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Redi Linxa
Senior Back-End EngineerPHP DeveloperBack-End Development
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About Me
Redi is a senior back-end engineer with nearly two decades of experience, most of it in PHP and Symfony. Today that means RESTful services on Symfony, MongoDB and RabbitMQ for CODA.TECH's international clients; before that, four years building custom web applications and a dynamic CMS for Everfi UK. Works directly with clients and mentors younger developers along the way.
Experience
CODA.TECH International
Senior Software Engineer (contract)
- Back-end engineer working in PHP (Symfony) and MongoDB.
- Works with Docker, RabbitMQ and AWS services (VPC, CloudFront, Route 53, S3).
- Develops with Symfony and is preparing the project for a major framework version upgrade.
- Designs and develops RESTful APIs, and writes MongoDB queries and procedures.
- Writes, tests and documents code with care, working with Git and GitFlow in an Agile/Scrum team.
- Communicates directly with the client to resolve issues and offer new solutions, anticipates and prevents bugs, and helps teammates with onboarding and problem-solving.
2021 – Present
Landmark Technologies (for Everfi UK)
Senior Software Developer
- Provided consultant software development for Everfi UK, London.
- Developed new custom web applications on request and supported existing ones.
- Developed a dynamic content management system (CMS).
- Practised test-driven development (TDD) and CI/CD.
- Worked with PHP, Symfony, PostgreSQL, MySQL, JavaScript, REST APIs, Redis, Gulp and Webpack.
2017 – 2021
Manoolia (digitaleheimat GmbH)
Senior Software Developer & Project Manager
- Developed and supported Magento e-commerce, including the rauhes.de shop.
- Was the client's direct contact for any issue with the rauhes.de website.
- Built new features beyond standard Magento functionality, plus new extensions and SEO features.
- Worked with PHP, Magento, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL, REST APIs, Grunt and Gulp.
2016 – 2017
Plus Communications
Senior Software Developer
- Part of the team that built Plus's main customer-acquisition application, with PHP, Laravel, Java, Node.js and Oracle PL/SQL.
- Supported the billing systems.
- Developed SAP BusinessObjects reports and Oracle PL/SQL reports.
- Built internal web applications to company requirements and automated manual work.
2012 – 2016
TrinisSoft
Software Developer
- Wrote programs to specific requirements in VB.NET and C#.NET, with MS SQL Server, Sybase and Transbase.
- Interpreted business requirements and technical specifications, and coded to them.
- Analysed and documented reported defects, and did maintenance programming and debugging.
- Created, documented and implemented unit test plans and scripts.
- Maintained and optimised the system and its environment.
2007 – 2011
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