Description

I'm a senior software architect with 12+ years of experience, specializing in designing and building complex, business-critical applications in PHP.

Currently I lead a team of 7 developers at a logistics company, where I architected and built a modular monolith handling freight forwarding, CRM, and financial operations across 7 countries.

I focus on clean architecture that scales: Domain-Driven Design, Hexagonal Architecture, CQRS. I work with modern PHP (8.4), Spiral Framework, RoadRunner, Cycle ORM, and real-time systems using Centrifuge.

What I do best:

Architect systems that grow with your business without becoming legacy nightmares

Integrate with complex third-party systems (ERPs, government APIs, real-time data feeds)

Lead and mentor development teams

Modernize and refactor legacy PHP codebases

Regulatory/compliance integrations (tax authorities, government platforms)

Based in the Netherlands. Available for architecture consulting, code reviews, technical leadership, and hands-on development.

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Italian
Fluent
Albanian
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Rulewave
Lead Software Developer
LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
December 2022 - Today (3 years and 6 months)
Netherlands
Lead a team of 7 developers building a logistics platform operating in 7 countries.
Architected the system from scratch as a modular monolith using Spiral Framework, RoadRunner, and Cycle ORM. Applied Domain-Driven Design, Hexagonal Architecture, and CQRS patterns to keep the codebase maintainable at scale.
PHP Docker Hexagonal Architecture MySQL Redis
Wonderus LLC
Senior Software Developer
DIGITAL AND IT
June 2022 - December 2022 (6 months)
Arizona City, United States
Brought in after acquisition to modernize a legacy platform. The app was stuck on Laravel 5 with significant technical debt blocking new development.
Key achievements:

Migrated from Laravel 5 to Laravel 9
Introduced Hexagonal Architecture and event-driven patterns
Introduced Meilisearch for improved search performance
Rebuilt integrations with Slack API, Microsoft Teams API, and Stripe API
Revamped Vue.js frontend
Migrated and optimized AWS infrastructure

Tech: PHP (Laravel 9), Vue.js, Meilisearch, AWS, Slack API, Teams API, Stripe
Laravel Hexagonal Architecture VueJS MySQL Stripe
CM.com
Senior Software Developer
ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE
January 2022 - December 2022 (11 months)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Worked on CM.com's new ticketing platform, a high-throughput system requiring reliability and scalability.
Built with Symfony 5 using Hexagonal Architecture and modular monolith patterns. Implemented CQRS with eventual consistency for handling peak ticket sale loads. Developed GraphQL APIs for flexible client integration.
Tech: PHP 8, Symfony 5, GraphQL, CQRS, Event Sourcing, PostgreSQL
Symfony Hexagonal Architecture Event-driven architecture GraphQL Docker