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Senior PHP & Backend Engineer · Laravel | Symfony | Node.js

[e-mail] | [téléphone] | Rabat, Morocco | Open to: Remote / Hybrid / On-site

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior PHP & Backend Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing and delivering scalable, API-driven systems across healthcare, education, telecommunications, and SaaS. Deep expertise in Laravel and Symfony, complemented by Node.js and NestJS, with an architecture-first mindset grounded in DDD, Clean Architecture, and SOLID principles. Equally comfortable leading technical design, mentoring engineers, and consulting directly with clients and stakeholders. Automated end-to-end testing workflows across 30+ interconnected APIs, cutting validation time from 2 days to 4 hours. Experienced in cross-functional teams spanning product, design, and operations.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

•​ Automated end-to-end API testing across 30+ interconnected endpoints, replaced 2-day manual validation cycles with 4-hour scenario-driven automation.

•​ Reduced query execution time by 65% on a high-traffic platform through schema redesign and targeted indexing, shortening release cycles from 2 weeks to 5 days.

•​ Delivered healthcare data pipelines with 100% audit coverage on all tracked medical device events, zero data-loss incidents over 3 years in production.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PHP & Frameworks: Laravel, Symfony, PHP 8+, REST APIs, GraphQL, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture

Node.js & JS: NestJS, Node.js, Next.js, React.js, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+)

Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, SQL Server

Cloud & DevOps: AWS (EKS, ECS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, ECR), Terraform, Docker, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins

Testing: PHPUnit, Postman/Newman (CLI), Jest, Cypress, Selenium

Architecture: DDD, Clean Architecture, SOLID, Microservices, Event-Driven, UML, Merise, Agile Scrum

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Backend Engineer — Freelance Consulting July 2025 – Present

Independent consulting — PHP/Laravel/Symfony modernization, backend architecture, and API development for SMEs and startups across SaaS, healthcare, and e-commerce

•​ Diagnosed and eliminated recurring production incidents on a legacy Laravel platform by refactoring critical service layers and optimizing the deployment process, zero outages over a 3-month engagement.

•​ Designed and delivered modular backend systems for 5+ client projects using Laravel and NestJS, reducing time-to-production by ~35% through reusable domain modules and automated CI/CD pipelines.

•​ Designed REST API integrations with third-party services, cutting integration delivery time from 2 weeks to under

4 days through well-defined contracts and automated testing with PHPUnit and Jest.

•​ Advised CTOs on architecture decisions, DDD, Clean Architecture, service boundaries, enabling clients to scale from prototype to production without re-engineering core systems.

•​ Promoted engineering best practices (SOLID, DDD, Clean Architecture) and implemented PHPUnit testing strategies to improve code quality and reduce regressions across client codebases.

Tech: Laravel, Symfony, PHP, NestJS, Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Docker, GitLab CI/CD, PHPUnit, REST APIs

Software Engineer — Harmony Company August 2023 – June 2025

Full-time — Library management and university administration platforms serving institutional clients across Morocco

•​ Designed and delivered a loan and return management system in Laravel with automated penalty calculation and real-time activity tracking, reducing administrative processing time by ~60%.

•​ Built an advanced search platform with dynamic filters and relevance-based ranking, cutting average query execution time by 65% through schema redesign and targeted indexing.

•​ Modeled relational database schemas from scratch for complex institutional data, improving system responsiveness by ~50% under peak concurrent load.

•​ Implemented PHPUnit and Jest test coverage across critical modules, reducing regression incidents by 40% and shortening release cycles from 2 weeks to 5 days.

•​ Established code review and pair programming practices that improved code quality and accelerated team delivery.

Tech: Laravel, PHP, NestJS, Node.js, Next.js, MySQL, TypeScript, PHPUnit, Jest, Docker, CI/CD, REST APIs

Software & Systems Engineer — Masterlab Company July 2020 – July 2023

Full-time — Hybrid role combining PHP/Node.js software engineering, IT systems administration, and direct client engagement in the healthcare sector

•​ Designed and developed an internal web application in Symfony and Node.js for the biomedical support team — used daily by 30-40 field engineers and administrators to track interventions and manage workflows.

•​ Built real-time reporting dashboards for operational KPIs, giving managers same-day visibility into field activity and reducing manual reporting effort significantly.

•​ Implemented data traceability for medical device integration, ensuring full audit coverage on tracked events and zero data-loss incidents over 3 years.

•​ Configured and administered Linux and Windows Server environments (including Dell PowerEdge physical servers) across 15+ endpoints, maintaining 99.5% uptime.

•​ Worked directly with clinical stakeholders and field engineers to gather requirements, propose improvements, and translate operational needs into technical specifications.

Tech: Symfony, PHP, Node.js, NestJS, React, MySQL, Linux, Windows Server, REST APIs, Postman

Full-Stack Developer & QA Engineer — Telco Dev Company April 2019 – January 2020

Full-time — Billing, subscription, and offer management systems for a telecom operator

•​ Built PHP modules for end-to-end management of offers, subscriptions, invoices, and billing transactions with full operational traceability.

•​ Set up automated API testing with Postman and Newman across 30+ endpoints, validation time dropped from 2 days to 4 hours.

•​ Wrote PHPUnit test suites for billing and subscription features, reducing post-release defect leakage by ~50%.

•​ Automated recurring operations, offer provisioning, report generation, transaction archiving, saving ~8 hours of team time per week.

Tech: PHP, MySQL, PHPUnit, Selenium, Postman, Newman, Node.js, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, Git

Full-Stack Web Developer — OrientDev Company January 2016 – March 2019

Freelance — PHP web tools for the telecommunications sector, plan comparison & offer management

•​ Built a PHP-based telecom plan comparison tool with dynamic filters and real-time offer updates across multiple providers.

•​ Designed and maintained SQL pricing structures and comparison logic with normalized schema design, reducing data inconsistency errors significantly.

Tech: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science — WES evaluated as U.S. Bachelor's degree equivalency

Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Paris, France | 2021

Specialized Technician Diploma in Software Development

ISTA LAZARET (OFPPT), Morocco | 2015

LANGUAGES

French: B2 | English: B2