Matt Galdino

Senior Software Engineer / Full-Stack / DevOps

I ship resilient web platforms at enterprise scale — payments, LMS, multisite, integrations, AI. Senior IC who owns the stack from CI/CD to UI.

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Matt Galdino
Senior IC
$94B revenue · Fortune-50● 1,100+ stores · 17 states● 305M annual transit rides● $761M annual toll revenue● 306,000 employees worldwide● millions of certifications● NASDAQ-listed manufacturer● R1 university partnership● 300+ franchise locations● $94B revenue · Fortune-50● 1,100+ stores · 17 states● 305M annual transit rides● $761M annual toll revenue● 306,000 employees worldwide● millions of certifications● NASDAQ-listed manufacturer● R1 university partnership● 300+ franchise locations●
01About

Senior IC who reads the LiteSpeed source code to understand why a chmod is silently being reverted.

13+ years building web platforms hands-on across the entire stack — backend, frontend, integrations, infrastructure, security, CI/CD — for clients ranging from Fortune-50 multinationals to government transportation agencies and franchise networks with hundreds of locations.

My work tends to live in the places that matter but rarely get a name: the database migration that doesn't break records, the deploy pipeline that doesn't require a maintenance window, the integration layer that quietly absorbs five years of corporate-API entropy.

Currently leading the consolidation of a 12-year marketing+training site into a unified learning platform while operating a WordPress multisite for a 300-location franchise network. AI is part of my SDLC: Cursor + Claude as co-architect, daily.

02Selected Work

Cards combine the engineering work with the public-record scale of the business behind it. Each highlights what I shipped and the weight it carries.

WordPress multisite for a 300-location franchise network

300+ franchisee subsites · $700M+ revenue network · $1B trajectory

Senior engineer on the WordPress multisite powering a 300+ location franchise network operating across the US and Canada. Each franchisee runs as its own subsite (blog_id); my work spans Cloudflare R2 image offload with URL conversion filters across the_content, ACF, and wpthumb(); a custom URL Cleanup plugin with audit log, AJAX search, and bulk trash/untrash; Google Places address autocomplete globally on every lead-form page; Azure DevOps CI/CD with staging/production parity; and a WPThumb Cache Scanner for bulk regeneration of broken R2-backed image caches.

  • WordPress multisite
  • Cloudflare R2 offload
  • Azure DevOps CI/CD
  • Custom plugins · audit log
  • Google Places API
  • WPThumb cache

Enterprise LMS · UConn DFI Academy partnership

Phoenix TS · UConn DFI
30K+ students at the partner R1 university

Authored the workforce-development portal plugin powering the UConn Digital Frontiers Academy × Phoenix TS partnership. 9 custom DB tables, custom Authorize.net Accept.js checkout (SAQ-A scope), bidirectional Zoho Creator (Firebird) sync via REST webhook, automatic user provisioning, LearnDash group enrollment.

  • LearnDash
  • Authorize.net CIM
  • OAuth + REST
  • Zoho Creator

225-table production DB rebrand · zero downtime

LEXX (rebrand from Cyber Phoenix)
9 idempotent migration rounds

9-round idempotent brand consolidation across a production WordPress install — 52 wp_options, 713 postmeta, 4 users. Preserved audit history (LearnDash quiz attempts, WooCommerce order records). Swept SMTP From: headers, SEO schema, payment-statement descriptors, social handles. Zero customer-facing breakage.

  • MySQL
  • WP-CLI eval-file
  • Idempotency

Public-transit web platforms · government contracts

TransCore · driveezmd.com · metro.net · ncquickpass.com
305M annual rides · 2nd-largest US transit · $761M+ in toll revenue

Delivered WordPress + custom-templating + ACF + jQuery platforms through TransCore for the Maryland Transportation Authority ($761M+ annual toll revenue, 9 facilities), the LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (305M+ annual rides, 1,440 mi of bus routes), and North Carolina's statewide highway toll-collection organization.

  • Government contract
  • ACF · jQuery
  • Self-service portals

Recycling-education library · Fortune-50 multinational

PepsiCo Recycling · resources.pepsicorecycling.com
$94B annual revenue · 306K employees · $204B mkt cap

Custom Elementor widgets + React.js for PepsiCo Recycling — the recycling resource library serving parents and teachers nationwide. Built on a platform owned by a Fortune-50 multinational beverages/snacks corporation.

