LEAD / SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Vaidas
Gaurilcikas.

Deep in Magento.
Fluent across the stack.

17 years with Magento and 20+ years with PHP, HTML and JavaScript. Experience spanning startups, ecommerce and financial institutions.

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The detail of the backend.
The bigger picture of delivery.

I’m a lead software engineer specialising in Magento, with experience spanning backend systems, Linux environments, frontend development, AI development and mobile platforms.

My work combines hands-on development with technical leadership: creating custom modules, integrating APIs, upgrading commerce platforms and improving development and deployment workflows.

17 yearsMagento experience
MagentoCore specialisation
Full stackApplication to infrastructure

Built. Integrated.
Led forward.

2004 — PRESENT
Kaunas

Adeoweb

Senior Magento Developer · Magento 2 & Hyvä

Working on Magento 2 with the Hyvä theme in a full-stack Arch Linux environment. Using strict PHP 8.4, local Docker development and GitLab CI/CD deployment pipelines.

Magento 2 / HyväPHP 8.4DockerGitLab CI/CD
Nottingham

UKMeds

Senior Magento Developer · Next.js & AWS

Built custom Next.js and React dashboard functionality, including CSV sales reports from the Magento 2 backend. Created Docker development environments, configured an AWS ECR container registry and S3 security groups, and worked with an external agency on security improvements.

Next.js / ReactAWS ECR / S3Magento 2Docker
Watford

Selection Corporate Clothing

Magento Developer · Magento 2 & Team Delivery

Supported three websites and their custom Magento extensions. Built a Docker PHP/Nginx/MySQL environment, introduced Jira and Confluence reporting, led project meetings and supported a junior developer. Planned the Magento 2.4.8 upgrade and performance improvements.

Magento 2.4.8DockerJira / ConfluenceMentoring
Vilnius

Moto spektras

Lead Magento Developer · Magento 2 & DigitalOcean

Developed a new Magento 2 ecommerce website and bespoke production infrastructure on DigitalOcean. Built development environments using Docker, PHP, Symfony, MySQL/MariaDB and Varnish, wrote custom code and automated build and deployment processes.

Magento 2DigitalOceanDocker / VarnishDeployment automation
London

Theo Paphitis Retail Group

Senior Magento Developer · Performance & Knockout.js

Improved Magento stability, page speed and usability. Diagnosed slow queries, MySQL lock-wait timeouts and full-page caching issues. Built a bespoke checkout flow and an AJAX mini-basket using Knockout.js and React.

60 ms

Time to first byte after cache fixes.
The CV reports a previous page load of 10 seconds.

PerformanceMySQLKnockout.js / ReactDocker

Allbeauty

Senior Magento Developer · Magento Enterprise & ERP

Developed the backend of a new Magento Enterprise ecommerce site in an Agile Scrum team. Implemented a bespoke checkout, platform customisations and integrations with ERP and marketing service providers.

Magento EnterpriseCheckoutERP integration
London

Alexandalexa

Senior Magento Developer · Caching & Scalability

Prepared the site for Christmas sales with full-page cache management, Memcache optimisation and profiling in a load-balanced environment. Improved indexing to avoid MySQL table locks, resolved payment failures and developed features for a multilingual, multicurrency storefront.

Full-page cacheMemcache / MySQLPayment gatewaysVagrant / Puppet
London

Made.com

Magento Contract Developer · Tax & Stock Management

Implemented custom tax functionality and Magento tax fixes, enhanced ERP integration and stock management, and supported a new country website rollout.

MagentoTaxERP / Stock management
London

Spring Studios

Magento Contract Developer · Commerce & Editorial Content

Built custom functionality for the Huntergather fashion store, including Magento modules, an editorial CMS for photo and video assets, admin customisations, email marketing integrations and automated product image imports.

MagentoCustom CMSProduct imports
London

Stylefantasia / Stylistpick

Senior PHP Developer · Magento & International Storefronts

Developed the Stylistpick Magento store with custom modules, international storefront rollouts, third-party integrations and product import/export functionality.

MagentoInternationalisationIntegrations
Vilnius

Moto spektras

Founder & Developer · osCommerce & Magento

Founded and ran a motorcycle parts and sporting goods business, creating and maintaining osCommerce and Magento websites.

Business ownershiposCommerceMagento
Vilnius

SEB Bankas

Head of TCM Product Development · Treasury Systems

Owned and developed a treasury risk management system and financial instrument processing. Led project managers and developers on banking system projects.

Treasury risk managementSystem ownershipTeam leadership

Specialist depth.
Engineering breadth.

/ 01

Commerce & backend

Magento · PHP · Symfony · Shopify
MySQL / MariaDB · PostgreSQL · osCommerce

/ 02

Frontend

React · Next.js · Node.js · TypeScript
HTML · CSS · Hyvä · Knockout.js

/ 03

Infrastructure & delivery

Linux · AWS · Docker · Nginx · Apache
Git · GitLab CI/CD · bash / zsh · WSL
DigitalOcean · Vercel · Varnish
Vagrant · Puppet · New Relic

/ 04

Mobile & wider toolkit

Swift · iOS · Xcode · Android
Python · C / C++ · Visual Studio

IT Engineering

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Vilnius Tech) · Bachelor’s degree

2000–2004

My experience, in full.

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