👋 Hi there! I'm Christian, a Senior PHP developer (Team Lead) with 9+ years of experience in the field, currently working on an international classified portal.
To summarize myself: I specialize in PHP, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, and IntelliJ Platform (plugin development). When not coding, my love for travel has led me to over 20 countries 🌍. I'm also into cooking, photography, and experimenting with music.

I'm firmly glued to my team and currently not open to job proposals. However, I'm always keen to give new things a go and have a bit of fun, so if you want to chat about software development, or you are also passionate about traveling, don't be shy - give me a shout!

Key skills and technologies:

• PHP
• MySQL
• Elasticsearch
• Redis
• Memcached
• IntelliJ Platform (plugin development, Java & Kotlin)
• Git
• AWS: SES, SQS, SNS

Work Experience:

Linemedia — online marketing and sales

March 2016 - Present

The main company product is a high-loaded international classified portal with complex server infrastructure, self-written CRM, internal and external APIs.

Position: Team Lead / Senior PHP Developer

Job duties:

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement the entire software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering.
• Leading and mentoring junior developers, and conducting code reviews.
• Continuously working to improve the overall quality of the codebase and solve technical debt.
• Integrating with third-party services and APIs.
• Working with AWS services such as SES, SQS, SNS, and API Gateway.
• Lecturing on various topics related to PHP development.
• Developing a plugin for the PhpStorm IDE that provides various features for the internal project framework, including code inspections, completions, type hinting, and line markers.

Freelance PHP Developer

September 2014 - March 2016

As a freelance PHP developer at the start of my career, I didn't have much experience, but I was eager to learn and improve my skills.

Education:

Interregional Academy of Personnel Management Bachelor's degree, Information Technologies

2009 - 2013

Languages:

Russian (Native or Bilingual) Ukrainian (Native or Bilingual) English (Intermediate, Professional Working)