Zura Bokhua

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Hi, I'm Zura Bokhua, a backend developer specializing in the Laravel ecosystem with 3+ years of experience building and optimizing web applications across healthcare, e-commerce and education.

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Hi, I’m Zura Bokhua, a backend developer specializing in the Laravel ecosystem with 3+ years of experience building and optimizing web applications across healthcare, e-commerce and education. I focus on RESTful API design, query optimization, queue-based processing and test-driven development to deliver clean, scalable solutions.

I enjoy collaborating across the full development lifecycle, from architecture planning to CI/CD deployment, and I pride myself on writing maintainable, well-documented code. My work has delivered measurable results such as 50% faster page loads and 65% fewer database calls, with test coverage growth from 40% to 80%.

  • 3 years' experience
  • Joined January 2026

Languages

  • EnglishAdvanced
  • RussianAdvanced
  • GeorgianFluent

Industry experience

  • Healthcare
  • Government
  • Software & Internet
  • Retail
  • Professional Services
  • Education
  • Other

Work experience· 5 roles

Laravel Developer · Property Survey SystemSep 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Government survey application for infrastructure development project. Building a specialized survey application to manage property compensation assessments for infrastructure development in Georgia, handling comprehensive data for approximately 1,500 affected properties. Developed custom authentication and authorization system using Laravel's built-in components to deeply understand security mechanisms, session management, password hashing, and CSRF protection. Implemented role-based authorization using Gates and Policies supporting admin, surveyor, and reviewer roles with granular permissions for data access control and workflow management. Designed normalized MySQL database schema with 8+ tables, proper foreign key constraints, and optimized indexes for handling complex relationships between properties, households, members, and survey responses. Created dynamic, multi-section survey forms handling complex repeating data structures for household demographics, property details, income

Full-Stack Developer · RICA Jewelry CMSJun 2025 – Sep 2025 · 4 mos

E-commerce content management system for online jewelry business. Architected and developed Laravel 11 application with clean separation of concerns - REST API backend and React-based admin panel connected via Inertia.js, enabling seamless full-stack development workflow. Designed normalized database schema with optimized relationships and implemented eager loading strategies that prevented N+1 query problems, achieving average API response times under 100ms. Built comprehensive product management system with advanced media gallery handling automatic image resizing, optimization, and SEO-optimized metadata generation. Integrated Tiptap rich text editor with custom toolbar extensions and server-side image processing pipeline (resize to 1200px, 85% compression) reducing storage costs by 40%. Implemented multilingual content support for English, Georgian, and Russian using translatable models with fallback mechanisms, enabling easy content localization management. Developed role-based acc

Laravel Developer · Automotive Data Extraction Tool (Freelance)Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 · 1 mo

Automated browser-based data pipeline for automotive listings using Laravel Dusk and headless browser automation. Designed a MySQL schema with deduplication and implemented configurable run schedules and error notifications for reliable deployments on a Linux VPS.

Laravel Developer · Ilia School (Freelance)Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 · 1 mo
PHP Developer · MedCareMay 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

Education

Bachelor's Degree · Tbilisi State University2030 – 2026

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