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Maksym Yakubenko
PHP Developer | Symfony

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Profile
Experienced PHP Developer with 5+ years in building high-load,
distributed systems in fintech and adtech domains. Passionate about
clean code, system performance, and scalable architecture.

Education
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute — Bachelor of Computer Science (2019–
2024)

Languages
Ukrainian – Native

Russian – Fluent

English – Upper-Intermediate (B2, spoken and written)

Skills
 Languages & Frameworks:

 PHP 7.*, 8.*, Symfony 3–7, Doctrine ORM, Laravel 11

 Testing & Code Quality:

 PHPUnit, PHPStan, php-cs-fixer, SOLID, DRY, KISS, TDD, DDD

 Infrastructure & DevOps:

 Docker, Kubernetes, Git (GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket), CI/CD, Composer

 Databases:

 MySQL, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis

 Monitoring & Logging:
  Grafana, Sentry, Kibana

 Message Brokers:

 RabbitMQ, Kafka

 Tools:

 PhpStorm, Ubuntu 20.04

Work Experience
 PushHouse (https://push.house) | PHP Developer — Mar 2022 - Present

 Developed and optimized high-load REST APIs, reducing response time by 30%
under ~2M daily requests.
 Maintained 90%+ unit test coverage using PHPUnit for core business logic.
 Migrated legacy modules and redesigned architecture during Symfony 7 upgrade.
 Integrated the Strategy design pattern to streamline and scale the integration of
multiple payment systems.
 Implemented centralized logging by sending application events to ClickHouse and
visualizing them in Grafana for real-time monitoring.

Technologies: PHP 8, Symfony 6/7, Doctrine ORM, MySQL, ClickHouse, Redis, Kafka,
PHPUnit, GitLab, Composer, AWS(S3), Grafana

 Credit7 (https://credit7.ua) | PHP Developer — Jul 2021 - Mar 2022

 Developed microloan service on Symfony, ensuring financial compliance and
transaction safety.
 Integrated REST APIs for multiple payment systems.
 Handled async operations via RabbitMQ and improved email automation using
IMAP/SMTP.

Technologies: PHP 7.4, Symfony 3.4/4, MySQL, GitLab, RabbitMQ, Redis, Docker,
PHPUnit, Composer, Kibana, Jira

 VIP Aero (http://vips.aero) | PHP Developer — May 2019 - May 2021

 Built bidding automation platform for VIP aviation under high-load
 Optimized PostgreSQL queries and improved performance.
 Participated in NDA-secured security-focused modules.

Technologies: PHP 7.4, Symfony 3.4/4, PostgreSQL, GitLab, PHPUnit, Composer