Valon Tufa

At Brigada, I build a multi-tenant property and hospitality operations platform spanning payment reconciliation, guest communications, workflow automation, and an AI assistant that can execute operational tasks safely. I also built its React Native field app, including offline-capable job workflows, photo evidence, token authentication, and the release pipeline.

Previously at Starlabs, I led seven developers for four years while delivering full-stack work for a major international iGaming client across casino, sports, and affiliate platforms. I improved PageSpeed scores from 50–60 to 98–99, reduced LCP from 4–5 seconds to 1–2 seconds, optimized MySQL queries by 30–40%, and maintained 15–20 high-traffic WordPress properties.

I enjoy owning systems end to end: domain models, APIs, secure delivery, testing, infrastructure, and handover. My side projects include HeavyInk Ledger, a production settlement system built around immutable money calculations, and ScrapeForWP, a supplier-catalogue scraping and WooCommerce import platform.