Robert Wilde

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I’m a senior software engineer with deep PHP expertise (Laravel, Symfony) and a track record of modernising legacy platforms, hardening developer tooling, and shipping reliable back-end services.

About

I’m a senior software engineer with deep PHP expertise (Laravel, Symfony) and a track record of modernising legacy platforms, hardening developer tooling, and shipping reliable back-end services. I enjoy mentoring juniors, elevating team practices (tests, CI/CD, containerised development) and contributing to the community through meetups and conference talks.

I work across modern cloud environments (AWS, Azure), design robust APIs (REST/GraphQL), and thrive on delivering polished, scalable software while fostering collaborative, coach-and-grow leadership within teams.

  • 4 years' experience
  • Joined October 2025

Languages

  • EnglishFluent
  • JavaneseAdvanced

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Healthcare
  • Professional Services
  • Education
  • Government
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Financial Services

Work experience· 8 roles

Senior Backend Engineer · National DigitalNov 2025 – Dec 2025 · 2 mos

Led migration of multi-repo application to new staging/production environments; detached front-end React with Laravel 10 backend using custom Composer package and PDF-Transformer React app; built out servers, set up CI/CD with GitHub and Envoyer, configured services and monitoring.

Senior Backend Engineer · Fletcher BuildingJul 2025 – Oct 2025 · 4 mos

Led migration of a legacy Accounts Payable image archive from CakePHP 2.x to Laravel 11 with Oracle compatibility; designed and implemented a new Laravel 12 document-generation API (PDF/CSV/XML) with robust logging, error handling, and a browser-based template preview. Modernised a critical finance workflow, implemented modular backend patterns, and shipped reliable backend services. Created robust dev/local containerization and CI/CD support to improve deployment reliability.

Senior Backend Engineer · University of Queensland (UQ)Feb 2025 – Oct 2025 · 9 mos

Uplifted the Casual Academic Hire & Payment application: Symfony/PHP upgrade path (Symfony 3.3 / PHP 7.0 → Symfony 6.4 / PHP 8.3); integrated SAML/AWS services; authored Docker CI for multi-architecture builds; introduced Rector and PHP CS Fixer and planned upgrade path for future versions.

Senior Backend Engineer · Aurora Medical SoftwareOct 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo
Senior Software Engineer · Big Picture MedicalMar 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos
Senior Software Engineer · Room 40Nov 2022 – Oct 2025 · 3 yrs
Software Engineer · Red Eye AppsJun 2022 – Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 5 mos
Senior Software Engineer · InfoxchangeAug 2021 – Oct 2025 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Certifications and awards

Post Graduate Diploma (Systems Development)2014
Nanodegree (Robotics Software Engineering, Mechatronics, Automation Engineering)2024
D-Link Product Specialist SWITCHD-Link Training2030 – 2025

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