Umar Saeed: Senior Full-Stack PHP Laravel Developer

I · Who I Am

Full-stack by build,
Laravel at the core.

I'm a Senior Full-Stack PHP Laravel Developer based in Gujranwala, Pakistan, with 5 years of professional experience designing and delivering production-grade REST APIs, SaaS platforms, and multi-tenant applications using PHP 7/8 and Laravel 8-12. Worked across healthcare ERP, fintech, sports streaming, and e-commerce domains, including architecting communication systems supporting over 20 million messages across 1 million+ chat rooms.

Strong expertise in clean architecture, RESTful API design, Service and Repository patterns, DTOs, Policies, authentication, PHPUnit, PHPStan, and GitHub Actions CI/CD. Skilled in Docker, Redis, Laravel Queues, and AWS S3 for scalable backend infrastructure.

Full-stack development experience with JavaScript, jQuery, Axios, Vue.js 3, Pinia, Vue Router, and Inertia.js, building modern Laravel + Vue applications, most visibly on TaskFlow, a Laravel 12 + Vue 3 portfolio project I designed and built end to end, covered in detail below.

Collaborated with international teams in Turkey and Italy using Agile methodologies, Git workflows, and engineering best practices. Open to remote roles worldwide, as well as onsite opportunities.

Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan

Open to Remote & Onsite, PKT (UTC+5)

English (Professional) · Urdu (Native)

Good architecture doesn't announce itself. It just keeps working when the traffic, the team, and the requirements all triple.

How I Build Software

Clean Architecture

Service, Repository, DTO & Policy patterns and SOLID principles across all production projects

Frontend Experience

Vue 3 (Composition API), Pinia, Vue Router & Inertia.js, built and shipped on real projects

Test-Driven Quality

PHPUnit test suites, PHPStan Level 6 static analysis, GitHub Actions CI/CD

International Remote

Agile collaboration with teams across Italy and Turkey in production environments

II · What I Work With

Technical Skills

Backend Development

PHP 7.x-8.xLaravel 8-12Eloquent ORMRBACSanctumJWT AuthMulti-TenancySOLID PrinciplesService PatternRepository PatternDTO PatternPolicy PatternLaravel Socialite

Frontend & SPA

Vue 3PiniaVue RouterInertia.jsTailwind CSS v4ViteAxiosJavaScriptjQueryBootstrap 5

Databases & Caching

MySQLPostgreSQLRedisPlanetScaleComposite IndexingEager LoadingN+1 EliminationTemporary TablesQuery Optimization

Real-Time & APIs

RESTful APIsWebSocketsPusherSocket.ioTwilio SDKZoho CRMGoogle Sheets APIOpenAI API

Cloud & DevOps

AWS S3DockerGitHub ActionsCI/CD PipelinesLaravel QueuesCron JobscPanelEvent-Driven Design

Testing & Quality

PHPUnitPHPStan Level 6Integration TestingUnit TestingLaravel PintGit / GitHubAgile Development

Payments

StripeStripe WebhooksPayPal

III · Where I've Worked

Work Experience

05/2025 – 06/2026 Italy · Remote Current

Ventie 30

Senior Full-Stack PHP Laravel Developer

Architected a multi-module sports data management ERP for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) to power complex international sports workflows.
Developed a custom Google Sheets API integration engine to dynamically drive platform-wide system permissions, form field mapping, and localized multilingual support configurations.
Designed robust form-to-database backend engines that dynamically process and structure incoming athletic configuration datasets.
Engineered high-performance RESTful APIs integrated with asynchronous AJAX workflows to dynamically load tab-specific data on demand, reducing initial page load times.

LaravelMySQLJavaScriptGoogle Sheets APIRESTful APIsAJAX

08/2023 – 04/2025 Istanbul, Turkey · Remote

ExtraTrik

Senior Full-Stack PHP Laravel Developer

The Turkish Healthcare ERP

Engineered a multi-tenant communication ERP, implementing a custom centralized authentication system to securely isolate data, webhooks, and multi-tenant traffic across Turkish healthcare clinics.
Built a real-time 3-column SPA communication dashboard using JavaScript, jQuery, and Axios to integrate Zoho CRM with omnichannel chats (WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram), Twilio video, and OpenAI translation/grammar-checking APIs, all without page reloads.
Optimized database reporting performance on high-scale infrastructure handling 1M+ chat rooms and 20M+ messages using MySQL temporary tables, Redis caching, and automated cron tasks, reducing critical query filter times from timeouts down to seconds.
Implemented AWS S3 for secure storage of chat media uploads, file attachments, and call recordings across all clinic tenants.
Developed asynchronous background workflows using Laravel Queues to process high-volume bulk chat data imports, architecting custom state mechanics to safely handle start, pause, and resume execution states.
Collaborated within a remote Agile environment writing PHPUnit test suites and leveraging GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, Git branch workflows, and QA staging environments to maintain production deployment quality.

LaravelMySQLRedisWebSocketsTwilioAWS S3Zoho CRMPHPUnitGitHub Actions

09/2021 – 08/2023 Gujranwala, Pakistan

AppCrates

PHP Laravel Developer

Designed secure backend systems using Sanctum, JWT, and Laravel Socialite (OAuth, Apple Sign-In) with RBAC, enforcing Form Request validation, rate limiting, CSRF protection, and parameterized queries to prevent SQL injection.
Built Sport-Social sports podcast network with automated third-party podcast ingestion via Cron jobs, per-user episode progress tracking, live purchases, and iOS/Android mobile APIs on MySQL.
Engineered Bell3 social commerce APIs for posts, comments, digital and physical product sales, and Stripe-powered promotions on PlanetScale with AWS S3 storage, Pusher, and Docker containerization.
Built Caspers multi-role marketplace for equipment, spare parts, and repair services with full iOS/Android mobile APIs.
Optimized MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Eloquent ORM performance through composite indexing, eager loading, and N+1 query elimination; managed Docker environments and cPanel deployments across all client projects.

LaravelSanctumJWTStripeAWS S3PostgreSQLPlanetScaleDockerPusher

IV · What I've Built

Featured Projects

Full-Stack SaaS · Centerpiece Project

TaskFlow

Laravel 12 + Vue 3 Reference Project

Problem

Client codebases are private, so recruiters never see how I structure architecture, testing, or CI/CD, or that I build the frontend as well as the API behind it.

Solution

A Laravel 12 REST API built with Service, Repository, DTO, and Policy patterns, paired with a Vue 3 SPA (Composition API, Pinia, Vue Router) that I designed and built to consume it — same repo, same author, no shared session state between the two.

Result

An open-source reference covering both sides of the stack: full project/task/comment management UI, a Sanctum-backed auth flow with route guards and 401 handling, a live dashboard, and a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline.

Multi-Tenant Healthcare ERP

ToMerge

The Turkish Healthcare ERP · Built at ExtraTrik, Istanbul

Problem

Multiple independent Turkish clinics needed one platform, but each required full data isolation, its own dashboard, and a separate webhook namespace behind a single centralized auth layer.

Solution

A multi-tenant ERP with a real-time 3-column SPA dashboard unifying Zoho CRM, omnichannel chat (WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram), Twilio video, and OpenAI-powered translation, all live, with no page reloads.

Result

Reporting now handles 1M+ chat rooms and 20M+ messages, with Redis caching and cron automation cutting filter queries from timeouts to seconds, backed by PHPUnit and GitHub Actions CI/CD.

Sports Data ERP

WBSC

World Baseball Softball Confederation · Built at Ventie 30, Italy

Problem

The WBSC needed multi-module sports data management and permission control across international federations without a costly custom permissions build.

Solution

A custom Google Sheets API integration engine driving dynamic permission management, multilingual support, and form-to-database workflows.

Result

Powers ongoing international sports operations for the World Baseball Softball Confederation today.

Sports Streaming

Sport-Social

Sports Podcast Network

Problem

A podcast network needed to ingest third-party shows automatically and let listeners buy and track episodes across iOS and Android.

Solution

Automated third-party podcast ingestion via Cron jobs, per-user episode progress tracking, live purchases, and full mobile APIs on MySQL.

Result

A live sports podcast network serving mobile listeners with seamless purchase and playback tracking.

Social Commerce

Bell3

Social Communication Platform

Problem

A social commerce platform needed posts, comments, and both digital and physical product sales running on one scalable backend.

Solution

Social commerce APIs with Stripe-powered promotions on PlanetScale, AWS S3 storage, Pusher real-time updates, and Docker containerization.

Result

A live platform handling real-time interactions and payments at scale.

B2B Marketplace

Caspers

Multi-Role Equipment Marketplace

Problem

Equipment owners, repair companies, and end-users needed one marketplace to list, find, and service equipment and spare parts across web and mobile.

Solution

A multi-role marketplace backend with full iOS/Android mobile APIs built on Laravel and MySQL.

Result

A live marketplace serving professionals, companies, and end-users today.

V · Academic Background

Education

Master of Science

Information Technology

University of the Punjab, Gujranwala Campus

2019 – 2021CGPA: 3.66 / 4.00

Bachelor of Science

Computer Science

University of the Punjab, Lahore

2016 – 2018

VI · Let's Work Together

Open to Remote & Onsite Opportunities

I'm available for senior Laravel/PHP backend and full-stack roles, remote or onsite, including positions using Vue.js or Inertia.js. If you're building something with Laravel, REST APIs, real-time systems, or payment integrations, let's talk.

Email

umar.saeed19202@gmail.com