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Daniela Ikonomova

@danielaikonomova

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Full Stack Developer specializing in Laravel architecture and production AI/RAG systems for learning platforms.

North Macedonia

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can build production web apps with strong PHP/Laravel foundations and ship real AI features (RAG, embeddings, semantic search). I want a product-minded team that values performance, clean architecture, and mentoring.

I’m a Full Stack Developer with 5 years of experience building production web applications and AI-powered platforms. I focus on shipping reliable backends and turning AI capabilities into practical product features users can feel every day.

At AIatWork, I built an AI Models Hub handling 10–15K monthly API requests across 7 LLM providers, and I implemented full RAG pipelines with semantic search. I also designed an AI chat memory system that uses embeddings and semantic retrieval to keep responses personalized across sessions, plus a Text-to-Podcast tool that converts PDFs into audio conversations.

I’ve led EdTech development efforts serving 1,000+ daily users at Umniverzum and supported LMS platforms used by 1,000+ students and 50+ instructors at Brainster. I’m especially strong in PHP/Laravel backend architecture, and I enjoy mentoring through code reviews while improving performance—cutting page load times by 50% through JMeter testing and optimizations.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Intermediate Full Stack Developer

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AIatWork

Nov 2022 - Present (3 years 7 months)

Built an AI Models Hub handling 10–15K monthly API requests by integrating 7 LLM providers and implementing multi-format RAG with semantic retrieval via Pinecone. Designed AI chat memory for personalized responses and developed a text-to-podcast tool converting PDFs into narrated audio using Gemini TTS.

Laravel PHP REST APIs GraphQL Pinecone Semantic Search

Instructor & Workshop Lead

Brainster

Jan 2022 - Apr 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Led Git, PHP, and Laravel workshops for 50+ students and mentored teams across three hackathons. Developed structured learning materials and video lessons for the Git hybrid module.

Git PHP Laravel Workshop Facilitation Mentoring

Junior Full Stack Developer

Brainster

Nov 2021 - Nov 2022 (1 year)

Maintained Brainster Learn LMS serving 1,000+ students and 50+ instructors daily, including RBAC, ticketing, dashboards, and certificate generation. Built participation certificate generation and ebook management features across Brainster platforms.

Laravel PHP MySQL RBAC LMS Development Dashboards Document Generation