Андрій

Andrey Biriukov

Middle + Laravel/PHP Full-Stack Developer

CONTACT INFORMATION

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Telegram: @tvice

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Backend Developer (Product, NDA) | 1 year

Tech: Laravel, React components, Strapi, MySQL/PostgreSQL,

Redis, AWS SQS, queues/scheduler, AWS S3, Docker, Nginx,

PHPUnit, external APIs
 Took over a legacy Laravel codebase and made

deployments reproducible (installation scripts, env

configuration, queue workers).

 Stabilised critical modules: bug fixing, refactoring, and

performance tuning of backend services.

 Implemented new product modules: A/B testing,

autonomous Telegram publishing for

products/promocodes, payments, and support chat.

 Integrated Brevo API: template management, contact

sync, and transactional email delivery.

 Integrated partner affiliate networks and maintained

reliable data flows across external APIs.

 Introduced and expanded unit testing (PHPUnit) and

wrote product documentation from scratch.

Backend Developer (Automation Bot, NDA) | 8

month

Tech: Laravel, queues, Stripe payments, external APIs, LLM

integration (OpenAI)
 Built an admin panel + automation bot: users

configured search templates and the system tracked

the full application pipeline.

 Implemented LLM-based generation (OpenAI): tailored

CVs per vacancy and automatic answers to vacancy

questionnaires using vacancy + user profile context.

 Implemented billing MVP with Stripe subscriptions;

planned next iteration: wallet/balance charging model.

 Delivered dashboards for applied/approved/declined

vacancies and artefacts generated by the bot.

Laravel Developer / Full-Stack Developer (Iwis /

WopLab / Paspartoo) | 18 months

Tech: Laravel, Vue, MySQL/PostgreSQL, REST APIs

 Developed backend solutions, API integrations, and

admin panels.

 Worked in parallel with another role on a part-time
basis; delivered features and maintenance across

multiple projects.
Laravel Developer (Etnocode) | 2 years 4

months

Tech: Laravel, MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQLite, Linux,

Nginx/Apache

 Developed backends for mobile applications, APIs,

admin panels, and CRM features.

 Managed deployments and server configuration

(LAMP/LEMP), including SSL renewals and operational

support.

PHP / OpenCart Developer (Intertool) | 10

months

Tech: PHP, OpenCart, MySQL

 Maintained and modernised legacy products built with

native PHP.

 Developed new ecommerce features on OpenCart 3.

Yii2 / Laravel Developer (Dartc) | 2 months

Tech: Yii2, PHP, MySQL
 Developed websites and a custom CRM using Yii2.

Technical Interviewer (WopLab) | 1 month

 Conducted technical interviews for developer

candidates.

SKILLS

Programming Languages / Technologies

 PHP (5.3, 7.4, 8.x)

 HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS

 npm, webpack, yarn, Vite, Vuex

 Vue.js (2–3), Nuxt

 JavaScript (native/jQuery)

 Docker, docker-compose, CI/CD

 AI / LLM: OpenAI GPT (API integrations across 3

projects), Codex, Claude Code, Gemini

Databases / Caching

 MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
 Redis: cache storage, key–value patterns, distributed

caching, node balancing considerations, WebSocket-

related state coordination

 Queues: AWS SQS

Frameworks

 Laravel 7–12

 Yii2

 Vue2-3, Nuxt, Strapi

 React (basic)

 React components / Gutenberg-style blocks

Storage & Ingestion

 AWS S3 (files, signed URLs)

 Parsing XLSX/XML/JSON feeds

 HTML markup/content scraping and normalisation

Development Tools

 PHPStorm, Postman, OpenSearch,

 Web servers: Nginx, Apache, PHP-FPM
 Git: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket

Soft skills
 Ownership / Accountability: take full responsibility
for delivery, stability, and production readiness.

 Product-minded engineering: align implementation
with business goals, not just “close tickets”

 Strong problem solving: investigate incidents,
identify root causes, and ship pragmatic fixes fast

 Legacy rescue & refactoring mindset: can take over
messy codebases, stabilise them, and improve

architecture iteratively

 System thinking: design end-to-end flows (API →
queues → storage → external services → monitoring)

 Prioritisation under constraints: focus on critical
path, mitigate risks, and deliver in iterations

 Communication with stakeholders: clarify
requirements, propose trade-offs, and keep updates

concise
 Documentation discipline: create clear technical docs
and operational runbooks from scratch

 Quality & reliability focus: tests where they matter,
idempotency, safe retries, and predictable releases

 Collaboration across roles: effective work with
DevOps and frontend teams; unblock others with clear

interfaces

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 INMASTERS — Apprentice / Intern (Prosthetic

Designer) | 2015–2017

 CNC Programmer/Operator — Variant Ltd | 2017–2021

EDUCATION

 O. O. Morozov Kharkiv Mechanical and Technical

Applied College — Junior Bachelor’s Degree,

Mechanical Engineering (2010–2014)

 National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic

Institute" — Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical

Engineering (2014–2017)
 National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic

Institute" — Master’s Degree (incomplete), Mechanical

Engineering (2017–2019)

 Regional IT Center (Kharkiv) — PHP & Laravel Course

(Sep–Dec 2020)

LANGUAGES

 Ukrainian — Native

 English — A2–B1 (technical reading/writing)