James Pfleiderer Senior Web Developer

Experience

Nightwing, Full Stack Web Developer (May 2025 - Sept 2025, Four-month contract)

  • Decrease time for employees to find HR information and resources with new intranet website, converting SharePoint to WordPress.
  • Improved overall content editing UX with custom Gutenberg blocks built with PHP and React.
  • Create custom WordPress REST APIs for easier and more secure content retrieval.
  • Revamped users' ability to find resources with new chatbot built on React and custom OpenAI APIs.
  • Utilized custom CI/CD processes to deploy company websites to LEMP servers on Azure and AWS Lightsail.
  • Decreased technical debt by writing documentation for development and editor processes.
  • Provide expertise to Digital Experience team as Lead WordPress Developer to keep Agile timelines on track.

NASA, Senior Web Developer (Oct 2024 - Mar 2025, Full-time)

  • Increased operational efficiency by consolidating dozens of different NASA orgs' websites under nasa.gov.
  • Integrated search.gov to increase availability of NASA content for all users.
  • Increased engagement and functionality with new content blocks like image comparisons and forms built in React and PHP.
  • Performed routine QA to audit pull requests to approve for CI/CD pipeline deployment in secure NASA GitHub and WPVIP cloud environment, reducing chance for deployment errors.
  • Documented plugin and theme component processes to enhance internal developer resources.
  • Received Public Trust Clearance via NASA MSFC (Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL)

nclud, Senior Full-stack Developer (May 2023 - Feb 2024, Full-time)

  • • Dramatically reduced time and errors with automated deployment processes using GitHub Actions to deploy to LEMP environments on AWS Lightsail.
  • Developed custom Gutenberg blocks to improve end-user's ability to edit website content.
  • Worked directly with clients to manage work requests and review project progress.
  • Added full multi-language features (i18n) for clients to reach multiple markets and increase business.
  • Planned and managed tasks for myself and other developers.
  • Improved team performance by providing expertise and guidance for other in-house developers.

Edelman, Senior WordPress Developer (Feb 2021 - Nov 2022, Full-time)

  • Streamlined project timelines by planning features, architecture, and scope in build specification documents.
  • Implemented custom WordPress boilerplate to decrease time and effort to start new projects.
  • Developed WordPress sites from scratch, both independently and collaboratively, based on Sketch and Figma designs.
  • Integrated APIs (e.g., weather, stock prices) into WordPress themes and plugins to enhance content dynamism.
  • Developed a custom WordPress API to streamline content delivery for external platforms, reducing technical debt.
  • Provided expertise and guidance for other in-house developers.

Taoti Creative, Lead WordPress Developer (Aug 2018 - Feb 2021, Full-time)

  • Improved our cost-efficiency by planning sprint/task lists for the WordPress development team.
  • Provided expertise and led other developers (both in-house and external) on WordPress projects.
  • Enhanced scope of work and build specification documents to clarify development deliverables and timelines.
  • Revamped project start time by implementing custom WordPress boilerplate for all projects.
  • Constructed WordPress plugins to make CMS more efficient with APIs like HubSpot, Google Maps, and Dribbble.

Knucklepuck, Senior Web Developer (Jul 2016 - Jun 2018, Full-time)

  • Created wireframe documents to plan WordPress site structure and improve overall efficiency.
  • Communicated directly with clients to provide expertise on site functionality and content management.
  • Created an extendible module system to build WordPress templates to shorten project timelines.
  • Optimized websites with high performance pagespeed methods for higher user reach.
  • Collaborated with SEO team to improve website search rankings and reduce ad costs for clients.

SPARK Experience, Senior Web Developer (Aug 2012 - May 2016, Full-time)

pro2go Designs, Co-Founder (2009 - 2012, Full-time)

Planet Digital, PHP Developer (2010)

UCF SDES Webmaster (2009)

Time and Gems Webmaster (2008 - 2009)

Project Spot Designer (2007 - 2008)

Fun Projects

  • TriviaBot 5000, (2024)

    A fun little project to make something entertaining with OpenAI. This website makes use of Wikipedia's API, OpenAI's API, and React! A new trivia question is generated every day via OpenAI, based on Wikipedia's Topic of the Day from one year ago.

  • Old Screensavers, (2024)

    Just a neat demo of Windows 3.11 screensavers, built in React. Uses basic form elements to updates values used by the app to generate the stars/windows and control their speed.

  • Starfox in CSS, (2016)

    A short scene built entirely with CSS, made to look like the old Super Nintendo game, Starfox. I used stretched out <div> shapes to look like polygons and everything else is pixel art using the CSS drop shadow trick. I like to see how far CSS can be pushed.

Recent Websites

  • LexFitness, (2025)

    A local gym in Lexington, KY, needed to update their website to switch to the standard Gutenberg Block editor rather than relying on Elementor. The website uses a custom hybrid theme to allow block-editing on pages/posts and keep standard WordPress PHP template files. There are a few custom blocks built with React, like trainer bios and an image slider.

  • SpendHQ, (2023)

    The website features many custom Gutenberg blocks for an easy admin experience. The loading speed is very fast featuring many lazy-loaded assets and critical/non-critical CSS. It is also fully ready for translation into other languages (i18n).

  • BabyTracker 5000, (2023)

    A newborn feeding tracker web app built in Angular. It uses Firebase Auth and Realtime Database APIs to store data, or if you use the app in offline mode it uses your device's localStorage instead. View the GitHub repo.

  • Be In Illinois, (2022)

    Using a custom method for WP to separately queue critical and non-critical CSS, this website is build to load fast even with the high-res images at the top. Modular page sections and Advanced Custom Fields make it easy to add new pages.

  • Prelude Capital, (2021)

    Page speed was a big emphasis for this project, we achieved a 97 for performance despite the videos and high res images on the home page. This site will also feature multiple languages using the Polylang plugin.

  • Protected Lifetime Income, (2021)

    This site features many custom page sections built with Advanced Custom Fields. Lazy loading is used throughout to improve loading times. The hero and video sliders are built with custom controllers in ES6 Javascript.

  • Jane Goodall - Roots and Shoots, (2019)

    It's BuddyPress with a many custom additions, including how users create their own content and a map of all of their projects grouped by ZIP or city.

  • Taoti Creative, (2018)

    In addition to page speed optimizations, there are some neat front-end features here like the 90° main nav and images that are positioned/sized with linear equations.

Awards

Communicator Awards

W3 Awards

Education

Bachelor of Digital Media — Interactive Systems, 2009
University of Central Florida