Mykhailo

MIKHAIL NIKULA
SENIOR PHP DEVELOPER
SUMMARY
Senior PHP Developer with 9+ years of experience in
high-load systems, legacy modernization, and scalable
backend architecture (Laravel, Yii2, event-driven design).

Hands-on experience integrating AI tooling into development
workflows — optimizing Claude Code performance through
structured context engineering, reducing costs and
accelerating development cycles.

Strong focus on reducing technical debt, improving delivery
speed, and raising code quality standards across teams.

[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section), +380 66 892 482

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EXPERIENCE
Nikula Mikhail | LinkedIn
SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
@mepoooe
Emendis BV
Chisinau, Moldova 2025 - 2026

Architected a relational notification system with dynamic
Technical Stack translations, tracking state changes across nested entity

Backend: PHP 8.x, Laravel, Yii, OOP, relationships (user → contact → address) with full audit trail.
Led migration of 3 projects (~1,400 files each) to PHP 8.4 and
SOLID
Laravel 12 using Rector automation — zero-downtime deployment.
Frontend: JavaScript, Vue.js 2, Established CI pipeline with 80%+ test coverage, PHPStan, and PHP
HTML5, CSS3 CS Fixer as hard gates on every PR — significantly reducing

Databases & Infra: PostgreSQL, regression bugs in production.

MySQL, Redis, Docker, Nginx,
SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
GeoServer, PostGIS, master/replica
Tools & Quality: Git, CI/CD QuartSoft
2016 - 2024
(Bitbucket), Rector, PHP CS Fixer,
PHPStan, Claude.ai, OpenAPI, Led PHP modernization of a 32,000-file legacy monolith — migrated

OAuth2.0
from PHP 5.6 → 7.4 → 8.x using Rector and PHPStan, eliminating
critical compatibility issues across the codebase.
Additional: Node.js, Python
Optimized a critical heavy query with 20+ filters across 5+ tables —
replaced UNION ALL with targeted JOINs, added database Views
SOFT SKILLS and indexes, reducing execution time by ~10x.
Engineered geospatial solution for simultaneous rendering of
Leadership: Mentoring, team growth,
20,000+ agricultural objects using GeoServer — dynamic map layers
and knowledge sharing. for GPS tracks, field boundaries, and NDVI data.
Problem Solving: Systems thinking Designed and documented versioned REST API for mobile clients
and a result-oriented approach. using OAuth 2.0 and OpenAPI specification.
Implemented PostgreSQL master/replica architecture — writes to
LANGUAGE master, reads from local replica, improving read performance and
system resilience.
* English: Upper-Intermediate Mentored junior developers through onboarding and architectural
* Romanian: Beginner decisions over 8 years; one mentee grew to Software Architect.
* Ukrainian / Russian: Native