  • Custom Elementor widgets
  • React.js
  • ACF

$11B convenience chain · 1,100+ stores

QuikTrip · quiktrip.com
17 states · 1,100+ stores · ~31K employees · $11B+ revenue

Custom Elementor widgets and ACF page templates for QuikTrip's marketing site — a convenience-store + fuel chain operating across 17 states. Widgets survived a brand-driven Elementor implementation at scale, with React.js + jQuery interop for animations and interactivity.

  • React.js
  • jQuery
  • Custom widgets
  • ACF templates

Production deploy pipeline · maintenance-mode fail-safe

LEXX Online · LEXX Live
~0s downtime on routine releases

GitLab CI/CD orchestrating dual Node 20 SPA builds, in-container Composer, rsync release into a UID-aware LiteSpeed Docker host, graceful wp core update-db, and surgical cache invalidation — with .htaccess parse-cache awareness so SPA routes apply without bouncing connections.

  • GitLab CI
  • Docker
  • LiteSpeed
  • rsync

NASDAQ-listed manufacturer · real-time IR widgets

Microvast · MVST · microvast.com
MVST live quotes + historical charts on IR pages

PHP + React integration with the NASDAQ Webservice API rendering real-time stock quotes and historical charts on the Investor Relations pages of Microvast — a publicly-traded Li-ion battery innovator with operations in the US and China.

  • NASDAQ Webservice API
  • React.js
  • PHP

Real-time POS inventory API · Shopify storefront

Healthy Pet Austin · Lightspeed POS
Laravel proxy → Lightspeed POS → Shopify

Built a Laravel proxy API consuming the Lightspeed POS API to surface live local-store inventory on Healthy Pet Austin's Shopify storefront. Customers see real-time availability at their nearest physical store before they leave the house.

  • Laravel
  • Shopify
  • Lightspeed POS
  • React

Course importer that survives edge-CDN timeouts

LEXX Online
524× Cloudflare timeouts defeated

Refactored a synchronous course-package importer into a chunked-upload + async-job + REST-polling pattern, defeating Cloudflare 524 timeout failures on multi-hundred-MB SCORM/AICC packages. Lazy-loaded the importer class in REST endpoints.

  • REST async
  • Polling
  • Cloudflare
03Selected Brands

A non-exhaustive list of brands I've shipped code for across the last several years — from Fortune-50 multinationals to public-transit agencies, NASDAQ-listed manufacturers, federal-contractor training firms, and family-run e-commerce.

PepsiCo RecyclingFortune-50 · resource library
QuikTrip$11B convenience chain · 1,100+ stores
MicrovastNASDAQ · Li-ion battery innovator
TransCoreTolling + ITS · government contracts
LA Metro2nd-largest US transit · 305M+ rides/yr
DriveEzMDMaryland Transportation Authority
NC QuickPassStatewide NC toll-collection
Phoenix TSFederal-contractor IT training
UConn DFI AcademyR1 public-university partnership
LEXX Online · LEXX LiveEnterprise learning + marketing platforms
EliteCEUMillions of US certifications · WP + WooCommerce LMS
Healthy Pet AustinShopify + Laravel proxy · Lightspeed POS
Fahrenheit MarketingAgency · ~70% of 2023 site revamp
McCar CompaniesConstruction materials · custom React widgets
Holistic PlanningFinancial firm · React custom widgets
Lammes Candies140-yr Texas brand · BigCommerce Stencil
Barlow's TackleBigCommerce + custom payment
Northern ReflectionsCanadian retail · BigCommerce theme
PortacoolHybrid WP + BigCommerce architecture
Krauss Real PropertyHeadless WP + React frontend
Texas Alliance for LifeDonation ecosystem · Intellipay SOAP
Right Decisions Right NowWP CMS + Symfony + GraphQL
Eight-MM&A firm · custom WP + React + SVG
Blackridge TXAustin governmental-affairs practice
Agri-EmpresaOil & gas processing · custom WP+ACF
Lonestar DistributionTexas warehouse + transportation
Superior PackagingTexas storage + logistics
Solnexus ChemicalPermian Basin chemical processor
Grupo Lunelli · LepardFashion conglomerate · 8 B2C + 1 B2B stores
04Capabilities

AI & Modern Workflow

  • Daily AI-assisted SDLC (Cursor · Claude · Codex agents)
  • LLM-assisted architecture, refactoring, code review
  • MBA in Technology for Business: AI, Data Science, Big Data (PUCRS, 2025)
  • Anthropic Claude course — Certified

