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I am a PHP/Laravel Team Lead with 10+ years of backend development and 2.5+ years in technical leadership. I’ve architected enterprise-grade financial platforms, led cross-functional teams, and delivered scalable microservices. My core strengths include Laravel, RESTful API design, and modern PHP practices, always focused on robust APIs, maintainable code, and performance optimization. I thrive in Agile environments, mentor engineers, enforce code quality, and ensure reliable, secure systems with 99.9% uptime. I enjoy translating business goals into technical solutions and delivering with excellence while fostering collaborative, high-performing teams.…I am a PHP/Laravel Team Lead with 10+ years of backend development and 2.5+ years in technical leadership. I’ve architected enterprise-grade financial platforms, led cross-functional teams, and delivered scalable microservices. My core strengths include Laravel, RESTful API design, and modern PHP practices, always focused on robust APIs, maintainable code, and performance optimization. I thrive in Agile environments, mentor engineers, enforce code quality, and ensure reliable, secure systems with 99.9% uptime. I enjoy translating business goals into technical solutions and delivering with excellence while fostering collaborative, high-performing teams.

F AHAD S HAKEEL

Back-End Developer, Web Developer, Full Stack Developer, +3

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I am a PHP/Laravel Team Lead with 10+ years of backend development and 2.5+ years in technical leadership. I’ve architected enterprise-grade financial platforms, led cross-functional teams, and delivered scalable microservices. My core strengths include Laravel, RESTful API design, and modern PHP practices, always focused on robust APIs, maintainable code, and performance optimization. I thrive in Agile environments, mentor engineers, enforce code quality, and ensure reliable, secure systems with 99.9% uptime. I enjoy translating business goals into technical solutions and delivering with excellence while fostering collaborative, high-performing teams.…I am a PHP/Laravel Team Lead with 10+ years of backend development and 2.5+ years in technical leadership. I’ve architected enterprise-grade financial platforms, led cross-functional teams, and delivered scalable microservices. My core strengths include Laravel, RESTful API design, and modern PHP practices, always focused on robust APIs, maintainable code, and performance optimization. I thrive in Agile environments, mentor engineers, enforce code quality, and ensure reliable, secure systems with 99.9% uptime. I enjoy translating business goals into technical solutions and delivering with excellence while fostering collaborative, high-performing teams.

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I am a PHP/Laravel Team Lead with 10+ years of backend development and 2.5+ years in technical leadership. I’ve architected enterprise-grade financial platforms, led cross-functional teams, and delivered scalable microservices. My core strengths include Laravel, RESTful API design, and modern PHP practices, always focused on robust APIs, maintainable code, and performance optimization.

I thrive in Agile environments, mentor engineers, enforce code quality, and ensure reliable, secure systems with 99.9% uptime. I enjoy translating business goals into technical solutions and delivering with excellence while fostering collaborative, high-performing teams.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Developer at Cloud Kinetics

September 1, 2023 - Present

Led a 4-member backend development team using Laravel; Designed and developed 100+ RESTful API endpoints enabling service-wide communication; Implemented microservices architecture to enhance scalability and multi-threading; Integrated SonarQube to enforce code quality across the development lifecycle.

Software Developer at World City Co., Ltd.

December 1, 2019 - August 31, 2023

Designed and developed multiple internal tools to streamline operations and reduce costs; Independently built 4 custom CRM systems aligned to internal workflows; Built 4 billing management systems using PHP and MySQL with Laravel ORM; Implemented automated import/export reporting for monthly, quarterly, and annual reviews.

Programmer Supervisor at LNW Asia Group

June 1, 2017 - November 30, 2018

Core member of a 4-developer team delivering an online gaming platform; Implemented a customer query collection and management system to improve support efficiency; Integrated multiple third-party APIs (SOAP/XML, REST, and cURL) for game data and user transactions; Designed and developed transactional and analytical database schemas; Created and integrated a wallet system for games such as poker, fish, baccarat, roulette, and slots.

Survey Programmer at Inginit Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

February 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017

Collaborated on delivering customized web solutions for international clients; Modified UI with JavaScript, CSS, and HTML; ensured on-time delivery and post-deployment support.

PHP Developer at Solushunz Technologies

September 1, 2014 - January 31, 2016

End-to-end development, maintenance, and enhancement of web applications with focus on clean code, timely delivery, and responsive design; Front-end implemented with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap; Backend development with PHP and Python; MySQL database management; contributed to coding standards and project documentation.

Software Developer at World City Co., Ltd.

March 1, 2026 - Present

Independently architected and scaled 4 production-grade CRM systems using Laravel and MySQL to comply with new Cambodian regulations, delivering seamless customer lifecycle management for 15,000+ users. Revamped enterprise billing systems to align with updated policies, processing 100,000+ annual transactions with improved validation and audit mechanisms. Implemented event-driven workflows with Laravel and RabbitMQ for real-time invoicing and payment reconciliation in response to regulatory changes. Optimized RESTful APIs with refined query strategies and ORM usage, boosting overall performance by ~30%. Upgraded reporting with Spring Batch to generate regulation-compliant monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, reducing manual effort by 40%.

PHP Team Lead at Cloud Kinetics Technology Sdn. Bhd.

August 1, 2024 - March 1, 2026

Led a 4-member PHP development team building iMSME, a digital financing ecosystem serving 1,000+ MSMEs across Southeast Asia. Shaped microservices backend architecture with Laravel 9, applying service-oriented and event-driven patterns for scalable financial operations. Conducted daily code reviews and sprint planning, improving code quality by 35% and shortening sprint cycles from 3 weeks to 2 weeks. Established PSR-12 standards, repository pattern, and Laravel service layer architecture across projects. Managed deployment pipelines using AWS CodePipeline and Docker with blue-green strategy for zero-downtime releases and 99.9% availability. Championed test-driven development, raising PHPUnit coverage from 45% to 85% and reducing production bugs by 40%.

Senior Software Developer at Cloud Kinetics Technology Sdn. Bhd.

September 1, 2023 - August 1, 2024

Architected 200+ RESTful API endpoints with Laravel and OpenAPI docs; implemented microservices to improve deployment flexibility and reduce API latency (1000ms to 450ms). Designed advanced Eloquent queries; built Redis-backed queue for background jobs processing 5,000+ daily jobs; integrated SonarQube for code quality; developed API authentication middleware and AWS CloudWatch monitoring, reducing MTTR from 4 hours to 45 minutes.