Senior full-stack engineer · 25+ years

Full-stack engineering for websites, commerce, and business applications.

I’m Nick, a senior full-stack software engineer with 25+ years of experience. I build and improve business applications, custom websites, and the systems connecting them—from C#/.NET and PHP to WordPress, databases, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.

Business applicationsCustom WordPress developmentE-commerce & integrationsCloud & platform support
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Build or improve business softwareInterfaces, backend services, and data workflows.Build your next websiteContent, functionality, and room to grow.Migrate or modernize your siteWordPress to Astro, or headless WordPress.Keep your website maintainedUpdates, fixes, and ongoing support.
Full-stack experience, from the interface to the infrastructure.
Explore business application development, websites, migrations, headless WordPress, and ongoing maintenance. Decorative artwork is from the purchased Nexsas template.
WordPress to Astro migration

Is a heavy WordPress site holding you back?

Move to fast, prebuilt pages with a migration plan that accounts for your content, search visibility, forms, and the way your team publishes.

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  • A lighter, faster public website
  • Careful handling of URLs and SEO
  • An editing workflow that fits your team
Solutions for your business

Websites, business software, and connected systems.

Build or improve a business application, launch a website, or connect the tools your team relies on. I work across interfaces, backend services, and databases, with services covering custom WordPress development, Astro migrations, e-commerce, and ongoing support.

WordPress & websitesBuild, migrate, or modernize your site.
01 / WordPress & websites

Make your website work for visitors and the people managing it.

Build a new site or move an existing one to a better fit. I offer custom WordPress development, website migrations, WordPress-to-Astro migrations, and headless WordPress with an Astro frontend, alongside content tools and integrations.

What I can help with

  • WordPress development and custom plugins
  • Website migrations, including WordPress to Astro
  • Headless WordPress with an Astro frontend
  • Reusable content fields and editing components
  • Interactive listings, search, and filtering
  • Forms, campaign pages, and marketing integrations
  • WordPress
  • PHP
  • Astro
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E-commerceSupport the sale and the work behind it.
02 / E-commerce

Build a store that works beyond the product page.

From storefront features to checkout and supporting systems, I develop and maintain e-commerce platforms with the wider operation in mind. That includes improving an existing store and working through the issues around it.

What I can help with

  • WooCommerce customization
  • Product, checkout, and payment-related functionality
  • Custom PHP commerce applications
  • Platform troubleshooting and ongoing support
  • WooCommerce
  • PHP
  • WooPayments
  • Braintree
  • PayPal
  • Authorize.net
  • Stripe
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Business applicationsMake everyday work easier to manage.
03 / Business applications

Give your team software that fits the work.

Build or extend the tools your team uses to manage information, follow business rules, and get work done. I work across the interface, backend, and database, including established applications that need careful changes.

What I can help with

  • Operational tools and administrative interfaces
  • Marketplace, invoicing, and payment-related workflows
  • Custom WordPress plugins connected to business services
  • Backend services and database connections
  • C#
  • .NET
  • SQL Server
  • PHP
  • WordPress
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Connected systemsPut your data and business tools in touch.
04 / Connected systems

Help your website and business systems work together.

Connect forms, applications, databases, and marketing platforms so information can move between them. When a handoff fails, I trace the request and data through the systems involved.

What I can help with

  • REST APIs and application integrations
  • CRM, newsletter, and form connections
  • SQL Server and MySQL data workflows
  • Troubleshooting requests and data handoffs
  • REST APIs
  • HubSpot
  • PHP
  • Braintree Payments
  • PayPal
  • Stripe
  • ActiveCampaign
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Platform supportWebsite maintenance and platform care.
05 / Platform support

Keep your website maintained as your business evolves.

Get ongoing website maintenance alongside development: WordPress updates, fixes, content changes, and troubleshooting. I also work through application, hosting, performance, and security issues across the systems your site relies on.

What I can help with

  • Ongoing website and WordPress maintenance
  • Core, theme, and plugin updates with compatibility checks
  • Website fixes, content changes, and troubleshooting
  • AWS and Cloudflare security work
  • Wordfence configuration for WordPress
  • Hosting, monitoring, and performance troubleshooting
  • AWS
  • Cloudflare Pages
  • Cloudflare Workers
  • WordPress
  • Wordfence
  • GitHub
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Not sure where your project fits? We can work through the starting point together.

