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I'm Vagelis Ilias, a backend PHP developer based in Larissa, Greece. I bring over two years of professional experience maintaining and enhancing existing PHP applications, adapting systems to project requirements, and optimizing database performance. I thrive in fully remote settings, handling development tasks independently, troubleshooting issues, and delivering clean, well-documented solutions. My strengths include PHP (Symfony, Laravel), REST APIs, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, with a focus on clean code, OOP/SOLID design, and agile collaboration.…I'm Vagelis Ilias, a backend PHP developer based in Larissa, Greece. I bring over two years of professional experience maintaining and enhancing existing PHP applications, adapting systems to project requirements, and optimizing database performance. I thrive in fully remote settings, handling development tasks independently, troubleshooting issues, and delivering clean, well-documented solutions. My strengths include PHP (Symfony, Laravel), REST APIs, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, with a focus on clean code, OOP/SOLID design, and agile collaboration.

Vagelis Ilias

Back-End Developer, Web Developer, Full Stack Developer, +2

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I'm Vagelis Ilias, a backend PHP developer based in Larissa, Greece. I bring over two years of professional experience maintaining and enhancing existing PHP applications, adapting systems to project requirements, and optimizing database performance. I thrive in fully remote settings, handling development tasks independently, troubleshooting issues, and delivering clean, well-documented solutions. My strengths include PHP (Symfony, Laravel), REST APIs, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, with a focus on clean code, OOP/SOLID design, and agile collaboration.…I'm Vagelis Ilias, a backend PHP developer based in Larissa, Greece. I bring over two years of professional experience maintaining and enhancing existing PHP applications, adapting systems to project requirements, and optimizing database performance. I thrive in fully remote settings, handling development tasks independently, troubleshooting issues, and delivering clean, well-documented solutions. My strengths include PHP (Symfony, Laravel), REST APIs, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, with a focus on clean code, OOP/SOLID design, and agile collaboration.

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I’m Vagelis Ilias, a backend PHP developer based in Larissa, Greece. I bring over two years of professional experience maintaining and enhancing existing PHP applications, adapting systems to project requirements, and optimizing database performance.

I thrive in fully remote settings, handling development tasks independently, troubleshooting issues, and delivering clean, well-documented solutions. My strengths include PHP (Symfony, Laravel), REST APIs, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, with a focus on clean code, OOP/SOLID design, and agile collaboration.

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Work Experience

PHP Developer at CV - Library

March 1, 2024 - November 5, 2025

Engineered scalable Symfony 7 microservices API using PHP 8.4, Docker, Kafka, Doctrine ORM, and applied DDD/SOLID principles. Designed and maintained RESTful APIs with full lifecycle ownership and PHPUnit tests. Optimized performance via MySQL queries and Redis caching; collaborated in an Agile Scrum/Kanban team delivering features in one-week sprints.

PHP Developer at Ardent

February 1, 2023 - February 1, 2023

Built full-stack mapping applications using PHP, Ajax, and Leaflet.js for real-time spatial data visualization. Created a CRUD backend to handle user requests and persist spatial data in PostgreSQL. Implemented geospatial data integration with PostgreSQL/PostGIS using PHP 7.4.

Geospatial Developer at KN Circet

November 1, 2022 - November 1, 2022

Developed Python automation scripts (ArcPy, Pandas) for spatial data processing; generated automated Excel reports from ArcGIS outputs; improved workflow efficiency by automating repetitive tasks and reducing manual reporting time; delivered reusable automation scripts adopted by multiple teams.