Ricky Lee Whittemore
Staff Engineer at Fueled
I've spent the last 15+ years building content platforms that serve millions of users. My work sits at the intersection of systems architecture, team leadership, and shipping software that lasts — enterprise CMS implementations, CI/CD pipelines, and increasingly, AI-augmented developer tooling.
Experience
Staff Engineer
Fueled (formerly 10up) · 2014–Present
Leading full-stack engineering teams building enterprise WordPress solutions for Fortune 500 clients. Architecting scalable content management systems, establishing CI/CD pipelines across Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, and driving adoption of modern frontend stacks (React, Next.js, TypeScript). Recently focused on LLM/AI integrations and developer productivity tooling.
Lead Developer
Southern Web · 2009–2014
Built custom WordPress themes, plugins, and full-stack web applications for clients across industries. Grew from junior developer to lead engineer, establishing development workflows and mentoring team members.
Selected Work
View select projects from 15+ years of enterprise engineering on the work page.
What I Work With
Architecture & Infrastructure
Full-stack systems design, CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI), cloud deployments, performance optimization, REST API design
Languages & Frameworks
PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, React, Next.js, Astro, WordPress block development, FluentUI
AI & Tooling
LLM integrations, AI-augmented development workflows, data pipeline design, Claude Code, automation tooling
Leadership
Engineering team management, technical architecture reviews, code review culture, mentoring, cross-functional project planning
Open Source
Active contributor to WordPress core and maintainer of several open source projects. Find my work on GitHub.
Get in Touch
Reach me at contact@rickylee.com or connect on LinkedIn and Bluesky.