Ryan Hissey

Senior Backend Software Engineer

Stone, Staffordshire

Summary

Senior Backend Software Engineer with 6+ years building PHP e-commerce systems. Currently working on Hyvä Checkout, responsible for its releases, alongside Adobe Commerce integrations for Hyvä Enterprise. Experienced in Magento 2/Adobe Commerce, Laravel, payments and headless commerce, and certified by both Hyvä and Adobe.

Experience

Hyvä
Magento Developer
Jul 2023 - Present
Backend engineer on Hyvä's commercial products, primarily Hyvä Checkout (releases and maintenance), alongside Hyvä Enterprise.
- Own the Hyvä Checkout release process: writing developer changelogs, testing across multiple PHP versions, and enforcing internal and Magento coding standards for every release.
- Added Playwright end-to-end tests alongside each bug fix to stop regressions recurring in later releases.
- Built address autocomplete integrations for Hyvä Checkout with Google Places and PostcodeNL, speeding up address entry and reducing errors.
- Added support for customer address attributes in Hyvä Checkout, plus Adobe Commerce custom customer attributes, all released as backward-compatible changes.
- Enabled Adobe Sensei Product Recommendations and Live Search on Hyvä storefronts by implementing Adobe Commerce Storefront Events in Hyvä Enterprise.
- Wrote exam questions and assessment material for the Hyvä Certified Developer program, used to certify Hyvä developers worldwide.
- Added initial Apple Pay support to the Hyvä Checkout compatibility module, and fixed issues in the Adobe Payment Services and Stripe integrations.
Vitl
Magento Developer
Mar 2023 - Jul 2023
Developed headless e-commerce solutions for Vitl’s commerce platform, focusing on API design and backend integrations.
- Built headless API endpoints for Vitl's e-commerce platform.
- Led the migration of the backend from PHP 7.4 to PHP 8.1.
Etika Finance UK
Ecommerce Developer
Oct 2022 - Mar 2023
Specialised in developing payment integrations and finance solutions across multiple e-commerce platforms.
- Developed a TypeScript-based Shopify payment app enabling buy now pay later finance checkout options for customers.
- Enhanced and extended the Magento 2 Buy Now, Pay Later finance module by integrating with the Etika payments API to support seamless finance application and payment processing workflows.
- Implemented CI/CD testing pipelines across multiple Magento versions to improve code quality, compatibility, and deployment reliability.
Aware Digital
Backend Developer
Mar 2021 - Oct 2022
Delivered backend solutions for multiple Magento 2 e-commerce stores.
- PHP backend development for multiple Magento 2/Adobe Commerce stores, optimising functionality & new features.
- Achieved Adobe Certified Professional certification, demonstrating expertise in Adobe Commerce.
- Made significant code contributions to Hyvä Themes.
Netbiz Group
Backend Developer
Dec 2019 - Feb 2021
Delivered various e-commerce solutions across multiple platforms whilst managing hosting infrastructure.
- Developed solutions across multiple e-commerce platforms including Magento 1/2, OpenCart, WooCommerce, and bespoke integrations.
- Managed internal hosting infrastructure supporting over 200 client websites/emails.
Camp Watonka
Advanced Skills Instructor - Web Development
Jun 2016 - Aug 2017
Instructed web development and programming courses at American Science Summer Camp over two consecutive summers.
- Taught web development including HTML/CSS, ASP.NET, C#, and Java programming to students aged 10-17.

Skills

PHP
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce
Hyvä
Laravel
Shopify
AlpineJS
Vue
Inertia
TailwindCSS
MySQL
Redis
Varnish
RabbitMQ
REST
GraphQL
Payment gateways
Playwright
CI/CD
Coding standards (PHPCS)

Languages: PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL
Platforms & frameworks: Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce, Hyvä, Laravel, Shopify, AlpineJS, Vue, Inertia, TailwindCSS
Data & infrastructure: MySQL, Redis, Varnish, RabbitMQ
APIs & integrations: REST, GraphQL, Payment gateways
Testing & delivery: Playwright, CI/CD, Coding standards (PHPCS)

Certifications

Hyvä Certified Professional Developer
13 Oct 2025
Hyvä
Hyvä Certified Associate Developer
8 May 2025
Hyvä
Adobe Certified Professional - Adobe Commerce Developer
4 Jun 2021
Adobe

Education

Keele University
2017 - 2019
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
- Dissertation focused on designing and implementing a live online lecture feedback system to improve student engagement, built using ASP.NET, C#, Microsoft SQL Server, and modern web technologies.
Derby University
2016 - 2017
Bachelor of Science, Computer Games Programming
- Completed the first year of a BSc (Hons) in Computer Games Programming before transferring to Keele University to complete a degree in Computer Science.