DevOps & Infrastructure

  • Docker · Docker Compose · multi-vhost dev mirroring prod 1:1
  • LiteSpeed (deep: setUIDMode, .htaccess parse semantics) · Nginx · Apache · WPEngine
  • GitLab CI/CD · Azure DevOps Pipelines
  • Cloudflare (R2 · DNS · caching · CF-Connecting-IP · 524 debugging)
  • SSH-driven ops · streaming mysqldump · backups · log-based observability

Backend / Platform

  • PHP 7.x → 8.x · Laravel · Symfony · vanilla
  • WordPress at platform level: core · mu-plugins · multisite · custom REST
  • MySQL / MariaDB · cross-DB joins · idempotent migrations · schema extensions
  • REST · OAuth 2.0 · SOAP · GraphQL · webhooks · async-polling

Frontend

  • React (Vite · hooks · admin SPAs in production)
  • Modern JS · jQuery (when legacy demands)
  • SCSS / SASS · responsive at scale
  • Elementor at the custom-widget + PHP integration level
  • SEO output: OG · Twitter Cards · JSON-LD as first-class concerns

Integrations

  • Zoho CRM + Zoho Creator (OAuth · REST · custom-app layer)
  • Authorize.net (Accept.js · CIM · SAQ-A tokenization)
  • BigCommerce Stencil · Shopify · OpenCart 4.x
  • SendGrid · Post SMTP · transactional deliverability
  • LearnDash · WooCommerce Subscriptions · Gravity Forms · reCAPTCHA Enterprise
  • NASDAQ Webservice API · Intellipay/CPTeller SOAP · Lightspeed POS

Security & Compliance

  • WAF posture · IP allowlisting · ACF-encrypted options · secrets handling
  • WP hardening: REST user-enum disabled · plugin-install lockdown via DISALLOW_FILE_MODS
  • Programmatic permission self-healing for sensitive flat-file allowlists
  • WCAG 2.1 AA · NASBA CPE metadata · LTI 1.3 (research) · CMMC/DoD-adjacent context · SAQ-A payment scope

E-commerce Track Record

  • WooCommerce + WC Subscriptions (10+ years cumulative)
  • BigCommerce Stencil — multiple production storefronts
  • OpenCart 4.x — CI/CD productionization · VQMod/OCMod automation · PHP 8.x compat
  • Shopify theme + custom-API hybrids
  • Past: Salesforce Marketing Cloud · proprietary platform (8 B2C + 1 B2B stores)

Senior IC hallmarks

  • Owner-operator of the full stack: I write the code AND deploy it AND debug it in prod
  • Documentation as a deliverable (runbooks · migration playbooks · ADRs)
  • Pair-mentoring peer devs · code review · ad-hoc planning input
  • No sprint management, no people-management — senior IC by choice
05Experience
Jul 2023 — Present 3 yrs · Remote

Senior Software Engineer

Phoenix TS · Federal-contractor IT services firm (cybersecurity / IT / leadership training · expanding to Asia)

Senior IC on a small distributed team owning an enterprise learning platform (LEXX Online · formerly Cyber Phoenix), a marketing/training site (LEXX Live · formerly Phoenix TS), an OpenCart bookstore, and a North-American franchise multisite (300+ locations).

  • Authored the workforce-development portal plugin powering the UConn Digital Frontiers Academy partnership (9 DB tables · custom Authorize.net checkout · Zoho Creator sync) — hundreds of registrations live
  • Designed GitLab CI → rsync → LiteSpeed Docker production deploy with maintenance-mode fail-safe
  • Hardened mu-plugins: dashboard install lockdown · REST user-enum disabled · programmatic permission self-healing
  • Modernized LMS: bulk certificate generation with NASBA metadata · EU/Japan/Korea time-zone correctness · course-clone factory
  • Built a Cloudflare R2 image-offload layer on the franchise multisite, with URL filters across the_content · ACF · wpthumb() · template-direct refs
  • Custom URL Cleanup plugin (audit log · AJAX search · bulk trash/untrash · live counts) deployed across hundreds of franchise subsites
  • Led a database-level brand consolidation (LEXX rebrand): 9 idempotent rounds · 225 tables · ~770 row updates · full audit trail preserved
  • Maintain the team's AI development workflow (Cursor + Claude) and document patterns
Apr 2020 — Jul 2023 3 yrs 3 mo · Remote

Full-Stack Web Developer

Fahrenheit Marketing · high-end Austin-based agency · senior contributor across portfolio

Senior full-stack contributor across an Austin agency's portfolio of high-revenue B2C/B2B brands, government transportation agencies, NASDAQ-listed companies, and large non-profits. Pair-mentored junior devs.

