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Principal Full-Stack Engineer

Dhiren Patel

Enterprise web platforms, e-commerce, cloud and AI.

For 13 years I’ve been the engineer teams call when a platform needs to scale, harden or modernise. I build and run web platforms that don’t break at 2 AM.

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Track record

  • 100K+users servedOn platforms I’ve architected and shipped
  • 2xfaster page loadsCut from 5s to 2.5s on a core platform
  • 70%fewer deployment errorsAfter I built CI/CD pipelines on GitHub Actions

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.

Read the case on Exivon Tech: Securing and running a WordPress publishing estate

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.

Read the case on Exivon Tech: High-traffic publishing with protected digital products

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.

Read the case on Exivon Tech: Magento to WooCommerce, with active subscriptions intact

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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.

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Free tool

I also build what I use

ShieldScope is a free 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.

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More free tools
ShieldScope scan dashboard: scan progress, findings by severity, and the help and FAQ panel

Got a platform that needs fixing, scaling or rethinking?

I take contract, fractional and embedded engineering work where architecture decisions matter.

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Need a team or a full project? Send me a message or email contact@dhirenpatel.me.