PHP developer capable of deploying and developing php applications upon linux. Extensive docker and linux knowledge since 2008 with active presence on FOSS communities.

Dimitrios Desyllas

PHP developer capable of deploying and developing php applications upon linux. Extensive docker and linux knowledge since 2008 with active presence on FOSS communities.

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PHP developer capable of deploying and developing php applications upon linux. Extensive docker and linux knowledge since 2008 with active presence on FOSS communities.

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Language

Greek, Modern
Fluent
English
Intermediate
Japanese
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Work Experience

PHP Developer at Q-pass (Remote)
February 1, 2025 - May 31, 2025
Implemented and maintained hotel and restaurant reservation systems using PHP 8.2. Deployed Symfony applications on Ubuntu servers using the LEMP stack, with AWS Lambda running Symfony queue listeners triggered via SQS. Deployed queue consumers into systemd. Migrated Linux servers and applications from TrustSevers to Hetzner. Architected and deployed the Google Reserve integration to enable real-time external booking synchronization for hotel and restaurant reservation systems.
PHP-Python Developer at Techins (Remote)
January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025
Implemented and deployed Laravel (10, 11) and Django applications and Vanilla PHP (8.x) on AWS EC2 using LEMP and systemd. Integrated OpenAI APIs into Django for RAG LLM calls, and integrated Elasticsearch and MongoDB. Deployed services as Linux systemd units. Automated deployments and tests using AWS CodePipeline and GitHub Actions. Provisioned AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible. Integrated AWS Cognito for a service-oriented architecture.
Backend Developer at Etable.gr (Remote since 2020, Moschato, Greece)
June 1, 2019 - August 1, 2023
Implemented and maintained restaurant reservation systems using Laravel (5) and CodeIgniter (2.3). Created CI/CD pipelines to deploy Laravel and CodeIgniter to EC2 using AWS CodePipeline and Docker. Documented a legacy codebase. Maintained AWS infrastructure including EC2 (Linux), Python Lambda functions, WAF, CodePipeline, and PostgreSQL on Amazon RDS.
Backend Developer at Etable.gr (Remote since 2020) - Moschato, Greece
June 1, 2019 - August 31, 2023
Implemented and maintained restaurant reservation systems using Laravel 5 and CodeIgniter 2.3. Created CI/CD pipelines for deploying Laravel and CodeIgniter on EC2 using AWS CodePipeline and Docker. Documented a legacy codebase. Maintained AWS infrastructure including EC2 (Linux), Python Lambdas, WAF, CodePipeline, and PostgreSQL on Amazon RDS.
Software Engineer at enikos.gr (Marousi, Greece)
June 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018
Developed back-end and APIs using Express.js (Node.js) with Azure Blob storage, and worked with Meteor, React and Symfony. Deployed using Docker images (authored by the candidate) and bash scripts. Built utility scripts for REST API testing in Python.
Software Engineer at enikos.gr - Marousi, Greece
June 1, 2017 - January 31, 2018
Developed backend and APIs using Express.js (Node.js) and integrated Azure Blob Storage, alongside Meteor, React, and Symfony. Built and deployed services using Docker images authored by the author and bash scripts. Wrote utility scripts in Python for REST API testing.
Backend Developer at Homeland Security Company (Limassol, Cyprus)
June 1, 2016 - September 1, 2016
Generated unit and system tests using PHPUnit. Developed features and REST API calls plus internal tools using Symfony2 and Symfony3.
Backend Developer at Homeland Security Company - Limassol, Cyprus
June 1, 2016 - September 30, 2016
Generated unit and system tests using PHPUnit. Developed features and REST API calls and internal tools using Symfony2 and Symfony3.
Full Stack Developer at Conferience (Remote)
February 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016
Developed a scalable application using PHP, CodeIgniter, and multiple JavaScript frameworks (Require.js, Knockout.js, Pager.js, jQuery). Used EC2 Linux instances and S3 buckets. Built a chart generator using Node.js/Express.js and nChart with a basic PHP SDK. Secured web servers using iptables on Ubuntu Linux. Developed UI and supporting front-end components.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineer T.E.) at Educational Institute of Central Greece - Department of Computer Engineer T.E.
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2013
Masters in Digital Systems Security at University of Piraeus
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2019
Department of Computer Engineer T.E. (IKY Scholarship, GPA: 7,93/10) at Educational Institute of Central Greece - Department of Computer Engineer T.E.
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2013
Masters in Digital Systems Security (GPA: 8,75/10) at University of Piraeus
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2019

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Professional Services, Travel & Hospitality, Computers & Electronics, Media & Entertainment, Government, Telecommunications

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