Alex Demin
Certified Laravel Developer | Backend Developer
Ekaterinburg, Russia- | https://www.linkedin.com/in/demin-online/
SUMMARY
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Certified Laravel Developer with 15+ yrs of experience in backend development with PHP
Specializes in building custom web applications and RESTful APIs with Laravel framework
Looking for a 100% remote/freelance contract in the United States
SKILLS
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Backend development: Laravel 5.5+ Framework (3 yrs), PHP (16 yrs), LAMP/LEMP stack (16 yrs)
RESTful API development: OAuth2, Laravel Passport (1 yr) / Swagger, Postman (1 yr) / JSON, XML
Automated testing: PHPUnit (1 yr) / Laravel Dusk (1 yr) / TDD (1 yr)
Project management: Trello (6 yrs), Asana, JIRA (1 yr) / Agile, Scrum, Kanban (1 yr)
Dependency management tools: Composer, npm (3 yrs)
Databases: MySQL, MariaDB (16 yrs) / SQL (21 yrs) / Redis (1 yr)
VCS: Git, Bitbucket (3 yrs)
Issue tracking: Youtrack, JIRA (1 yr)
Provisioning & Deploy: Laravel Forge/Envoyer (1 yr)
Front-end development: HTML5, Bootstrap (3 yrs) / JavaScript (16 yrs), JQuery, Vue.js (1 yr), AJAX
Mind Mapping: XMind (3 yrs)
Time-management: Pomodoro, GTD (8 yrs) / Todoist
IDE: PHPStorm (3 yrs)
Virtualization: Vagrant, Homestead (3 yrs)
Languages: English (upper-intermediate), Russian (native)
EXPERIENCE
Laravel Developer – Upwork.com (freelance platform)
2017 – present
Finds new contracts for web development, determines business needs, performs mind-mapping, prepares
technical specifications, plans development stages, distributes tasks between developers, performs back
end programming, navigates technical conversations with both team members and clients alike,
provisions servers, brings projects to live.
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Created six web projects/APIs for clients from USA, UK, Australia
Provided integrations to 3rd party APIs (Deputy (payroll service), Nexmo (SMS gateway), Sparkpost
(Email gateway), Paypal/Stripe payments)
Mastered test-driven development (PHPUnit, Laravel Dusk), zero-downtime deployment (Laravel
Envoyer & Forge)
Got excellent feedbacks and became a Top-Rated developer at Upwork (please visit my profile)
In July 2018 became a Certified Laravel Developer
Back-end Developer – Entrepreneur
2012 – 2017
Engaged in the development of web projects for clients from Russia, performed technical support.
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Mastered PHP frameworks Yii and Laravel
Started using Git and Bitbucket, mastered issue-tracking software YouTrack
Mastered project management software Trello, Asana, JIRA
Entered the international market in 2017
Lead Developer – UralMediaMarket, digital agency
2006 – 2012
Was developing and performing technical support for dozens of agency’s websites.
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Mastered full web development lifecycle (specifications, architecture, design, development,
testing, deployment and support).
Performed backend development (PHP, MySQL).
Learned how to manage projects and provide winning customer service.
Mastered context ads in Google Adwords and Yandex Direct
PHP Developer – Self Employed
2002 – 2006
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Started career as a PHP developer (LAMP stack)
Created several corporate websites, online stores, one marketplace
Developed custom CMS, which allowed to launch my clients' websites faster
EDUCATION
Master of Science (Mathematics) – Ural Federal University (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
1997 – 2002
Certified Laravel Developer – Laravel LLC
2018
