SUMMARY

• Over 18 years of experience in developing web based applications using PHP and MySQL, Apache, Linux, HTML, JavaScript, CSS and more.
• Extensive experiences in various domains like Finance, Media, Education, Publishing, Networking, and user generated content application using open source server side technologies like PHP and MySQL.
• Several years of experience in web application development in enterprise environment.
• Contributed significantly towards the design & development of Confidential one - of- Confidential -kind of an integrated Accounting and Portfolio management system.
• Acquired extensive domain knowledge in finance, developing system related to Accounting, Portfolio Management and Securities trading, and Networking.
• Highly analytical thinker with demonstrated talent for identifying, improving, and streamlining complex work processes.
• Flexible team player who thrives in environments requiring ability to effectively prioritize and juggle multiple concurrent projects.
• Ability to scrutinize, optimize and debug source code. Attentive to details and quick learner. Expert in auditing, debugging, refactoring, and optimizing existing legacy code. Integrating third-party APIs/Libraries.
• 18 years of experience in developing web applications using PHP 3/4/5/7 & MySQL 4/5, OOP, OOA&D, MVC, CMS, SOA, NoSQL, SOAP, XML, AJAX, JavaScript, Designing database schema and database optimization, Agile development methodology, secure coding best practices. Basic understanding and managing/configuring CMSes like WordPress, Drupal etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Web Technologies: PHP, HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, XHTML, XML, XSL, XSLT, CSS3, SOAP, curl, RESTful Web Services, Web Analytics, Automation scripts, cronjobs, Varnish, AWS, memcached

Languages: PHP 5/7, Java

Web Servers: Apache, Nginx

Databases: MySQL 4/5, Oracle 11g, Redis, AWS - RDS

Platforms: Linux (RedHat), Microsoft Windows 10, Mac OS X, Ubuntu

Development Tools: Git, Subversion SVN, Xdebug, Vagrant, PHPUnit, JIRA, Confluence, Docker

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Application Developer

Confidential, New York, NY

Environment: PHP 7, MySQL, WordPress, NGINX, Apache, Linux, HTML5, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, Node.js, CSS3, Gulp, Sass, Git, PHPUnit, Vue.js, RESTful web services, EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, DynamoDB, Lambda, Elasticsearch, Kibana, CKEditor, Docker, GitHub, TypeScript, Splunk, Serverless, JIRA

Responsibilities:

• Utilize Agile and TDD to implement unit tests on new development and implement E2E testing with automation in mind.
• Drive development of API services, using serverless methodologies and decoupled architectures.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed, scalability, and security.
• Participate in the development of Lambda based services and create next-generation solutions using the latest frameworks and tools. Integrate third-party APIs.
• Maintain and build custom micro-services to power enterprise content management system.
• Review code and make sure documented standards and best practices are being followed.

Software Engineering Lead / Delegate Architect

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Environment: PHP 7, MySQL, Laravel Framework, NGINX, Apache, QTI 2.1, XML, XSLT, XSD, Solr, Linux, Jenkins, HTML5, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, DataTables, CSS3, Git, RESTful web services, AngularJS 1.5, EC2, AWS, S3, RDS, ELB, SQS, SonarQube, CKEditor WebSpellChecker

Responsibilities:

• Work with the UX lead and product owner to create, understand, and prioritize outcomes for the authoring needs. Work with offshore development partners to ensure outcomes are being met.
• Set, Communicate, Implement, and Achieve business objectives and goals through the direct management of others.
• Oversee multiple projects involving off-shore development teams
• Reviewing software solutions and working with development partners to produce content authoring tools. Individual contributor.
• Upgrade PHP 5.x to 7.x
• Implement the required readiness procedure for CCPA
• Review code and make sure documented standards and best practices are being followed.
• In the assigned role of Delegate Architect, architect new and enhance existing application features

Senior Full Stack PHP Developer / PHP Lead

Confidential, New York, NY

Environment: PHP 7, Oracle 11g, Linux, Laravel Framework, HTML5, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, DataTables, CSS3, SVN, Apache, RESTful web services, Node.js, Express, Bootstrap 3

Responsibilities:

• Developing data analytic portal for various regulatory reports.
• Development and maintenance of reporting portal.
• Recommended caching layer and strategy for optimal utilization
• Interviewing and recommending new team members

Senior PHP Developer

Confidential, New York, NY

Environment: PHP 7, MySQL 5, CentOS, Laravel Framework, HTML5, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, CSS3, Git, DataTables, Apache, RESTful web services, Agile, AWS, Bootstrap 3, VersionOne, InVision

Responsibilities:

• Developing new portal from scratch for subscribers to renew their health insurance.
• Recommended LAMP setup for all environments.
• Designing database schema, table structure and indexes.
• Setup Git repo as per best practices.
• Setup site layout and front-end asset management using Node.js, Yarn, webpack.
• Develop interface for general agents to update group information, choose Confidential new health plan for employees, do roster update and upload documents required for renewal.
• Interview and recommend new developers for the development team.
• Guide junior developers with their task and review their completed tasks.
• Demo the development completed during sprint to product owner and upper management.

