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Join your team
A senior engineer inside your team. I work in your codebase, standups and code reviews, and stay long enough to own a real part of the product. Under the hood: Laravel, Node.js, Python or AWS.
Full-time or long contract
Most products I join already have a working idea and a tired API. Endpoints grew one ticket at a time. Auth is inconsistent. A report that should be a query is a loop in PHP. I take that apart without a rewrite for its own sake.
The work is Laravel or Node.js, depending on what you already run. I keep the public contract stable, then fix the model, the indexes, and the places where a request does three jobs it should hand to a queue.
You get something another engineer can open in six months. Named routes, validation at the edge, and permissions that match the roles in the product, not a single is_admin flag.
What this includes
- •APIs (the connection points your app and partners call) with versioning, input checks, and logins that match how the product is really used.
- •MySQL or PostgreSQL database design, indexes, and query work aimed at pages that load in under 100ms.
- •Redis caching, sessions, and rate limits, so the database is not the only thing standing between you and a traffic spike.
- •Background jobs for email, imports, and anything slow, so customers are not left waiting on a spinner.
- •Safe retries for payments and webhooks (automatic notifications between systems), so a double click never charges twice.
What you leave with
- •A documented set of endpoints the front end can rely on.
- •Slow reports replaced with indexed queries or a cached read model.
- •Background work that survives a deploy instead of dying with the web process.
How it starts
We start from the workflows, not a blank schema. I map the entities, the permissions, and the slow paths, then ship a vertical slice you can call from the interface.
When to use it
Use this when the screens exist (or are next) and you need a backend that holds up on a busy Monday.
Engagement
Ways to work together
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Work solely for your company
A dedicated engineer for one company. I take the product from planning to the live version: backend, data, hosting and screens, with your product as my focus.
Dedicated contract
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One project
A clearly defined build, then a clean handover: an MVP, taking an AI-built prototype (Lovable, Bolt, Cursor) to production, a migration, or an AI feature. Get in touch to discuss scope and pricing.
Fixed-scope project