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KHARY Stephenson

@kharystephenson1

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I build meaningful products, grow with passionate teams, and create real impact through thoughtful innovation.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles where I can design scalable backend systems, integrate AI workflows, lead technical teams, and deliver measurable performance and product improvements in a collaborative, cloud-first environment.

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒉𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒔: ‘𝑾𝒆’𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒚.’”

𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓

Launched and scaled 10+ full-stack platforms across e-commerce, logistics, fintech, and edtech, collectively serving over 5M users worldwide. Engineered high-throughput systems processing 10M+ monthly transactions and optimized infrastructure to support 50K+ concurrent users.

Spearheaded AI-driven product development to automate workflows, enhance personalization, and enable data-driven decision making. Improved platform performance by up to 40% and reduced downtime across multiple projects. Guided cross-functional teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions and fostered a culture of innovation, quality, and continuous improvement in engineering practices.

I thrive on challenging conventions, turning complex ideas into simple, elegant solutions that push technology—and teams—forward.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Software Engineer

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Amanikable Works

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 6 months)

Led and mentored a team of 3 engineers while engineering a Laravel-based document automation platform with AI/LLM integration that improved paralegal review efficiency by 40% and increased enterprise UI adoption from 65% to 88%.

Laravel PHP Python Nuxt.Js Vue.Js TypeScript OAUTH2 LLM Integrations CI CD

Senior Software Engineer

ShipMonk

Jul 2020 - Dec 2023 (3 years 5 months)

Architected and scaled high-throughput Laravel REST APIs processing 10M+ monthly e-commerce transactions, migrated monolith to event-driven microservices improving horizontal scalability by 45%, and implemented AI features to boost operational efficiency.

Laravel PHP Apache Kafka Redis PostgreSQL React Native Python Microservices WebSockets

Senior Software Engineer

Caribu

Nov 2018 - Jun 2020 (1 year 7 months)

Built a Symfony backend with Python microservices enabling AI-driven processing that supported 150% YoY active user growth and implemented Stripe Billing flows that increased MRR by 18%.

Symfony PHP Python MongoDB Redis Stripe WebSockets AWS Real Time Systems

Senior Software Engineer

LRP Media

Sep 2016 - Nov 2018 (2 years 2 months)

Maintained and migrated legacy PHP applications to Laravel microservices and Docker, automated CRM lead flows reducing sales cycle by 20%, and improved platform performance and reporting processes by 35%.

PHP CodeIgniter Laravel Docker MySQL Redis Salesforce CI CD

Software Engineer

Twitter

Sep 2012 - Aug 2016 (3 years 11 months)

Rebuilt and optimized marketing microsites and e-commerce integrations using PHP and WordPress, developed Shopify/WooCommerce solutions that drove $2M+ incremental annual revenue and improved deployment frequency by 40%.