I'm Mihamina Rakotomandimby, a freelance web developer and IT architect with 15+ years of experience delivering robust, secure, and scalable web platforms. I thrive on building maintainable systems and leading teams to ship high-quality software, often working in remote or freelanced engagements. My background spans from hands-on coding (PHP, TypeScript, Node.js, React) to strategic IT architecture and DevOps, with a track record of security hardening, performance tuning, and reliable uptime. I enjoy collaborating with product teams and mentoring others to adopt best practices, ensuring projects stay on schedule and exceed expectations.

Mihamina RAKOTOMANDIMBY

I'm Mihamina Rakotomandimby, a freelance web developer and IT architect with 15+ years of experience delivering robust, secure, and scalable web platforms. I thrive on building maintainable systems and leading teams to ship high-quality software, often working in remote or freelanced engagements. My background spans from hands-on coding (PHP, TypeScript, Node.js, React) to strategic IT architecture and DevOps, with a track record of security hardening, performance tuning, and reliable uptime. I enjoy collaborating with product teams and mentoring others to adopt best practices, ensuring projects stay on schedule and exceed expectations.

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I’m Mihamina Rakotomandimby, a freelance web developer and IT architect with 15+ years of experience delivering robust, secure, and scalable web platforms. I thrive on building maintainable systems and leading teams to ship high-quality software, often working in remote or freelanced engagements.

My background spans from hands-on coding (PHP, TypeScript, Node.js, React) to strategic IT architecture and DevOps, with a track record of security hardening, performance tuning, and reliable uptime. I enjoy collaborating with product teams and mentoring others to adopt best practices, ensuring projects stay on schedule and exceed expectations.

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Experience Level

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Lead Web Developer at LogicRDV
January 1, 2025 - Present
Leading a team of 6 developers to design, build, and maintain a multi-user web-based appointment and scheduling platform (job portal-like) with a Node.js/TypeScript stack, React, MariaDB, Redis, and Kafka. Responsible for code quality, maintainability, and testability; overseeing production maintenance, implementing small to medium feature enhancements, and improving user journeys based on feedback. Deploying on AWS with Docker and Kubernetes, including performance monitoring and scaling. Focusing on perceived performance improvements and frontend responsiveness.
PHP Developers Performance Manager at Frennly
February 1, 2025 - December 1, 2025
Oversaw the technical performance and delivery quality of a team of 25 PHP developers. Defined coding standards, performance benchmarks, and maintenance best practices for PHP-based platforms. Collaborated with teams to improve bug resolution speed, code reliability, and adherence to security and performance guidelines.
Information Technology Architect at Intelios
August 1, 2020 - January 1, 2024
Established coding standards and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) for web development teams, improving deployment reliability and update frequency. Selected and implemented DevOps tooling (Kubernetes, Jenkins) and virtualization platforms (VMware ESX) to host and manage production web applications. Defined security, backup, and update strategies for customer-facing web systems, ensuring regular patching and vulnerability monitoring. Trained developers on best practices in web development, version control, and continuous integration.
DevOps Team Lead at SDWorx Mauritius
November 1, 2019 - August 1, 2020
Led DevOps initiatives to standardize processes and tooling for web application delivery. Migrated classic Azure Pipelines to YAML-based Azure Pipelines, enabling more consistent, automated builds and deployments for web projects. Contributed to backend development in C#/.NET Core and maximized test automation to reduce regression bugs and increase stability of production releases.
Freelance IT & Web Consultant at Self-Employed
February 1, 2019 - November 1, 2019
Independent consultant for multiple enterprise clients, responsible for managing and delivering web-related projects end-to-end. Orange Madagascar: Project Manager for refactoring B2B web applications stack (Java, Angular, Atlassian, CI/CD). ATS (BPO with ~1000 collaborators): Project Manager for a performance management web tool (React, Symfony, Jenkins). Arawak (Textile): Coach for internal IT team on Jira setup and reporting workflows. Regular speaker at DevFest Madagascar (2019–2022).
Senior DevOps Engineer at Netapsys
January 1, 2014 - November 1, 2016
Industrialized system administration for hosting multiple PHP and Java web applications on Linux infrastructure. Built and maintained Docker registry and images for PHP and Java toolchains. Designed and operated high-availability server architectures using Nginx, PHP-FPM, and Percona SQL clusters. Implemented monitoring and alerting (Collectd, Graphite, Sensu). Supported ~400 Java & PHP engineers with Jira/Confluence and VMware ESX management.
Project Manager / Web Team Lead at Vectoris
August 1, 2008 - May 1, 2009
Led a development team building interactive websites using Java, PHP, Python, Perl, and JavaScript. Managed backend and frontend tasks, ensured cross-browser compatibility and responsive behavior. Administered Linux-based web servers, deployments, updates, and production troubleshooting.
Web Developer & System Administrator at Earlier Roles
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2008
Maintained and optimized PHP/MySQL-based web applications, focusing on query optimization and bug fixes; developed UI and server-side components; deployed and troubleshooted on Linux servers.

Education

Chief Academic Officer at ESTI (IT University)
November 1, 2016 - February 1, 2019
Lecturer at University of Antananarivo
November 1, 2012 - June 1, 2013

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Professional Services