Description

Senior PHP Backend Engineer (15+ years) focused on reliable, fast web apps. Built and maintained a high-load, multi-tenant platform powering 1,300+ sites and 20M+ users, optimizing TB-scale MySQL with caching/search (Memcached, Sphinx) and delivering APIs for web and mobile. Comfortable in remote environments, taking end-to-end ownership from production issues to architecture.

Languages

Slovenian
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

eAppz
Freelance PHP Engineer
December 2024 - Today (1 year and 8 months)
• Refactored 2 WP plugins: patched CSRF/XSS via nonce validation; improved UI, localization, and coding standards
• Migrated a WooCommerce store to a new domain, fixed checkout quantity cap (999), and automated translations via OpenAI API
• Automated n8n Telegram bot turning 20–30 min videos to 2–3 min AI transcript summaries
Wordpress PHP WooCommerce AI Automation Laravel
FirstBeatMedia, Inc.
Senior PHP Backend Engineer
September 2017 - November 2024 (7 years and 2 months)
Florida, USA
• Extended and improved a multi-tenant PHP platform powering 1,300+ high-traffic sites and 20M+ registered users
• Reduced Firebase push cron RAM usage 56% (9GB → 4GB); helped debug production regressions and data-integrity issues
• Optimized DB indexes and caching at ~3.4TB scale (~9.9B rows)
• Delivered and maintained mobile app APIs for production use
PHP MySQL Memcached HTML JavaScript
FirstBeatMedia, Inc.
Full Stack PHP Engineer
October 2012 - August 2017 (4 years and 10 months)
Florida, USA
• Rewrote core search with 98% test coverage
• Optimized city autocomplete query from 10k+ rows → 150 results
• Refactored legacy UI for i18n, supporting 15+ languages
PHP MySQL Memcached HTML JavaScript