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Backend Development
BlogVault — Performance Optimization & Feature Engineering
Software Development Engineer Feb 2023 – Nov 2023 (10 months)
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Overview
Performance optimization and feature development for a WordPress backup and security platform trusted by 400,000+ websites across 120 countries.
The Challenge
BlogVault's infrastructure needed optimization to handle growing traffic while maintaining reliability. The routing system had a critical wildcard-based architecture issue causing misrouted requests and email overload. Store server storage was hitting capacity limits, threatening backup reliability.
What I Built
Worked across the full backend stack to solve performance and reliability issues:
• Engineered WP-Optimizer, a plugin that reduced server load and improved site loading speed by 40% through selective clearing of data, transients, and caches
• Revamped 150+ application routes, replacing the problematic wildcard-based routing system and eliminating the email overload issue
• Analyzed Store Server disk data and helped clear 90% of storage space, significantly cutting hosting costs
• Implemented role-based feature access using the cancancan gem on the Active Admin Panel
• Built an SEO-friendly Maintenance Mode for WordPress that preserved search engine rankings during site maintenance
• Created an Automatic WordPress and WooCommerce Database Update Detector and Updater
• Integrated a Comment Management system that reduced spam comments by 60%
• Served as on-call engineer providing immediate debugging and technical support
Results & Impact
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40% improvement in site loading speed (WP-Optimizer)
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90% storage reduction on Store Servers
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150+ routes refactored — eliminated routing bugs and email overload
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60% reduction in spam comments across WordPress sites
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Platform serving 400,000+ websites maintained at high reliability
Technologies Used
Ruby on RailsPHPMySQLWordPressDockerActive AdminJavaScript