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Hi, I’m Michael Wagner, a seasoned software developer specializing in PHP and backend architectures. Based in Buenos Aires, I’ve spent over a decade building robust web applications and APIs across healthcare, real estate, e-commerce, and media industries. I love turning complex requirements into clean, scalable code, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering reliable solutions. I’m passionate about testing, cloud, containers, and continuous learning. I hold certifications in AWS Cloud Practitioner, Laravel, and Zend PHP Engineer, and I enjoy mentoring peers and exploring AI-powered tools to improve development workflows.…Hi, I’m Michael Wagner, a seasoned software developer specializing in PHP and backend architectures. Based in Buenos Aires, I’ve spent over a decade building robust web applications and APIs across healthcare, real estate, e-commerce, and media industries. I love turning complex requirements into clean, scalable code, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering reliable solutions. I’m passionate about testing, cloud, containers, and continuous learning. I hold certifications in AWS Cloud Practitioner, Laravel, and Zend PHP Engineer, and I enjoy mentoring peers and exploring AI-powered tools to improve development workflows.

Michael Wagner

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

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Hi, I’m Michael Wagner, a seasoned software developer specializing in PHP and backend architectures. Based in Buenos Aires, I’ve spent over a decade building robust web applications and APIs across healthcare, real estate, e-commerce, and media industries. I love turning complex requirements into clean, scalable code, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering reliable solutions. I’m passionate about testing, cloud, containers, and continuous learning. I hold certifications in AWS Cloud Practitioner, Laravel, and Zend PHP Engineer, and I enjoy mentoring peers and exploring AI-powered tools to improve development workflows.…Hi, I’m Michael Wagner, a seasoned software developer specializing in PHP and backend architectures. Based in Buenos Aires, I’ve spent over a decade building robust web applications and APIs across healthcare, real estate, e-commerce, and media industries. I love turning complex requirements into clean, scalable code, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering reliable solutions. I’m passionate about testing, cloud, containers, and continuous learning. I hold certifications in AWS Cloud Practitioner, Laravel, and Zend PHP Engineer, and I enjoy mentoring peers and exploring AI-powered tools to improve development workflows.

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Hi, I’m Michael Wagner, a seasoned software developer specializing in PHP and backend architectures. Based in Buenos Aires, I’ve spent over a decade building robust web applications and APIs across healthcare, real estate, e-commerce, and media industries. I love turning complex requirements into clean, scalable code, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering reliable solutions.

I’m passionate about testing, cloud, containers, and continuous learning. I hold certifications in AWS Cloud Practitioner, Laravel, and Zend PHP Engineer, and I enjoy mentoring peers and exploring AI-powered tools to improve development workflows.

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Spanish; Castilian

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Work Experience

PHP Developer at Personal Project – AI Guesser Intruder

April 1, 2025 - October 19, 2025

Built a PHP-based AI-powered game feature to identify an intruder among 10 players by evaluating word associations from participants. Integrated AI via ChatGPT SDK, implemented with PHP, MySQL and Laravel, and deployed a self-contained backend that tracks responses, evaluates relatedness to the starting word, and scores participants.

PHP Developer at RealPage

October 1, 2024 - October 19, 2025

Migrated a legacy PHP 5 system to PHP 8.2 using Object-Oriented design, SOLID principles, Design Patterns, ORM, and PHPUnit/Pest tests. Modernized the architecture while preserving existing functionality and added new features like parking amenities management and slot-based booking.

PHP Developer at PestShare

January 31, 2024 - October 19, 2025

Integrated Buildium API for CRM data: imported new properties with leases, removed ended leases; ensured data integrity. Used Laravel 10, Guzzle, Eloquent, AWS S3, and REST endpoints; participated in hiring and onboarding of new developers.

PHP Developer at Scale Media

January 31, 2023 - October 19, 2025

Laid a solid foundation for 2022 Black Friday/Cyber Monday project by programming the Tru Alchemy brand site: Landing Page, Product Page with variants, header and footer. Contributed to Gift Card discount features and bug fixes.

PHP Developer at AvodahMed

July 1, 2022 - October 19, 2025

Developed a Medical System with REST APIs against Health Athena and Garmin. Performed Yii migrations, created data models, and implemented patient encounters, appointments and vitals using PostgreSQL.

PHP Developer at Virtualisa s.a

May 1, 2021 - October 19, 2025

Development and maintenance of an Article Management System (Articles, Stock, User Profiles, Reports). Focused on backend improvements and collaborating with frontend teams.

PHP Developer at BairesDev

February 28, 2020 - October 19, 2025

Backend development and maintenance of Hospital Web and Kiosk Systems; addressed database issues, deployment pipelines, data translations and localization; worked with CakePHP, MySQL and Git.

PHP Engineer at Motorola

December 31, 2017 - October 19, 2025

In charge of repaired tickets system for radio equipment; backend maintenance using PHP, MySQL and Cake; analyzed deltas in forecasting projects with Google Apps Script.

Software Engineer at IBM Global Services

December 31, 2012 - October 19, 2025

Participated in Blue Horizon project as part of the User Interface team on the WebSphere platform; contributed as programmer/analyst and supported migration to Rational Software Architect.