I'm a senior web developer with 14+ years of experience building, improving, and rescuing websites and web applications. I specialize in PHP, Laravel, WordPress, WooCommerce, JavaScript, React, Next.js, and custom API integrations. Whether you need a new application built from the ground up, a custom feature added to an existing platform, or someone to track down a problem nobody else can seem to fix, I can help. I've worked on everything from custom SaaS platforms and eCommerce systems to third-party API integrations, legacy applications, and complex WordPress/WooCommerce projects. I approach development from a business perspective: the goal isn't just clean code; it's building something that solves the right problem, works reliably, and is maintainable long after launch. If you're looking for an experienced developer who can jump into an existing project, understand what's going on, and get things moving, I'd love to work with you.

Joshua Davies

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I'm a senior web developer with 14+ years of experience building, improving, and rescuing websites and web applications. I specialize in PHP, Laravel, WordPress, WooCommerce, JavaScript, React, Next.js, and custom API integrations. Whether you need a new application built from the ground up, a custom feature added to an existing platform, or someone to track down a problem nobody else can seem to fix, I can help. I've worked on everything from custom SaaS platforms and eCommerce systems to third-party API integrations, legacy applications, and complex WordPress/WooCommerce projects. I approach development from a business perspective: the goal isn't just clean code; it's building something that solves the right problem, works reliably, and is maintainable long after launch. If you're looking for an experienced developer who can jump into an existing project, understand what's going on, and get things moving, I'd love to work with you.

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I’m a senior web developer with 14+ years of experience building, improving, and rescuing websites and web applications.

I specialize in PHP, Laravel, WordPress, WooCommerce, JavaScript, React, Next.js, and custom API integrations. Whether you need a new application built from the ground up, a custom feature added to an existing platform, or someone to track down a problem nobody else can seem to fix, I can help.

I’ve worked on everything from custom SaaS platforms and eCommerce systems to third-party API integrations, legacy applications, and complex WordPress/WooCommerce projects.

I approach development from a business perspective: the goal isn’t just clean code; it’s building something that solves the right problem, works reliably, and is maintainable long after launch.

If you’re looking for an experienced developer who can jump into an existing project, understand what’s going on, and get things moving, I’d love to work with you.

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Senior Software Engineer (SaaS and Platform Engineering) at Camna LLC
January 1, 2014 - Present
Led architecture and backend engineering across dozens of SaaS and high-traffic platforms using PHP, Ruby, and JavaScript. Designed scalable REST APIs for complex business workflows including inventory management and transactional processing. Integrated AI/LLM features such as intelligent search, content generation, and workflow automation in production applications. Built reusable middleware layers for authentication, API integrations, and AI model access across multiple platforms. Developed data models and automation systems for large product catalogs, order processing, and reporting pipelines. Engineered WooCommerce/Laravel hybrid systems for e-commerce operations and inventory synchronization. Built custom API services integrating with external marketplaces (including eBay) and optimized MySQL queries for high-volume workloads. Partnered with product owners and mentored developers through code review and long-term code quality standards.
Software Engineer at SmithworksDesign
October 10, 2011 - November 14, 2014
Served as technical lead across projects, collaborating with designers and stakeholders to deliver custom platforms. Led backend and CMS engineering for custom applications with complex client requirements. Architected themes, plugins, and backend services to support diverse client needs, improving performance, maintainability, and deployment reliability across development environments.

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B.S. Digital Media and Communications at University of Valley Forge
August 21, 2006 - December 14, 2011

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    HelmHQ

    HelmHQ is a multi-tenant SaaS platform designed to provide teams with a shared, intelligent workspace for AI-powered work.

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    I designed and developed the platform around a simple problem: valuable AI conversations, decisions, research, and organizational context are often scattered across individual accounts, disconnected tools, and private chat histories. HelmHQ brings that work together in a single collaborative environment where teams can reuse prior AI sessions, manage shared knowledge, connect to external sources, and keep important company context accessible.

    The platform is built with Laravel and includes organization-based multi-tenancy, multi-provider AI support, BYOK API credentials, shared AI sessions, project and team management, Knowledge and Documents, connected integrations such as Slack, GitHub, Asana, and Google Workspace, usage tracking, AI budget controls, Stripe billing, role-based access, and organization-aware AI execution.

    A major part of the architecture is HelmHQ’s intelligent context-selection system. Rather than sending an AI model everything an organization knows, HelmHQ retrieves, ranks, and budgets only the most relevant authorized context for each request. This improves response quality, reduces token usage, protects tenant boundaries, and creates a stronger foundation for future AI agents and workflow automation.

    I also built the platform with commercial SaaS considerations in mind, including Stripe subscription management, configurable plan entitlements, seat and storage add-ons, security hardening, tenant isolation testing, privacy and compliance readiness, connected-source authorization, AI usage governance, and production deployment architecture.

    HelmHQ represents both the product and engineering side of my work: identifying a real collaboration problem, designing the SaaS architecture around it, and building the infrastructure required to take an AI-native application from concept toward commercial launch.