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Hylton Walters

@hyltonwalters

I build reliable PHP and Laravel APIs, database systems, and backend platforms.

South Africa
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I've built and modernised production backend systems for DataOrbis, Superbalist, and clients through Walters Media. At Superbalist, I improved relational database throughput by 16% and reduced AccountsAPI Client latency by 12%.

I work hands-on with PHP, Laravel, SQL, REST APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices-oriented environments. My recent independent work includes security-hardening Laravel applications, modernising a community forum from Laravel 7 to Laravel 12, and building tested roles-and-permissions functionality.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

IE
Current

Senior Backend Engineer

Independent Software Engineering

Jan 2026 - Present (7 months)

Continued hands-on backend engineering through production-oriented independent projects, Laravel modernisation work and API-focused software development. Modernised and security-hardened a legacy community forum from Laravel 7 to Laravel 12 / PHP 8.2+ and hardened a Laravel 10 RBAC application.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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Harvard University

Certificate, Computer Science

2016 - 2016

Completed CS50: Introduction to Computer Science through HarvardX/edX in 2016.

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