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Pankaj singh

@pankajsingh11

Senior Laravel PHP Developer and Backend Developer with 12+ years of experience building secure, scalable, and high-performance web applications.

India

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking a challenging Senior Laravel PHP Developer / Backend Developer opportunity where I can leverage my 12+ years of experience in Laravel, PHP, REST APIs, MySQL, Redis, and scalable backend development. I am looking for a role that offers meaningful technical challenges, professional growth.

Senior PHP and Laravel Developer with 12+ years of experience in backend development, scalable web applications, REST APIs, database optimization, performance improvement, and technical leadership. Strong expertise in PHP 8+, Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter, MySQL, Redis, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Laravel Queues, OpenAPI, JWT Authentication, and RBAC.

Experienced in building secure, scalable, high-performance backend systems supporting 10,000+ daily active users. Improved application performance by 35% through Redis caching, MySQL indexing, schema optimization, and query tuning. Strong background in API development, API security, database design, asynchronous processing, cloud deployments, and containerization.

Technical leadership experience includes architectural decision-making, code reviews, Agile delivery, and mentoring teams of 7+ developers. Key achievements include reducing production defects by 25%, automating HR and payroll workflows to save 20+ hours per week.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Laravel PHP Developer

Current

Ennovation

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 9 months)

Working as a Senior Laravel PHP Developer responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable PHP and Laravel applications supporting 10,000+ daily active users. Focus areas include backend development, REST API development, API security, MySQL optimization, Redis caching, AWS infrastructure, Docker containerization, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, and Laravel Queues.

PHP Laravel REST APIs MySQL Redis AWS Docker Kubernetes RabbitMQ Git CI CD JWT RBAC OpenAPI MVC SOLID

Technical Lead – Senior Laravel PHP Developer

Karam Safety Pvt. Ltd.

Jan 2015 - Dec 2023 (8 years 11 months)

Led and mentored a team of 7+ developers, managing end-to-end project delivery using Agile and SDLC best practices. Improved system performance by 30% and reduced production bugs by 25% through code optimization and quality practices.

Laravel Symfony PHP MySQL Redis Agile SDLC Git Code Review Team Leadership

Senior PHP Developer

Ennovations Tech

Jan 2014 - Dec 2015 (1 year 11 months)

Developed fast and secure REST APIs using PHP to improve application performance and user experience. Refactored legacy applications to increase stability and maintainability.

PHP REST APIs Refactoring Backend Development

PHP Developer – Magento Developer

New Media Guru

Jan 2012 - Dec 2014 (2 years 11 months)

Developed CMS and eCommerce websites using PHP and Magento, improving performance and user experience. Integrated third-party APIs, payment gateways, and external services.

PHP Magento CMS Ecommerce API Integration Payment Gateways