GD Gleb Dontsov
Senior Backend Developer · PHP / Laravel

Backend systems with a calm production mindset.

I design and maintain APIs, integrations, queues, and backend workflows that stay understandable under real product pressure. 7+ years of commercial experience across healthcare, media, digital services, and platform products.

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Experience7+ years
Core stackPHP / Laravel
EnglishB2
FormatRemote full-time
inotmustdie@gmail.com Telegram: @inotmustdie github.com/inotmustdie Moscow region · 350k ₽ net target

Technical range

Strongest in backend/API work, with enough infrastructure and frontend context to own complete product flows.

Core skills

BackendPHP 8.x, Laravel, Eloquent ORM, REST API, MVC, SOLID, Composer
DataMySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, query optimization, indexing
Architectureservice decomposition, queues, jobs, webhooks, event-driven flows, legacy refactoring
IntegrationsTelegram Bot API, OpenAI API, Anthropic API, payment and internal APIs
InfrastructureDocker, Linux/shared hosting, cron, backups, monitoring basics, CI/CD awareness
QualityGit, code review, API docs, Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, PHPUnit/Pest basics

Selected impact

LCP 4.5s to 1.8s: optimized loading, assets, and frontend rendering for a clinic website.
80% to 20% manual handling: automated appointment confirmations through Telegram workflows.
AI assistant: introduced service navigation and specialist routing for healthcare flows.
Legacy refactoring: improved maintainability and SQL-heavy backend performance.

Experience

Commercial backend work across healthcare, media/digital products, and service platforms.

Senior IT / Digital Architect · PSYONCLINIC

Healthcare website, online appointment flow, payment-related platform, Telegram notifications, AI assistant integration.

  • Designed and maintained two Laravel-based web applications.
  • Built REST APIs, integrations, queues, notifications, and webhook handlers.
  • Integrated AI assistant logic through OpenAI/Anthropic-style APIs.

Backend Developer PHP/Laravel · Zazu Group

Digital/media backend systems with high-load parts, legacy code, SQL optimization, and service integrations.

  • Developed and maintained Laravel backend logic, APIs, and background flows.
  • Created Node.js microservices and integrated them with the PHP/Laravel core.
  • Worked with Docker, Redis, MongoDB, PostgreSQL/MySQL, