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Illia Kiknadze

Illia Kiknadze

Senior PHP Developer

Summary

  • Senior PHP Backend Developer with 6+ years of Laravel expertise architecting high-performance systems for large-scale projects
  • Reduced ad-provider integration time from 1 month to 2 days by refactoring legacy APIs.
  • Integrated secure payment gateways (LiqPay, Stripe) to streamline transactions
  • Designed and documented RESTful APIs with PHP, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Docker, and Git to drive scalable solutions and support business growth
  • Rapid adopter of new technologies, migrating legacy codebases to PHP 8 and implementing CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment efficiency

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Full Stack Software Engineer

News UK
Remote
09.2021 - Current
  • Automated release process with custom CI scripts, saving 30+ minutes per developer daily
  • Refactored legacy ads API integration, reducing new ad provider integration time from one month to two days
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new features and maintain high performance
  • Mentor junior developers, conducting code reviews and promoting best practices
  • Promoted from Middle to Senior Developer within 2 years, recognizing consistent high-performance and technical leadership
  • Maintained application security by conducting regular code reviews and fixing vulnerabilities as needed.

PHP Backend Developer

Quartsoft
Remote
02.2020 - 09.2021
  • Architected and optimized the map.kadastr-ua.com backend with Laravel and PostGIS, improving geospatial query performance and reducing average response times by over 30%
  • Integrated multiple payment gateways including LiqPay and Stripe, ensuring secure and reliable transactions
  • Implemented WebSocket notifications, enhancing real-time user experience and engagement
  • Integrated Firebase for seamless cross-platform data synchronization
  • Engineered social login flows (Facebook, Google) using OAuth 2.0
  • Designed and documented RESTful API, facilitating smooth integration with external systems
  • Partnered closely with UI/UX designers and DevOps engineers to align backend functionality with user requirements, maintaining 99% system uptime
  • Leveraged Laravel’s service container and Eloquent ORM to create modular, maintainable codebases, enabling rapid feature iterations and easy scalability

Full Stack Software Engineer

Vysotsky Productions
Mariupol, Donetsk Region
02.2015 - 02.2020
  • Developed and maintained backend architecture for lamoore.ru, personally responsible for 85% of the backend codebase
  • Implemented WebSocket-based chat feature, enhancing real-time communication between users
  • Integrated YandexKassa payment system, ensuring secure and seamless transactions
  • Created and documented RESTful API, facilitating easy integration with third-party services
  • Contributed to multiple projects including rxshelfspace.com, topshowmen.com, top10moscow.ru, and eurowine.work
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth integration and overall system functionality
  • Utilized Laravel framework to build scalable and maintainable web applications

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science -

Pryazovskyi State Technical University
09.2013 - 06.2017

Skills

Laravel

PHP

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

MySQL

Docker

Vue

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Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 06/01/97
  • Nationality: Ukrainian

Timeline

Full Stack Software Engineer

News UK
09.2021 - Current

PHP Backend Developer

Quartsoft
02.2020 - 09.2021

Full Stack Software Engineer

Vysotsky Productions
02.2015 - 02.2020

Bachelor of Computer Science -

Pryazovskyi State Technical University
09.2013 - 06.2017

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