  • PepsiCo Recycling ($94B / $204B-mkt-cap Fortune-50 multinational · 306K employees): Custom Elementor widgets + React.js for the recycling resource library
  • QuikTrip ($11B+ convenience + fuel chain · 1,100+ stores · 17 states · ~31K employees): Custom Elementor widgets + ACF page templates · React + jQuery interop
  • Microvast (NASDAQ-listed Li-ion battery manufacturer): Real-time stock-quote + chart widgets on IR pages · PHP + React + NASDAQ Webservice API
  • TransCore (US tolling + ITS contractor) — built platforms for Maryland Transportation Authority ($761M+ annual toll revenue · 9 facilities), LA Metro (305M+ annual rides · 1,440 mi of bus routes), and NC QuickPass (statewide toll-collection): WP + ACF + jQuery
  • Lammes Candies, Northern Reflections, Barlow's Tackle, Portacool: BigCommerce Stencil storefronts · payment customization (BC ↔ PayPal) · hybrid WP+BC architectures
  • Healthy Pet Austin: Laravel proxy API consuming Lightspeed POS · React embedded into Shopify theme — real-time local-store inventory
  • Right Decisions Right Now (anti-tobacco non-profit): WordPress CMS · Symfony front-end · GraphQL between them
  • Krauss Real Property (18th-century-mansion brokerage): Headless WP · React.js front-end · ACF-as-CMS · REST + GraphQL
  • EliteCEU (millions of US professional certifications): Custom-coded WP+WC LMS · MySQL schema extensions · Docker-driven chronological jobs · custom admin dashboards
  • Texas Alliance for Life, Eight-M, Blackridge TX, McCar Companies, Holistic Planning, Agri-Empresa, Lonestar Distribution, Superior Packaging, Solnexus Chemical: Custom-templated WP+ACF · custom Job Applications · SOAP/REST integrations
  • Contributed ~70% of Fahrenheit Marketing's own website layout revamp in 2023 — main structure · custom page templates · the exclusive honeycomb homepage animation
Jan 2017 — Feb 2020 3 yrs 1 mo

Web Developer Analyst

Lepard Digital → Grupo Lunelli · fashion conglomerate · 817 employees · 5 countries

Full-stack e-commerce work across 8 B2C and 1 B2B virtual storefronts on a proprietary platform. Marketing-integration focus: Salesforce Marketing Cloud, ERP, payment APIs, shipping carriers, custom promo/discount engines.

2013 — 2016 3 yrs

Professor of Educational Technology

State Department of Education

Public-school informatics teacher and infrastructure lead across multiple schools. Foundational experience in teaching, mentorship, and human relationships that still shapes my engineering communication.

06Community
2025 · WordPress

WordCamp US 2025 — Volunteer

Portland, Oregon · USA

Traveled from Brazil to volunteer at the largest WordPress conference in the US. First WordCamp ever, on the volunteer track — giving back to the ecosystem that has shaped 12+ years of career.

2025 · Local meetup

Devs do Paranhana 7th edition — Co-organizer

FACCAT · Taquara · RS

Helped organize the 7th edition of the regional dev meetup — 150+ attendees, talks spanning LLMs, Apache Pinot, software design, AI. Volunteer-driven community event.

07What people say

"Working with Matt has been one of the greatest privileges of my career. Matt is a true WordPress virtuoso. His ability to troubleshoot complex issues with calm precision is something I deeply admire. I recommend Matt without reservation."

Henry Tanaka · Junior dev mentee · Fahrenheit Marketing

"We had critical issues affecting the primary system we needed to do our jobs — Matt was always available to fix any problem so that there was no interruption in service. The most professional, dedicated, meticulous team player it has been my pleasure to work with."

Christine Gestiehr · Operations partner · database rollout

"Matt Galdino — what you built here is going to change how people grow in their careers."

08Education
2025 — in progress

MBA · Technology for Business: AI, Data Science & Big Data

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)

2016 — 2019

Major's Degree · Informatics

UNIASSELVI · Centro Universitário Leonardo da Vinci

2009 — 2012

Technologist's Degree · Internet Systems Technology

Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI)

09Contact

Let's talk.

For ambitious platform work — payments, integrations, infrastructure, AI — or simply a good engineering conversation, the door is open.

Email contact@matheus.digital LinkedIn /in/mattgaldino Phone +1 512 200 4221