Giorgi

GIORGI LAZASHVILI WORK EXPERIENCE
Tbilisi, Georgia (GMT+4) Efumo SSC (Aug 2024 – Present)
Remote (worldwide) | B2B/Contract | Open to EU-based product company (Latvia) - remote
EU relocation (Blue Card) Position: Symfony Developer
Responsibilities:
Senior PHP engineer, 14+ years. I design ● Build and maintain backend and frontend for Symfony platforms
backends from scratch and ship production across government, healthcare and media products.
APIs in Laravel and Symfony, specializing in ● Configure and maintain Ubuntu servers with Docker.
payments and complex integrations across Achievements:
government, healthcare, fintech and ● Delivered platforms for Latvian national institutions, including
e-commerce. Built systems handling 5M+ legally valid e-signature integration via the national eID
records at 99.99% uptime and raised company (eParaksts).
profit 20% with a custom business system. As ● Built healthcare software with direct medical-device integration.
a lead, I own architecture and integrate AI
tooling to cut team debugging time. Na5ku (Jun 2012 – Present)
Product company (Ukraine) - remote
Position: Core Developer
RECOMMENDATION LETTERS Responsibilities:
●Prestele Group GmbH ● Build and maintain backends in Laravel and native PHP. Own
●Scandiweb system architecture.
●Webiz LLC ● Configure and maintain Ubuntu servers.
●Dudka Agency & Validev CEO Achievements
●Na5ku ● Architected and scaled the core platform to a database of 5M+
records.
● Hardened the production environment against DDoS attacks.
CONTACT ● Build and maintain backends in Laravel and native PHP, and own
Phone: [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») system architecture.
Email: [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») ● Standardized backend APIs across platforms and shipped
LinkedIn: [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») reusable Composer packages.
Telegram: https://t.me/lazashvili
Prestele Group GmbH (May 2022 – Oct 2025)
EU-based product company (Germany) - remote
Position: Lead Developer
SKILLS Responsibilities:
● Primary: ● Lead backend and frontend development in Laravel and React,
o Laravel and own system architecture across products.
o Symfony ● Configure and maintain Ubuntu servers. Build and publish
o PHP Composer packages.
o REST/GraphQL API Achievements:
o System Architecture ● Led development of multiple production products — SAP
o MySQL/PostgreSQL Business One integrations, e-commerce, a dating platform and
● Additional: media sites.
Backend & data: Nest.js, Python, Magento ● Owned system architecture and re-architected a monolith into a
2, Redis, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, MariaDB decoupled Laravel API with an independent frontend.
Frontend: React, Vue, Angular, Inertia.js, ● Established project-wide coding standards and improved
CSS + SCSS engineering quality across the team.
DevOps & infra: Docker, Nginx, Apache, ● Integrated AI tooling (ChatGPT, Cursor) into team workflows,
Ubuntu, CI/CD cutting debugging time and improving code quality.
Tooling & QA: Git, PHPUnit, PHPStan
AI-assisted dev: Cursor, Copilot, ChatGPT, Dudka Agency (Validev) (Apr 2022 - Dec 2023)
Claude Web development studio (Ukraine) — remote
Position: Web Developer
Responsibilities:
● Build and maintain Laravel/Nova backends across multiple
LANGUAGES products.
● English: B2 (Confident) Achievements
● Georgian: Native ● Independently owned architecture and delivery for each project.
● Russian: Native ● Built backends across government, education, media and gaming
products, including a government anti-trafficking portal.

Webiz LLC (Feb 2020 – Jun 2022)
Israeli software development company (Georgia)
Position: Developer
Responsibilities:

● Build Magento 2 and Wix plugins, and product/order sync across
Wix, Shopify, WooCommerce and Magento 2.
● Build and maintain backends in Nest.js and Laravel.
Achievements
● Published an official plugin to the Wix and Shopify app stores.
● Delivered multi-platform e-commerce integrations, a
social-network backend, and a reusable integration package.

