Alexander Yurchenko

PHP Backend Developer

Professional Summary

PHP Backend Developer with over 5 years of commercial experience in web application development and maintenance.

Worked on a B2B travel booking system, corporate portals, internal accounting systems, and public sector projects. Main focus areas include backend development with PHP, Laravel and Symfony, third-party integrations, API development, and legacy project improvement.

Focused on product-oriented development, service stability, and improving backend architecture.

Work Experience

PHP Developer

Russian Express — tour operator r-express.ru

November 2024 — March 2026

Contributed to the development and maintenance of a B2B travel booking system for agencies and partners. Worked as part of a cross-functional product team including backend developers, an analyst, and a project manager.

Technologies:

  • PHP 8
  • Laravel
  • MariaDB
  • Redis
  • Docker
  • Elasticsearch
  • GitLab
  • Ubuntu
  • PhpStorm
Responsibilities and achievements:
  • Contributed to expanding the booking system functionality for new sales markets and B2B partners.
  • Improved integrations with ERP/1C and internal services.
  • Refactored part of the API interactions from a polling model to a push model to reduce the number of requests to the 1C server.
  • Extended the refund and payment transfer mechanism between orders.
  • Optimized Elasticsearch usage: improved search logic and contributed to splitting a shared index with 15+ million documents into separate indexes by section.
  • Participated in the gradual separation of a monolithic legacy application into internal and external packages.

Software Developer

WONE IT — development and maintenance of corporate solutions wone-it.ru

July 2023 — August 2024

Contributed to the maintenance and development of internal accounting systems and external platforms. Implemented customer-requested changes, fixed bugs, and supported existing projects.

Technologies:

  • PHP 8
  • MariaDB
  • PostgreSQL
  • Git
  • GitLab
  • Gitea
  • JavaScript
  • Zabbix
  • Ubuntu
  • PhpStorm
Responsibilities and achievements:
  • Developed new features for an employee absence tracking system.
  • Maintained and improved the «Total Dictation» project.
  • Configured Zabbix and monitoring integrations with web applications.
  • Communicated with customers to clarify requirements, approve changes, and verify results.
  • Improved business logic and supported legacy projects.

Software Engineer

Programmny Produkt — IT solutions development ppr.ru

July 2020 — June 2023

Developed and maintained web applications for major Moscow IT projects, including KOS portals, Mayor’s Grants, Immortal Regiment, Public Chamber, and others. Worked in a team of 15 specialists, including backend and frontend developers, analysts, and managers.

Technologies:

  • PHP 7/8
  • Symfony
  • WordPress
  • MariaDB
  • PostgreSQL
  • JavaScript
  • Sphinx
  • GitLab
  • Ubuntu
  • PhpStorm
Responsibilities and achievements:
  • Integrated Symfony and WordPress projects with external APIs, including Dadata.
  • Developed a Symfony bundle for sitemap generation with flexible configuration.
  • Created an intermediate layer between Sphinx and the application for advanced search.
  • Developed and refactored business logic according to customer requirements.
  • Maintained and improved legacy projects.
  • Extended WordPress functionality without using third-party plugins.
Technical Skills

  • Languages:

    • PHP 7/8
    • JavaScript

  • Frameworks and CMS:

    • Laravel
    • Symfony
    • WordPress

  • Databases:

    • PostgreSQL
    • MariaDB

  • Search and caching:

    • Elasticsearch
    • Sphinx
    • Redis

  • Infrastructure:

    • Docker
    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • Zabbix

  • Tools:

    • PhpStorm
    • Git
    • GitLab
    • Gitea
    • Postman

  • Practices:

    • REST API
    • third-party integrations
    • database migrations
    • Sentry/bug reports
    • legacy code refactoring
    • business logic development
    • troubleshooting and bug fixing.
Projects

Contributed to the development and maintenance of web projects for B2B, public sector, non-profit organizations, and corporate clients.