Zaroon Tahir

Senior WordPress Developer with 9+ years of hands-on experience designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance WordPress websites for international clients. Expert in custom WordPress theme development, plugin development and customization, PHP, and REST API integrations, with a strong front-end foundation in CSS, Tailwind CSS, and jQuery. Proven record of converting Figma/PSD/HTML designs into pixel-perfect, responsive, SEO-friendly, and fast-loading WordPress themes that score highly on Core Web Vitals.

Comfortable owning projects end to end — from requirements gathering and architecture to deployment, security hardening, and ongoing maintenance. Experienced remote collaborator, available for full-time remote roles and open to international relocation with work visa sponsorship.

Senior WordPress Developer at Intellectual Bunch Ltd. (2017-06 – Present)

• Develop custom WordPress themes from scratch (PHP, HTML5, CSS3, Tailwind CSS, jQuery), converting design files into pixel-perfect, fully responsive, cross-browser-compatible websites with zero visual drift from approved designs.
• Build and customize WordPress plugins to deliver bespoke functionality — custom post types, meta boxes, admin settings pages, shortcodes, and dynamic widgets — following WordPress coding standards and security best practices (nonces, sanitization, escaping).
• Integrate third-party services and REST APIs (payment gateways, CRMs, email marketing tools, and external data feeds) into WordPress sites, handling authentication, error handling, and data synchronization.
• Seamlessly integrated WordPress blogs into existing static HTML websites at subdirectory level, including custom WP_Query-driven features such as "Most Read This Month" sidebars, real category archives, custom meta boxes (featured flags, reference codes, reading time), and navigation unified with the parent site.
• Lead theme and plugin customization projects for international clients across the UK, US, and Middle East, gathering requirements, scoping work, providing estimates, and delivering on schedule in a fully remote workflow.
• Optimize website performance and Core Web Vitals through caching, asset minification, image optimization, lazy loading, and database query tuning — consistently improving PageSpeed scores and search rankings.
• Perform website migrations, version upgrades, security hardening, malware cleanup, and ongoing maintenance for client sites, ensuring high uptime and data integrity with regular backups and staging-first deployments.
• Build high-converting custom landing pages and marketing sites (including single-file HTML/CSS/JS builds with advanced animations, custom cursors, SVG graphics, and interactive effects) for fintech and professional-services clients.
• Mentor junior developers on WordPress architecture, code review standards, Git workflows, and debugging techniques.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS) in Computer Science