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Selected engineering work

Experience across websites, commerce, and business systems.

Full-stack software engineering for Stack’s Bowers Galleries, commerce architecture and AWS infrastructure for Easy Breathe, and custom WordPress development for Get Network Visibility.

Gold and silver collectible coins, used as illustrative numismatic photography
Enterprise applications & web platformsStack's Bowers
C# / .NETWordPressCustom WordPress plugins
Illustrative stock photography · Zlaťáky.cz / Unsplash (opens in a new tab)
Senior full-stack software engineering

Business applications and web platforms at Stack’s Bowers Galleries.

Full-stack development across ASP.NET MVC/Razor and Kendo UI interfaces, C# backend services, APIs, and SQL Server workflows supporting marketplace listings, invoicing, and payment-related functionality. Also built enterprise-level custom WordPress plugins in PHP connected to business services, alongside Wordfence security configuration.

C# / .NETRazorKendo UISQL ServerPHPCustom WordPress pluginsAPIsWordfence
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CPAP product and lifestyle photography from the Easy Breathe public website
E-commerce & cloud architectureEasy Breathe
E-commerceAWSPHP
Public website imagery · Easy Breathe (opens in a new tab)
Lead Technical Architect · E-commerce

An e-commerce business across platforms.

Led architecture and development across custom PHP, WooCommerce, and WordPress systems. Designed and supported scalable AWS infrastructure, with hands-on cybersecurity work across AWS, Cloudflare, and Wordfence, alongside performance and technical team delivery.

AWSPHPWordPressWooCommerceCloudflareWordfenceTechnical leadership
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Data-center server racks, used as illustrative network technology photography
Get Network Visibility
Corporate web & marketing technologyGet Network Visibility
WordPressPHPMarketing integrations
Illustrative stock photography · imgix / Unsplash (opens in a new tab)
Full-stack development · Content & marketing

Helping visitors find the right content.

Custom WordPress and PHP development for Get Network Visibility, including ACF and Gutenberg content structures, PHP search and filtering, and HubSpot and ActiveCampaign forms.

WordPress / ACFPHP / REST APIsHubSpot

Contributions built on the FINNPartners-credited base theme and framework.

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Technology in practice

Tech stack & tools.

Explore the tools behind the work, with project examples and practical approaches for each area.

Broader career portfolio

Experience across industries.

Selected organizations from my career, including agency and employer engagements.

Disney

Digital ticketing platforms

American Honda

Enterprise application development

Sony Broadcast

Via ADK

Toshiba

Via ADK

Interscope Records

Via Deep Fried Productions

Asahi Beer USA

Via ADK

Keysight / Get Network Visibility

Corporate marketing technology

Irdeto

Via Mimio Design

Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach

Via Mimio Design

Braille Institute

Via Mimio Design

Stack's Bowers Galleries

C# / .NET · PHP · Custom WordPress plugins

J. Press

Via ADK

Easy Breathe

Lead Technical Architect

Coast Produce

WordPress website development

Mission Valley Bank

Via Focus DMS

LACHSA Foundation

WordPress website development

Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles

Joomla website development

New Tibetan Bible

Mobile application development

Career credits, not endorsements or a claim of direct or current Ascendo Solutions contracts. Some historical websites have since changed.

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How I work

From requirements to reliable delivery

  1. Define the problem

    Discovery & strategy

    Understand the business problem, users, dependencies, and constraints.

  2. Connect the systems

    Plan & architect

    Identify the right technical approach, interfaces, integrations, and delivery milestones.

  3. Deliver with confidence

    Build, validate & support

    Implement, test important workflows, review changes, and support the handoff.

Nick Lee, independent software engineerThe person behind Ascendo
Independent software engineer
A personal introduction

Hi, I'm Nick.

I'm an independent senior full-stack software engineer with over 25 years of experience building websites, e-commerce platforms, and business applications.

At Ascendo Solutions, you work directly with me. I bring clear communication, practical advice, and ownership of the work—whether working independently or alongside your team.

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I work directly with U.S.-based businesses on websites, applications, and technical consulting. This form is for prospective client projects. I’m not accepting vendor pitches, outsourcing proposals, or white-label partnership requests.

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