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Ivan Samofal

@ivansamofal

I build reliable PHP backend systems, APIs, and event-driven integrations for fintech and health-tech products.

What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build reliable backend products where system stability, performance, API integrations, and risk reduction matter, particularly in complex domains such as fintech or health-tech.

I've built backend systems for YNA health-tech workflows, Bercut's financial platform, and Sber's enterprise financial services. My work includes medical-provider and payment integrations, contractor-verification APIs, scalable event-driven architecture, and AI-powered features using Amazon Bedrock.

Across 10+ years in PHP development, I've improved stability, fault tolerance, API performance, and deployment reliability using Symfony, Yii2, RabbitMQ, AWS, Docker, Redis, and Jenkins. I focus on turning complex requirements into maintainable systems while reducing operational and data-consistency risks.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

YN

Senior PHP Developer

YNA

Apr 2025 - Mar 2026 (11 months)

Designed and implemented backend system for a health-tech platform handling medical data workflows. Built a scalable event-driven architecture using AWS SQS and Lambda, integrated external medical providers and payment systems, and delivered AI-powered features using Amazon Bedrock.

PHP Symfony Vue.Js TypeScript AWS Lambda Bedrock S3 MongoDB MySQL Docker Redis Git Event Driven Architecture REST APIs Microservices

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

YP

Yandex Practicum

Professional Development, Algorithms and Data Structures

Studied algorithms and data structures at Yandex Practicum.

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Institute of Entrepreneurship “Strategy”

Bachelor's degree, Entrepreneurship

2006 - 2011

Pursued higher education at the Institute of Entrepreneurship “Strategy” in Dnipro, Ukraine.

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GeekBrains

Professional Development, PHP Development

2016 -

Completed PHP courses at GeekBrains.

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Otus

Professional Development, Highload Architecture

2025 -

Studied highload architecture at Otus.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

Jenkins

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Symfony

Redis

Vue.js

jQuery

Java

PHP

RabbitMQ

Linux

Elasticsearch

NGINX

Craft CMS

Joomla

Availability

Open to opportunities

Location

Zimbabwe

Authorized to work in

Website

Job categories

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