Résumé
Alok Jain
WordPress & frontend development consultant
Zirakpur, Punjab, India · Working with teams worldwide
Profile
Technical advice with hands-on delivery.
I bring more than 20 years of WordPress and frontend development experience to projects for designers, agencies and businesses.
I help turn designs and requirements into usable websites and digital products, with a focus on accessibility, performance and maintainability.
Work history
Professional experience
April 2010 – Present
Remote
Freelance WordPress and React Developer
Upwork
- Implement approved designs as responsive WordPress websites and React interfaces.
April 2010 – Present
Chandigarh, India
Co-Founder, Lead WordPress and Frontend Developer
HSR Technologies
- Lead technical delivery from requirements and implementation through launch and support.
- Build custom themes, plugins and React interfaces; provide ongoing development for agency partners.
July 2020 – February 2025
Remote freelance
Frontend Developer
Broker IDX Sites, Inc.
- Turned Figma designs into a React and Material UI frontend for BookTravelGetRewards, a travel booking and rewards website.
- Connected it to the backend team’s APIs, using React Query for booking and reward data.
Earlier experience
Design and development foundations
August 2007 – March 2010
Delhi, India
Web Developer
Morningstar India Pvt. Ltd
- Developed client websites, investor centers and online tools using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and XSLT.
- Applied W3C standards and WCAG practices in collaboration with the development team.
February – July 2007
Chandigarh, India
Senior Web Designer
PHi Business Solutions Ltd
- Designed websites and Flash interfaces, and built static sites and rich internet applications with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MXML and ActionScript.
January 2005 – February 2007
Chandigarh, India
Co-Founder
INA Brains
- Led a five-person design team, managing GUI design projects from client brief and specification through to coding and delivery.
May 2003 – December 2004
Chandigarh, India
Web Developer
VirtualSoft Technologies
- Designed databases, built and tested websites, created Flash interactions, and trained clients and colleagues on web tools.
Selected projects
Websites, applications and tools
Vani Kaushal
Planned, designed and built a new Gutenberg-based website for an energy healer, novelist and artist, with Jaspreet Kaur.
BookTravelGetRewards
Built a travel rewards frontend from Figma designs with React, Material UI and React Query, connected to the backend team’s APIs.
The Good Egg Collective
Lead developer for a Melbourne design and development agency: custom WordPress themes, website maintenance and new features.
Chapterwright
An open source WordPress plugin for publishing books, with a library, organised chapters and a focused reader.
Code Snap
An open source code snippet block for the WordPress block editor, with syntax colouring and a copy button.
Publishing and community websites
Work includes ThePhilatelist, alongside other WordPress and frontend projects.
Core skills
What I work with
Development
- WordPress themes & plugins
- Gutenberg, ACF & WooCommerce
- React & React Native
- JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 & SCSS
- Material UI & React Query
- WordPress REST APIs
- Figma to code & responsive layouts
Consulting & quality
- Technical planning and reviews
- Accessibility and usability
- Performance improvements
- Maintainability and delivery support
Education
Education & certification
- MBA in IT
2006 – 2008 - BSc in Multimedia
2003 – 2006 · Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology – SMU - Introduction to Web Accessibility
W3Cx · August 2020
Writing & open source
Sharing what I learn.
Author of AI in WordPress, a practical code-first guide.
Publisher of WP Snippets on LinkedIn, and builder of WordPress plugins and developer tools.
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