Tadas R.

Tadas R.

Backend Developer

Top performer 10/10
Netherlands
Trusted member since 2022
10 years of experience

He is skilled in PHP-based technologies (PHP, Symfony) and likes to work with DevOps, Databases and Continuous Integration.

He understands high-quality coding practices and SDLC. Cares about clean code and robust architecture. Interested in testing to ensure the health of the application and optimized functionality.

Areas of software development experience are as follows; banking, e-commerce, MedTech and logistics.

Living in Amsterdam, Tadas has gained work experience in multiple Western European companies.

Main expertise

PHPPHP10 years
SymfonySymfony10 years
DockerDocker10 years
MySQLMySQL10 years
5+

Experience10

RTL Nederland

Senior Software Engineer

RTL Nederland
Entertainment and Media
Mar 2023 - Oct 2024 · 1y 7m

Key Responsibilities and Achievements:

  • Successfully migrated the existing Drupal 9 system, which serves millions of users monthly, to Drupal 10, ensuring a seamless transition and minimal downtime.
  • Upgraded PHP versions from 8.1 to 8.3, enhancing performance and security.
  • Designed and implemented a new microservice using API Platform to improve ad placement for connected applications.
  • Migrated the deployment pipeline to ArgoCD Kubernetes, streamlining the deployment process and enhancing system reliability.
  • Improved the deployment process to improve zero downtime deployments for Drupal, ensuring uninterrupted service for millions of users.
PHPPHP
SymfonySymfony
MySQLMySQL
DockerDocker
RedisRedis
13+

Symfony developer with DevOps expertise

Almefy GmbH (former InstaSolutions GmbH)
Cybersecurity
Aug 2022 - Jun 2023 · 10m
  • Built dev environment
  • Built CI/CD infrastructure using Gitlab and DigitalOcean
  • Built CI/CD infrastructure for AWS with Kubernetes and ArgoCD
  • Added session integration into authentication flow
  • Added Symfony integration for Almefy SDK
  • Added testing support
    • Separated core system internal module to proxy to allow testing most critical areas
    • Added tests for core components
PHPPHP
SymfonySymfony
DevOpsDevOps
API
AgileAgile
ScrumScrum
Vision Group AG

Senior Software Developer

Vision Group AG
Retail
Mar 2019 - Mar 2022 · 3y
  • Spearheaded and implemented company-wide CI/CD test automation by leveraging the Gitlab pipeline and integrating the Robo framework, replacing internal scripts in the development environment.
  • Advocated for and facilitated the adoption of Codeception as the primary testing framework, leading to the successful transition of the old payment system to a microservice architecture integrated with the Wallee payment system for invoicing.
  • Played a key role in educating developers and stakeholders about the benefits of microservices and actively participated in the development of microservices for invoicing, shipping, and building libraries to facilitate communication between different microservices.
PHPPHP
SymfonySymfony
MySQLMySQL
MariaDBMariaDB
DockerDocker
8+

Senior PHP Developer

Otravo B.V., Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Travel and Tourism
Aug 2018 - Jun 2019 · 10m
  • Helped to migrate legacy monolithic Flight Search PHP service to smaller and faster Java microservices.
  • Moved old/non-existing local development environment into docker/docker-compose to help speed up and improve development.
PHPPHP
MySQLMySQL
DockerDocker
ElasticSearchElasticSearch
RedisRedis
6+

Senior PHP Developer

Adapt Agency, Kaunas (Lithuania)
Marketing and Advertising
Feb 2018 - Aug 2018 · 6m
  • Led a cross-national team in developing a delivery management system using API Platform microservices.
  • Provided architectural input and introduced elevated code quality and testing standards to prevent major issues during project development.
  • Set up a local development environment using Docker and implemented a CI/CD process for deployment to Google Cloud with Circle CI.
PHPPHP
SymfonySymfony
MySQLMySQL
DockerDocker
Google CloudGoogle Cloud
6+

PHP Developer

Docler Holding, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Entertainment and Media
Jul 2016 - Feb 2018 · 1y 7m
  • Developed a fresh project built on Symfony 4 with React frontend system for hotel management registration.
  • Helped maintain and upgrade custom CMS user portal and managed integration between connected systems.
PHPPHP
Unit Testing
API
AgileAgile
ScrumScrum

PHP Developer

Evp International, Kaunas (Lithuania)
Financial Technology (FinTech)
Jan 2016 - Jun 2016 · 5m
  • Maintenance of banking system.
PHPPHP
SymfonySymfony
Unit Testing
AgileAgile
ScrumScrum

PHP Software Engineer

Intermedix, Kaunas (Lithuania)
Healthcare
Apr 2015 - Jan 2016 · 9m
  • worked on support and refactoring of old Medical user management system infrastructure
  • helped integrating existing software with 3rd party clients.
PHPPHP
ZendZend
Unit Testing
AgileAgile
ScrumScrum
HTML / CSS

PHP Software Engineer

OXID e-Sales, Kaunas (Lithuania)
E-commerce
Feb 2013 - Apr 2015 · 2y 2m
  • Worked as a core developer for OXID e-shop framework.
  • Insured high code quality, high test quality, improved performance of e-shop framework and various other areas, like test runtime.
ZendZend
SeleniumSelenium
Unit Testing
AgileAgile
ScrumScrum
2+

Programmer

E-Learning technology center at Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas (Lithuania)
Education Technology (EdTech)
Sep 2010 - Feb 2013 · 2y 5m
  • Built various custom web solutions for multiple different clients and projects.
PHPPHP
jQueryjQuery
DrupalDrupal
HTML / CSS

Education

Kaunas University of Technology
Kaunas University of Technology
Computer Science2007 - 2015

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