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Umesh Ghimire

Senior Software Developer & Project Manager

Email [me.umeshuser@gmail.com](mailto:me.umeshuser@gmail.com)

Phone [+977 9842 681 490](tel:+9779842681490)

Web [umeshghimire.com.np](https://umeshghimire.com.np)

LinkedIn [/in/umeshghimire](https://www.linkedin.com/in/umeshghimire)

GitHub [github.com/ughimire](https://github.com/ughimire)

## Professional summary

Senior software developer and project manager with **12+ years** of experience shipping production PHP, WordPress, Laravel and JavaScript systems — **4+ years** spent in engineering leadership. Past employers include ThemeGrill and MantraBrain — two of Nepal's most established WordPress product companies — alongside telecom-scale PHP at Unifun. Comfortable wearing both hats: hands-on senior developer and the person running sprint planning, hiring and stakeholder reporting.

## Experience

- Owned sprint planning and cross-team coordination for the WordPress theme and plugin teams.
- Ran developer recruitment, onboarding and performance reviews.
- Drove product strategy and quality assurance for a portfolio used by hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites.

- Led development teams shipping WordPress plugins, Laravel applications and JavaScript libraries.
- Owned project schedules, code review and stakeholder reporting across multiple platforms.
- Architected flagship products including the **Yatra** travel-booking plugin and the **Sikshya** LMS.
- Mentored technical staff and helped grow the engineering function.

- Built custom WordPress plugins and themes for a fast-growing product portfolio.
- Authored reusable JavaScript libraries with Grunt-based build pipelines.

- PHP framework development for telecommunications platforms running on carrier infrastructure.
- Web services, billing integrations and WordPress customizations under strict reliability requirements.

- Full-stack development across HTML5/CSS3, Magento, Joomla, WordPress and early Laravel.

- CodeIgniter, WordPress and OpenCart e-commerce builds — first professional shipping experience.

## Featured projects

End-to-end WordPress tour-booking plugin with package management, multi-currency payments, departures and admin dashboards. [wpyatra.com](https://wpyatra.com)

Learning-management plugin for course authoring, enrollments, quizzes and certificate flows. [wordpress.org/plugins/sikshya](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sikshya/)

Drag-and-drop registration plugin with custom fields, conditional logic and admin notifications. [wordpress.org/plugins/user-registration](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-registration/)

Lightweight jQuery icon-picker library for admin and form-builder UIs. [github.com/ughimire/icopick](https://github.com/ughimire/icopick)

## Skills & technologies

- **Languages & frameworks:** PHP, Laravel, CodeIgniter, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3
- **CMS & e-commerce:** WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento, Joomla, OpenCart, Easy Digital Downloads
- **Databases:** MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL
- **DevOps & cloud:** AWS, Docker, Linux, Apache, Nginx, Git, CI/CD (GitHub Actions)
- **Project management:** Sprint planning, team leadership, project tracking, stakeholder management, Jira, MS 365

## Highlights

- **12+ years** in software development; **4+ years** in project management and team leadership.
- **50+ projects** delivered across PHP, WordPress, Laravel, Magento and Joomla.
- Active open-source contributor — plugins published on WordPress.org, 70+ public repositories on GitHub.
- Comfortable with end-to-end product ownership: from architecture and code through deployment, support and stakeholder reporting.

## Languages

English (professional), Nepali (native).

## References

Available on request.