Career Highlights

I have had the opportunity to build projects for many different platforms, from backend systems, to web apps and mobile applications. The list below is non-exhaustive, and a more detailed overview can be obtained by going through my GitHub.

Professional Experience

Fullstack Developer

Zapiet | November 2023 - Present
PHP (Laravel) TypeScript (React) Docker GraphQL

• Implemented custom pickup/delivery address validation by drawing a map as opposed to using radius or straight-line distance.
• Increased test coverage to 95% for critical components, ensuring high code quality and confidence in deployments, emphasizing commitment to code quality and reliability.
• Improved database performance, resulting in 50% faster query execution, demonstrating skills in database optimization and performance tuning
• Implemented Shopify GraphQL API integration, replacing deprecated REST API endpoints, and optimized response times by reducing data overfetching.

Software Developer

Chesco Tech | March 2023 - November 2023
PHP Java (Spring) TypeScript (React & React Native)

• Built a cross-platform mobile application with React Native + Expo.
• Developed and maintained a supporting RESTful API using Java Spring Boot for the mobile application, handling 1000+ concurrent users with 99.9% uptime.
• Migrated a legacy PHP application to a newer version of PHP, implementing secure database queries through prepared statements and PDO to prevent SQL injection vulnerabilities, resulting in a 80% reduction in security incidents.
• Implemented time-tracking functionality for an HR management system, improving compensation tracking and accuracy by 60%.

Projects

Doorman | 2025
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Go Docker SQLite

• Both Plausible and Umami require either a MySQL or PostgreSQL database, which was overkill for my needs + RAM is not cheap sooo...
• I built a lightweight analytics tools to track traffic to this site.
• Give it a try! :)

Betterbloq | 2025
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PHP (Laravel) Docker AWS Linux GitHub Actions Sentry Stripe

• Partnered with a real estate developer in the coliving space to develop a just-in-time bulk purchasing platform for real estate developers
• Prepared a minimal docker image for deployment on a private VPS, and handled server setup, hardening for security, and firewall configuration
• Implemented payment processing with Stripe
• Set up monitoring with Sentry
• Initially used S3 for object storage, but finally migrated to self-hosted minio

Devnotes | 2025
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Rust

• A terminal-based note-taking app for quickly taking work notes and logging my tasks.
• Still very much a WIP but it does the job