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Heiko Rademacher

Senior Web Developer

€500/day
Riedstadt, DE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Heiko

I am a Senior Backend Developer with many years of experience in PHP, Symfony and Shopware 6, as well as in developing robust API interfaces.

I support companies and agencies primarily when things need to work quickly, cleanly, and reliably – in cases of bottlenecks, complex bugs, performance issues, or short-term requirements.

My focus is clearly on the backend: clean architectures, maintainable code, and pragmatic solutions instead of unnecessary over-engineering. I work in a structured, transparent, and solution-oriented manner – even in existing, established systems.

Typical areas of application:
  • Shopware 6 development (bug fixing, extensions, updates, performance)
  • Symfony projects & API backends
  • Connecting external systems (payment, ERP, PIM, REST APIs)
  • Error analysis & stabilization of existing applications
  • Support with PHP 8.x migrations
I am used to quickly familiarizing myself with existing codebases and delivering productive results in a short time – gladly on an hourly or daily basis as flexible support for teams.

Reliability, clear communication, and technical quality are my top priorities. My goal is that projects are more stable, understandable, and easier to maintain after my work than before.

I welcome inquiries where pragmatic backend support is needed – short-term or ongoing.

Clients appreciate my calm working style, my quick comprehension, and my ability to explain even complex technical problems understandably and solve them sustainably.
  • German

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Riedstadt (up to 50km)

Experience

  • SR Travel GmbH,
    Senior Web Developer Symfony
    March 2025 - October 2025 (7 months)
    Giessen, HE, Germany
    • Support in planning and developing further modules of the overall application architecture
    • Optimization of the company's own travel application and various internal software tools
    • Evaluation and technical implementation of user requirements
    • Improvement and further development of all software-related components in the company
    • Ensuring smooth business operations through proactive maintenance and monitoring
    • Close collaboration with the IT department and specialist departments for requirements analysis
    • Communication and coordination with internal colleagues, external service providers, and clients
    • Central role in the strategic direction and modernization of the technology stack
    • Conception and implementation of optimization measures for performance enhancement
    • Quality assurance and testing of the developed solutions

    Technologies Used:PHP 8+, PHPStorm, Symfony, Docker, MySQL, GIT, Composer, Command via Bash, ORM, Doctrine, UnitTest
    Symfony PHP8 Doctrine Reliability & Punctuality Quick Comprehension
  • Lipsia Digital GmbH,
    Senior Web Developer Backend
    January 2023 - July 2024 (1 year and 6 months)
    04 Leipzig, Germany
    • Support in planning and developing further modules of the overall application architecture
    • Development of web-based software solutions and further development of supervised industrial software systems according to specifications or existing requirements
    • Covering applications with test cases to cover the business logic resulting from the requirements, the artifacts, and the framework-independent classes
    • Creation of documentation for the installation and operation of applications
    • Ensuring the runtime of test cases
    • Quality assurance of own work
    • Regular reporting and partial and final acceptance of the work performed
    • Support in conception planning and creation
    • Support in planning and developing further modules of the overall application architecture
    • Execution of requirement engineering activities as well as specification of technical interfaces and user interfaces
    • Further development and maintenance of the overall architecture, consisting of frontend, backend, databases, caches, etc.

    Technologies Used:PHP 8+, PHPStorm, Symfony, API Platform, Docker, MySQL, GIT, Composer, Command via Bash, ORM, Doctrine, UnitTest
  • SinkaCom AG,
    Web Developer
    April 2021 - December 2022 (1 year and 8 months)
    Frankfurt, Germany
    • Development of new plugins and features based on Shopware 5/6
    • Further development and maintenance of the overall architecture, consisting of frontend, backend, databases, caches, etc.

    Technologies Used:PHP, CSS (including SASS, Bootstrap), Javascript, Composer, Git, JSON, Redirects, Shopware 5/6, Symfony

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Education

  • Apprenticeship as an IT Specialist Application Development
    mg.softech GmbH
    2014
    Fachinformatiker Anwendungsentwicklung Ausbildung
  • Student General Higher Education Entrance Qualification
    Wirtschaftsgymnasium BBS 1
    2009
    Schüler Allgemeine Fachhochschulreife

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