Senior PHP Developer

Confidential, Mount Laurel, NJ

Environment: PHP 5, MySQL 5, Ubuntu, Python, Zend Framework, Phalcon Framework, HTML5, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, DataTables, CSS3, Web services, XML, XSD, XSLT, WSDL, Xdebug, API generation, Git, Apache, SOAP, REST, Agile, JIRA, Rally, Metro Ethernet

Responsibilities:

• Primary developer for web based configuration generation and management system for network devices.
• Actively developing on multiple projects.
• Actively participate in all phases of the software development life cycle. Assist with ongoing project maintenance and enhancements to current functions.
• Requirement gathering from various departments, SMEs, and provide technical solutions.
• Integration of user-facing elements with server side logic.
• Investigating, prioritizing fix and promoting hot fixes.
• Deploying code to ULA, Staging, and Production servers.
• Leading, researching, and recommending security venerability remediation for web application.
• Interviewing and recommending candidates for development team.
• Team member for web based Port Turn up and SLA validation system for network services.
• Host and participate in daily scrum, grooming, and release status meetings.
• Research and Documenting the project functions for implementation.
• Setup local development environments using VirtualBox and Puppet

Senior PHP Developer

Confidential, New York, NY

Environment: PHP 5, MySQL 5, HTML5, LAMP stack, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, Bootstrap, DataTables, CSS3, Web services, XML, API integration, SVN, Apache, Mac OS X, ExactTarget, SOAP, REST, Agile, JIRA, Box, Putty

Responsibilities:

• Primary back-end developer, on Strategy and Innovation team, for web based campaign management system.
• Few other developers had tried to integrate vendor web services but they could not and then left the project, so there was huge technical debt.
• Actively participate in all phases of the software development life cycle.
• Guiding management team by providing them with technical solutions and explaining the concept in non-technical language.
• Assist with ongoing project maintenance and enhancements to current functions.
• Collaborating with UI/UX team members and make changes to the website.
• Setting up SVN repository and provide support as release coordinator.
• Requirement gathering from various departments and to provide technical solutions.
• Participate in daily scrum and project release status meetings. Documenting the project functions.
• Helped team save on potential subscription by researching and documenting alternate means of collaboration.
• Integration of user-facing elements with server side logic.
• Investigating, prioritizing fix and promoting hot fixes.
• Deploying code to QA, UAT and Production servers.

Senior PHP Developer

Confidential, NY, NY

Environment: PHP 5, OOP, MySQL 5, Perl, MVC Framework, LAMP, Active Record, Chorus framework, CMS Made Simple, HTML5, XML, JavaScript, AngularJS, Ajax, jQuery, CSS 3, SAML, Xdebug, Vagrant, Web services, API integration, AWS, RDS, S3, ElastiCache, memcached, Varnish, Redis, Git, Charles, Apache, Mac OS X, Roku, PS3, PS4, Xbox, Kindle Fire, iPad, iPhone, Microsoft Surface, Agile

Responsibilities:

• Primary developer for back-end development for online video streaming services.
• Actively participate in all phases of the software development life cycle.
• Debugging production issues relating to API response failure and performance optimizing SQL queries, investigating issues using Charles, Xdebug.
• Collaborating with junior developers on team and guiding them with technical solutions.
• Collaborating with offsite team members. Interviewing new developers to assist with ongoing project maintenance and enhancements to current functionality.
• Setting up local LAMP development environment for front-end developers and all new developers joining the team.
• Requirement gathering from various departments to provide technical solutions.
• Optimization of application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Working on large (>300k SLOC) poorly documented code base and with technical depth, doing maintenance, refactoring and enhancements.

Senior PHP Developer

Confidential, New York, NY

Environment: PHP 5, OOP, Oracle, CodeIgniter, Active Record, HTML5, XML, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, SOAP, SAML, Prototype, CSS, Web services, WS Security, National Financial Services API integration, Reuters API Integration, memcached, Highcharts.js, DataTables library

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development of web-based portfolio management, financial planning and security trading software in Confidential team environment.
• Primary developer for front-end and back-end development for portfolio builder (Personal Adviser and SMA) and portfolio implementation functionality and integrating third party web services for securities trading.
• Actively participate in all phases of the software development life cycle.
• Guiding junior developers and providing them with technical solutions.
• Also responsible for redesign of portfolio builder and trading functionalities.
• ETL the finance data feeds/files received from third parties like Morningstar, National Financial and others and making data suitable for generating reports and displaying to agents and clients.
• Interviewing new developers to assist with ongoing project maintenance and enhancements.
• Building reusable code and libraries.

Software Application Engineer

Confidential, New York, NY

Environment: PHP 5, MySQL, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, Smarty, Zend Framework, Web services, API integration, Omniture, XML, XPATH, SVN

Responsibilities:

• Participate in development of multiple projects.
• Lead technical developer and architect.
• Requirement confirmation with client.
• Reviewing UI documents and suggesting suitable solution where needed and suggesting changes.
• Responsible for front-end development and writing wrapper web service classes for front-end and back-end interaction.
• Designed the functionality for Confidential separate administrator account as member of site allowing the client to add tutorial, attach picture, and update other content without any any help from Confidential programmer.
• Helping team members to resolve technical issues in site development.
• Deploying code to QA, UAT and Production servers.