Maksym K.
PHP Developer
With more than five years of leadership experience, Maksym has successfully guided teams as a Technical Advisor and Team Lead, driving effective collaboration and seamless project delivery.
One of his most notable achievements was leading the migration of Sweetspot, a Proxify client, to a new infrastructure utilizing Kubernetes, AWS spot instances, and GitHub Actions. His work received excellent feedback and delivered exceptional results.
Main expertise
PHP15 years
Symfony7 years
Laravel5 years
MySQL15 yearsExperience4
Senior Symfony Developer
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Joined as a Senior Symfony Developer to support a large-scale client project within a rapidly growing boutique IT agency;
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Designed and implemented backend solutions using Symfony, ensuring code quality, maintainability, and adherence to best practices;
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Collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions;
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Optimized performance of existing systems, focusing on scalability and reliability;
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Supported deployment processes and provided guidance on backend architecture to align with project goals;
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Ensured clear communication with stakeholders, delivering updates and managing expectations in a distributed environment.
PHPSymfonyMySQL
MariaDB
Docker
AI Transformation & Engineering Lead
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Led the AI transformation of engineering for an Employer of Record platform, introducing agentic AI development backed by a shared knowledge base and an automated quality feedback loop, which accelerated feature delivery and shortened onboarding for new developers;
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Shipped AI-powered pre-import validation for payroll data, catching data errors before they reach payroll processing;
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Moved the team from GitHub Copilot to Claude Code, consolidating 29 AI agents into 11 that are simpler to maintain;
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Built the Payroll domain from the ground up, replacing manual payroll processing for international contractors with automated multi-currency calculation and multi-step approval workflows;
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Migrated production from AWS to Upsun PaaS, reducing operational overhead, and delivered a GitHub/Jira delivery analytics dashboard that gave leadership data for AI tooling investment decisions.
PHPLaravel
OpenAI API
Prompt Engineering
Technical Lead
- Spearheaded the successful migration to a Kubernetes-based infrastructure, utilizing HPA and AWS spot instances to improve scalability and reliability.
- Optimized CI/CD workflows by transitioning from Jenkins to GitHub Actions, reducing deployment time by over 50% and streamlining the development pipeline.
- Pioneered the adoption of advanced development methodologies such as Domain-Driven Design, Hexagonal Architecture, and CQRS, strengthening code robustness and flexibility.
- Initiated a comprehensive technical debt refactoring post-MVP, elevating code quality and system maintainability.
- Established a new analytics stack and processes based on the ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) approach, improving data insights and decision-making.
PHPSymfonyLaravel
React.jsMariaDBSenior Software Engineer
- Led the development of a SaaS booking platform for the golf industry from scratch, including the creation of a CRM system for golf managers, a mobile application, and a web app for golfers.
- Implemented a unique pricing model with a dynamic curve based on historical data, boosting the platform's competitiveness and revenue generation.
- Established and optimized development processes and standards, ensuring efficient and high-quality software delivery.
- Set up infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, enabling seamless integration and deployment of new features and updates.
- Maintained clear and concise documentation of development processes, infrastructure setup, and system architecture, facilitating knowledge transfer and the onboarding of new team members.
PHPLaravelMySQL
JavaScriptReact.jsEngineering excellence
All PHP Developers who have applied to Proxify are scored from 0 to 300 on engineering excellence, one of the five parameters we evaluate. This score reflects engineering excellence only, based on interviews, take-home assignments, live coding sessions, and/or on-the-job performance reviews. The curve shows how all evaluated PHP Developers are distributed across that range, where our acceptance threshold for this parameter sits, and where Max stands.
Score 179 · Top 15% of engineers
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