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Alex Vakhovski

@alexvakhovski

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Senior Full-Stack Engineer specializing in PHP/Laravel, scalable platforms, and APIs.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior engineering role building scalable web platforms with strong backend responsibilities, CI/CD ownership, collaborative agile teams, and opportunities to mentor engineers and improve developer productivity.

I am a Senior Full-Stack Engineer with deep backend expertise in PHP/Laravel and modern frontend experience using Vue.js, experienced in building scalable B2B/B2C platforms, designing REST APIs, and integrating third-party systems. I focus on modular monolith architecture, database performance optimization, CI/CD automation, and containerized deployments to deliver reliable, maintainable systems.

I have led and shipped multiple production services — from job-seeking platforms and affiliate marketing APIs to e-commerce CRMs — improving performance, scalability, and developer onboarding through refactoring, CI/CD improvements, testing standardization, and tooling. I mentor junior engineers, drive architectural consistency, and apply LLM tools to streamline workflows and boost team productivity.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Software Engineer

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SolidProfessor.com

Jun 2023 - Present (2 years 7 months)

Designed and launched backend and API infrastructure for a job-seeking platform serving thousands of users; refactored legacy models and optimized queries to reduce API response time by 56% and dashboard load from 3.2s to 1.4s.

PHP Laravel Vue.Js REST APIs MySQL Docker GitHub Actions Performance Optimization

Full-Stack Developer

Shawnee County IT

Apr 2023 - Oct 2023 (6 months)

Redesigned the county public website and built an internal admin dashboard for 10+ departments; optimized MySQL queries to cut data load time by 30% and streamlined deployments with GitHub Actions and Docker, reducing deployment time by 50%.

PHP Laravel Vue.Js MySQL Docker GitHub Actions CI CD Web Accessibility & Security

Full-Stack Developer

Raketech Group Limited

Jun 2022 - Apr 2023 (10 months)

Developed backend APIs and affiliate portal handling large volumes of statistical and financial data; reworked dashboard services to improve throughput by 25% and doubled scalability of reporting pipelines using Redis and Docker.

PHP Laravel Vue.Js Redis Docker Linux REST APIs Data Processing Scalability

Full-Stack Developer / Team Lead

Ivan-chohol.ua

Mar 2020 - Feb 2022 (1 year 11 months)

Led development of CRM and two e-commerce platforms driving double annual revenue growth; integrated REST APIs, automated CI/CD and server management to reduce deployment downtime by 90% and cut stock update latency from 60s to under 10s.

PHP Laravel REST APIs Elasticsearch MySQL Docker CI CD Team Leadership Performance Tuning

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Chernihiv Polytechnic National University

Master's Degree, Finance

Completed a Master's degree in Finance at Chernihiv Polytechnic National University, focusing on advanced financial theories and quantitative methods.