Scandiweb (Jun 2019 – Feb 2020)
Position: Magento Developer
Responsibilities:
● Develop Magento 2 Enterprise storefronts for international retail
brands.
Achievements
● Delivered Magento 2 stores for recognizable brands —
Champion, Hanes and Moose Knuckles.
● Worked within a large development team (BornGroup vendor) on
enterprise retail projects.

Negesco LTD (S-Cad Group Georgia LTD) (Feb 2016 – Jun 2019)
US-based product company (Georgia)
Position: Web Developer → Lead Developer → Software Development
Manager
Responsibilities:
● Built and led a custom Business Management System. Managed
the development team.
Achievements
● Delivered a Business Management System that increased
company profit by 20%+.
● Promoted from Web Developer to Lead to Software Development
Manager over three years.

EVEX Medical Corporation (formerly "New Life" Hospital) (May 2012 –
Feb 2016)
Medical company (Georgia)
Position: IT Manager / IT Specialist
Responsibilities:
● Sole IT lead for a medical clinic through its acquisition by EVEX -
managed the full IT infrastructure, multi-site rollouts, IT inventory
and procurement, and system deployments.
Achievements
● Designed and maintained a highly reliable network (99.99%
uptime).

PROJECTS
Gastrotech
Description: Gastroenterology patient records system (healthcare)
Role in project: Symfony developer (Full stack)
Responsibilities: Built a patient records system for gastroenterology
examinations, with direct integration to medical devices at the engine level,
and embedded the engine into the existing product ecosystem. (Symfony)

Lnb-songs
Description: Latvian National Museum of Writing and Music
Role in project: Symfony developer (Full stack)
Responsibilities: Built bidirectional data synchronization with a third-party
system, and handled bug fixing. (Symfony)

nmpd.gov.lv
Description: National Emergency Medical Service (Latvia)

Role in project: Symfony developer (Full stack)
Responsibilities: Built a training and assessment system for trainees, with
official certificate generation and legally valid digital signing via Latvia's
national eID (eParaksts), plus third-party integrations. (Symfony)

vivi.lv
Description: Media analytic report
Role in project: Symfony developer (Full stack)
Responsibilities: Implemented a new ticketing system, adapted the API for
mobile, and integrated a third-party service. Handled bug fixing, error analysis
and Docker setup. (Symfony)

radioskonto.lv
Description: Media platform
Role in project: Symfony developer (Full stack)
Responsibilities: Built admin and frontend features - a flexible forms/surveys
engine with extensive input/output options and a statistics module. Handled
bug fixing, error analysis and Docker setup. (Symfony)

exile-media-dashboard.com
Description: Media analytic report
Role in project: Backend developer
Responsibilities: Built the REST API for the frontend and admin dashboard,
a Google Sheets sync with automated data correction, and the
analytics/statistics module. (Laravel 10)

Project infinity
Description: SAP Business One
Role in project: Python developer
Responsibilities: Designed the application architecture and built the API for
mobile and frontend. Configured servers and contributed to product decisions.
Drove the migration from the legacy PHP/Laravel version to Python. SAP
Business One integration. (Python)

www.lana-grossa.de
Description: Online shop
Role in project: Backend developer
Responsibilities: Built the API for mobile and admin. Online retail shop with
ability to sync to Shopify. (Laravel 10)

Logiks Solutions
Description: SAP Business One
Role in project: Fullstack senior developer
Responsibilities: Owned the core architecture and API, built the UI,
configured Ubuntu servers, and published a Composer package. Established
project-wide coding standards, hardened security, and optimized
performance. Re-architected the system from React/Inertia.js into a
decoupled Laravel API with an independent frontend. (Laravel 9-11, React)

