09/22/2026 updated
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Senior PHP / Laravel Developer · Vue.js / Inertia.js · Livewire · AWS · Fintech
Turin, Italy
Only remote
BSc Computer ScienceAbout me
Senior PHP/Laravel developer, 15+ years (PHP since 2010, Laravel since 2014, Zend Certified). As founder & CTO of idez I built a multi-tenant Bank-as-a-Service platform in Laravel (1.5M+ requests/month), sold 2024. Vue.js/Inertia.js, Livewire, Tailwind CSS, AWS. Remote from Turin (CET), German B2.
PHPSoftware as a ServiceLaravelPHP DevelopmentZend FrameworkPHP FrameworksAWS LambdaAWS GlueFintechTerraform
PHP & Laravel Development
15+ years of hands-on PHP development (since 2010, up to PHP 8.5) and Laravel expertise since 2014 (up to Laravel 13), including Eloquent ORM, REST APIs, queues (AWS SQS, BeanstalkD), microservices, and earlier frameworks such as Zend Framework, CodeIgniter, Phalcon, and Slim.
Frontend Development with Vue.js & Inertia.js
Proficiency in Vue.js (Composition API), Inertia.js, Livewire, Tailwind CSS, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Vite for building modern, responsive front-end applications.
Cloud & DevOps with AWS
Extensive experience with AWS services including Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, SES, EC2, Route53, and Glue; serverless Laravel on AWS Lambda with Bref behind API Gateway; CI/CD with GitHub Actions; Docker; Terraform; and Linux administration (Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS).
Database Management & Optimization
Solid experience with MySQL, Redis and MongoDB, plus PostgreSQL on a personal Laravel 13 platform, including query optimisation and caching strategies for high-performance systems.
Fintech & Payments Domain
Deep domain knowledge in core banking, Bank-as-a-Service, payments, card issuance and processing, double-entry accounting and ledgers, reconciliation, compliance, anti-fraud, and banking API integrations (Stark Bank, Dock).
Software Architecture
Design and implementation of multi-tenant SaaS platforms, microservices, serverless architectures, policy-based authorisation, idempotent transaction processing, sync routines, and clean architecture principles.
Testing & Code Quality
Application of PHPUnit, Laravel Pint, code reviews, and production monitoring to ensure high software quality and reliability.
Data Engineering
Building and migrating ETL pipelines using Pentaho, AWS Glue, Lambda, and Python for large-scale financial data transformations.
AI-Assisted Development
Daily use of Claude Code and Laravel Boost for significantly accelerated development productivity, as well as building LLM agents with the Laravel AI SDK.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2024
Languages
GermanGoodEnglishFluentItalianGoodPortugueseNative speakerSpanishGood
Project history
Designed and built a multi-tenant receivables investment-fund platform connecting debt-originating companies with fund investors, using Laravel back end and Vue.js / Inertia.js front end. Deployed Laravel serverless on AWS Lambda with Bref behind API Gateway, with CI/CD in GitHub Actions. Owned the Stark Bank API integration for wallet management, card tokenisation and digital card issuance. Designed and led the migration of a legacy Pentaho ETL to an AWS-native pipeline (S3, Lambda, Glue, Python). Implemented policy-based authorisation, abstraction layers, and tiered licensing with bundled work hours and plan management.
Designed and built a multi-tenant Bank-as-a-Service platform from scratch in Laravel and Livewire, serving several financial institutions with R$ 2 billion (about US$ 400M) in payment volume in 2023 and 1.5M+ requests per month. Wrote core-banking modules including accounts, transaction processing, payments, card issuance, double-entry accounting, reconciliation, compliance, and regulatory reporting. Implemented idempotent transaction processing and anti-fraud measures. Built REST APIs for banking operations consumed by mobile apps and third-party integrations. Grew and managed the 40-person engineering team. Company was sold in June 2024.
Built Laravel, Slim, and React applications for international clients on framework-agnostic, clean-architecture principles in a distributed team across several time zones.