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Ruslan Koval
Senior PHP / Laravel Developer | Team Lead
📍 Cherkasy, Ukraine
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💼 Open to relocation to Ireland / Remote
🗣 English: Basic (A2)

Professional Summary
Senior PHP Developer with over 10 years of experience in backend and full-stack development.
Strong background in Laravel, Symfony, Yii2, REST APIs, databases, and system architecture.
Experience as a Team Lead: task planning, code reviews, architecture decisions, and team coordination.
Currently improving English for international work environment.

Key Skills
• Backend: PHP, Laravel, Symfony, Yii2
• Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
• Frontend: Vue.js, jQuery, HTML, CSS, SASS
• DevOps: Docker, Gulp
• Other: REST API, Elasticsearch, WordPress
• Practices: Code Review, System Architecture, Team Leadership

Professional Experience
Team Lead / Senior Laravel Developer
Freelance — Ukraine
May 2018 – Present
• Led a development team (task planning and distribution)
• Conducted daily stand-ups and technical meetings
• Designed application architecture and database structure
• Developed backend functionality using Laravel
• Performed code reviews and mentoring of developers
• Worked with Docker, Redis, PostgreSQL, REST APIs

Frontend / Backend Developer
Asight — Kyiv, Ukraine
March 2017 – April 2018
• Developed backend services using PHP
• Implemented frontend features with JavaScript and jQuery
• Maintained and improved existing systems
• Worked closely with designers and project managers

PHP Developer
Default Value — Cherkasy, Ukraine
August 2015 – February 2016
• Backend development with PHP
• Database optimization and support
• Bug fixing and feature development

Yii2 Developer
Rubarb Digital Studio — Cherkasy, Ukraine
July 2014 – May 2016
• Development of web applications using Yii2
• HTML layout and support of existing projects
• Integration of backend and frontend components

Education
Cherkasy State Technological University
Bachelor’s Degree — Software Engineering
2011 – 2014
Cherkasy Polytechnic College
Specialist Degree — Programming of Computer Systems
2007 – 2011

Additional Education
GeekHub — Advanced PHP (2016)