Alexei Shymko

PHP Developer

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Profile Summary

PHP developer with 3 years of commercial experience working with the Laravel and Drupal frameworks at Innowise Group, plus 1.5 years as an independent freelance developer building and maintaining web applications end-to-end. Specialized in Laravel, Drupal 7-10, REST integrations, database-backed systems, deployment, and Linux server administration with Nginx and Docker.

Work Experience

  • Built and maintained Laravel applications, backend architecture, business logic, and database-backed services.
  • Delivered Drupal 7-10 modules, themes, migrations, upgrades, CMS customizations, and REST integrations.
  • Worked with international teams using Git, Bitbucket, Jira, code review, Docker, Nginx, and Linux deployments.
  • Mentored teammates and actively participated in company engineering processes, reviews, and delivery practices.

PHP / Laravel Developer

Freelance / Self-employed

  • Delivered custom web applications and websites from requirements to deployment and support.
  • Built Laravel and Drupal sites while managing domains, SSL, Linux servers, Docker, Git, and delivery documentation.

Projects

Multilingual Corporate Website

Laravel / Corporate

Corporate website for a multilingual international audience, built with Laravel and Blade. Worked in an international team on backend features, content structure, multilingual routing, integrations, deployment support, and frontend adjustments.

Stack: Laravel, PHP 8, Blade, Eloquent ORM, MySQL / MariaDB, JavaScript, HTML / CSS, Bootstrap, SCSS, Composer, Git, Docker, Nginx.

UK Pharmacy Chain

Drupal / Healthcare

Enterprise Drupal platform for a UK pharmacy chain with content management, business entity synchronization, search, API integrations, cron workflows, and multi-site style delivery.

Responsibilities: custom modules, Entity API work, migrations, REST integrations, Elasticsearch / Solr support, cron jobs, performance profiling, Drupal theming, deployment support.

LMS Platform

Laravel / Education

Learning management platform for educational workflows with courses, lessons, user progress, media assets, admin tools, and API-backed frontend features.

Responsibilities: backend feature development, database-backed progress logic, REST endpoints, media storage support with MinIO, role-based admin flows, deployment support.

Skills

Languages

PHP 7.4 / 8.0 / 8.2, JavaScript

CMS & Frameworks

Laravel, Eloquent ORM, Artisan, Blade, Queues, Events, Middleware, Sanctum / Passport, Livewire, Laravel Nova, Drupal 7 / 9 / 10, Drupal OpenSocial

Frontend

React, Vue.js, Vue Composition API, Vue Options API, Twig, HTML / CSS, jQuery, AJAX, Bootstrap, SCSS, Gulp

Drupal Technologies

Drupal API, Entity API, Cache API, Field API, Render API, Database API, Plugin API, Migrate API, Paragraph module, Custom theme, Custom modules, Drush Commands

Programming

REST, Cron, Composer, GRASP, API integrations, payment integrations

Testing & Quality

PHPUnit, Pest, PHP_CodeSniffer, PHPStan / Larastan

Database

MySQL, MariaDB, Cypher

Storage & Queues

MinIO, Laravel Queues, Cron workflows, file uploads, media assets

Payment Services

Stripe, Stripe API

DevOps

Docker, Docker Compose, Nginx, Linux, ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana, Apache Solr, XHProf, Blackfire.io

Version Control

Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket

Domains

Healthcare, education, corporate websites, e-commerce, CMS, internal tools, admin panels

AI Tools

ChatGPT, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Claude Design, Agents, Skills, Hooks, MCP servers