BeziehungsRausch
Description: Dating App

Role in project: Fullstack developer
Responsibilities: Built the mobile app API and admin panel, a user rating
and matchmaking system, and facial-recognition (Amazon Rekognition) user
identity verification. Configured Ubuntu servers. (Laravel 9, React/Inertia)

Media Simulation
Description: Web Game
Role in project: Backend developer
Responsibilities: Built the backend API and admin for a browser-based
game. (Laravel 9, Nova 4)

Na5ku system
Description: Multi-product platform (long-term ownership)
Role in project: Senior developer
Responsibilities: Long-term owner across multiple products on the platform:
business-management and CRM systems (orders, payroll, reporting, email)
and a self-service referral portal with payout processing, external order-stats
sync and a dynamic form builder. Rebuilt and standardized the backend API
across platforms. Shipped reusable Composer packages and WordPress
plugins, including preparing an official plugin release. (Custom PHP, Laravel
7-9, WordPress)

Onkelz.de
Description: Music Group site
Role in project: Backend developer
Responsibilities: Built and maintained the full API and admin. Implemented
WordPress sync. Official site of the band Böhse Onkelz. (Laravel 9)

Bukka.io
Description: College site
Role in project: Backend developer
Responsibilities: Built and maintained a Laravel 9 / Nova 3 college platform -
an admin panel plus API-driven lecturer and student portals - covering
lecturer, course and lesson management, with integrated credit-based student
financing.

IOM | Counter-Trafficking Portal
Description: UA Government site, Counteracting Human Trafficking
Role in project: Backend developer
Responsibilities: Developed the user portal plus testing and certification
modules for a government anti-trafficking platform. (Laravel 9)

365Dropship
Description: Ecommerce dropshipping
Role in project: Backend developer
Responsibilities: Built accounting and order modules with synchronization
across Wix, Shopify and WooCommerce. Dropshipping platform. (NestJS,
PHP, Firebase)

SHOWIT
Description: Social Network (startup)
Role in project: Backend developer

Responsibilities: Built and maintained the Laravel backend/API for a
Twitter-style social network - photo and video upload with post-processing,
content feeds, and a free/paid content access (monetization) model.

ECom
Description: E-commerce integration package
Role in project: Backend developer
Responsibilities: Built and maintained a reusable Laravel (Composer)
package that synchronizes orders and products between Magento 2 and
Laravel.

CHAMPION.COM, HANES, MOOSE KNUCKLES - Magento 2
Enterprise stores
Role in project: Magento 2 developer
Responsibilities: Built storefront pages - PLP, PDP, homepage and
checkout - for international retail brands, as part of the BornGroup vendor
team. (Magento 2)

JAMP Systems
Description: Business management system (intranet)
Role in project: Full stack developer + Product architect + Manager
Responsibilities: Owned the product end-to-end - from defining the feature
set and architecture through development to managing a team of developers
and a designer. Built Kanban-based order management, statistics/analytics,
and an order-items catalog. Developed a resource-allocation engine that
analyzes past worker performance and availability to recommend the best
assignee for each order. Built the financial module (direct/indirect cost and
revenue calculation), integrated payment processing with secure card
storage, and configured servers and automation. (PHP, Python)

Instafabrik.de
Description: CRM
Role in project: Backend developer
Responsibilities: Built and maintained the full backend and admin - order
management, progress tracking, PayPal payment processing, workflow
automation, and integrations with third-party applications. (Laravel, PayPal
API)

Crypto / fintech platforms — 3 projects (under NDA)
Role in project: Full stack developer
Responsibilities: Designed and built from scratch: full system architecture,
payment-in (deposits) and payout (withdrawal) processing, referral engine,
order and user management. (Custom PHP, MySQL, Wallet/blockchain API)

EDUCATION
MSc in Program (Software) Engineering
Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia (2015 – 2017)

BSc in Program (Software) Engineering
Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia (2011 - 2015)

Certificate - Professional PHP development
GeoLab, Tbilisi, Georgia (2016 – 2017)