Alihamza

PHP Laravel Developer

Reporteq

Jun 2025 - Present • 1 yr 4 mos

Develop and maintain production-ready backend systems and REST APIs using PHP and Laravel within a 10-member engineering team. ● Designed and implemented 50+ APIs supporting business-critical workflows and third-party integrations. ● Translate product requirements into technical designs, implementation plans, scalable architectures, and database schemas in collaboration with TPMs and Associate TPMs. ● Implement secure authentication, authorization, and role-based access control, with a strong focus on data integrity, performance, and maintainability. ● Developed 250+ unit and feature tests to ensure reliability, regression coverage, and production quality. ● Build and maintain queue-based asynchronous workflows and optimize existing systems for performance, scalability, and maintainability. ● Work with AWS services including EC2, RDS, SQS, CloudWatch, OpenSearch, and Cognito, using Docker for development and GitHub Actions for CI/CD. ● Participate in technical design discussions, architectural decisions, and code reviews, collaborating with DevOps and providing technical guidance to maintain engineering standards.

Software Engineer - PHP Laravel

TecSpine

Feb 2024 - Jun 2025 • 1 yr 4 mos

● Worked within a 7-member engineering team to design, develop, maintain, and deliver production software. ● Led technical development of the ConstructionReady (CR) platform, supporting 28,000+ users, 30+ modules, and 4 major portals for Admins, Staff, Teachers, Students, and Employers. ● Designed and developed 317+ REST APIs using PHP and Laravel, powering frontend portals and complex business workflows. ● Owned feature development, technical architecture, debugging, maintenance, and platform enhancements throughout the software lifecycle. ● Designed and optimized MySQL databases and stored procedures, reducing page load times by up to 80% through query and reporting optimization. ● Coordinated development activities, conducted code reviews, and provided technical guidance while collaborating with product stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions. ● Worked with AWS EC2 and RDS to deliver reliable, performant, and scalable production modules and features.

Software Engineer - PHP Laravel

Triixa Technologies

Feb 2022 - Feb 2024 • 2 yrs

● Developed and maintained production web applications using PHP, Laravel, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, Angular, HTML, and CSS. ● Designed and implemented 235+ REST APIs across multiple applications and complex business workflows. ● Built 4 applications from scratch, owning backend development, database design, API development, frontend integration, testing, and production deployment. ● Maintained and enhanced 3 additional production applications, delivering new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements. ● Designed MySQL database structures and integrated REST APIs with Angular and JavaScript frontends to support scalable application workflows. ● Implemented one-time and subscription-based payment workflows, Firebase Realtime Database functionality, and third-party API integrations. ● Managed production deployments and post-release support, contributing across the full software development lifecycle from architecture and development to testing, deployment, and maintenance.