhirenpatel.me.