# Vinith Kumar

> Senior Full Stack Developer (Shopify and WordPress) based in Dubai, UAE. 5+ years of commercial experience and 50+ live websites for 30+ brands across the UAE, India, the UK and the US. Specialises in custom Shopify Liquid themes, WordPress and WooCommerce builds, Core Web Vitals performance (90 to 100 Lighthouse), technical and AI search SEO, payment integrations and security hardening. Works AI-native with Claude Code, Cursor and OpenAI Codex, with every line human-reviewed.

## Key facts

- Current role: Senior Full Stack Developer at Means Design, Dubai (June 2024 to present)
- Previous: Ezio Solutions (Jul 2022 to Apr 2024), Bigbang Creation (Jan to Jul 2022), Sigfy (Sep 2021 to Jan 2022), all in Coimbatore, India
- Award: Rising Star Award, Ezio Solutions
- Education: MCA, Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology (2018 to 2020). B.Sc. Computer Science, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College (2015 to 2018)
- Location and availability: Dubai, UAE. UAE residence visa. 30 days' notice. Open to senior on-site, hybrid and remote roles
- Languages: English (professional), Tamil (native), Malayalam (conversational)
- Platforms: Shopify (Liquid, Online Store 2.0, Storefront and Admin API), WordPress (custom themes, ACF Pro, plugins), WooCommerce
- Integrations: Stripe, Tabby, Telr, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, CRMs, REST, GraphQL, webhooks
- AI-assisted development: uses Claude Code, Cursor and OpenAI Codex daily for coding, debugging, refactoring, documentation and code review. Writes structured prompts with project context and constraints. Reviews and tests all AI-generated code for logic, edge cases, security and performance before implementation. Keeps credentials and client data out of prompts. Builds agentic automation pipelines for clients
- Typical result: page-builder (Elementor, WPBakery) sites rebuilt as custom themes, moving Lighthouse from the 40s to 90 to 100

## Selected live work

- [Lewis James](https://www.lewis-james.com/en-ae): Shopify, luxury menswear, UAE
- [Hamac Dubai](https://www.hamacdubai.com/): Shopify, lifestyle fashion, UAE
- [Seedra](https://seedra.ae/): Shopify, organic food DTC, UAE
- [Means Design](https://meansdesign.ae/): WordPress custom theme, Lighthouse 100, UAE
- [Zeta Seventy Seven](https://www.zetaseventyseven.com/): WordPress, interactive floor plan, Lighthouse 92, UAE
- [TGI Fridays ME](https://tgifridaysme.com/): WordPress, multi-location restaurant, UAE
- [Brett Johnson](https://brettjohnson.co/): Shopify, luxury menswear, international
- [Hobby Sportz Dubai](https://hobbysportzdubai.com/en-ae): WooCommerce, UAE and Oman
- Full list of 28 projects: https://vinithkumardeveloper.site/#work

## Contact

- Email: vinithkumar.official@gmail.com
- WhatsApp: +971 50 698 6607
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinithkumar-webdev/
- CV (PDF): https://vinithkumardeveloper.site/assets/VINITH_KUMAR.pdf
- Freelance projects and pricing: https://freelance.vinithkumardeveloper.site/