LEAD / SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Vaidas
Gaurilcikas.

Deep in Magento.
Fluent across the stack.

17 years of engineering experience, from startups to financial institutions. Backend foundations. Full-stack perspective.

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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 yearsSoftware engineering
MagentoCore specialisation
Full stackApplication to infrastructure

Built. Integrated.
Led forward.

2015 — PRESENT
Kaunas

Adeoweb

Senior Magento Developer

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

Integrated a sales dashboard with the backend by establishing API endpoints. Worked with Next.js, Vercel and AWS, alongside Docker environments running Apache/Nginx, MySQL and PHP.

Next.jsAWSAPI integrationVercel
Watford

Selection Corporate Clothing

Lead Web Developer

Created a bespoke PHP development setup and managed deployment of a new ERP module. Led a project management process overhaul, introduced a new workflow and facilitated a Magento 2 upgrade.

Technical leadershipERPMagento 2

Moto spektras

Lead Developer

Integrated frontend templates into a new Magento 2 ecommerce system, created custom modules and deployed to DigitalOcean.

Custom modulesFrontend integrationDigitalOcean
London

Theo Paphitis Retail Group

Lead Developer

Resolved full-page cache issues and built a bespoke mini-basket with Knockout.js.

60 ms

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

PerformanceFull-page cacheKnockout.js

Specialist depth.
Engineering breadth.

/ 01

Commerce & backend

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

/ 02

Frontend

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

/ 03

Infrastructure & delivery

Linux · AWS · Docker · Nginx · Apache
Git · GitLab CI/CD · bash / zsh · WSL
DigitalOcean · Vercel

/ 04

Mobile & wider toolkit

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

Software Engineering

Vilnius Tech · Bachelor’s degree

2004
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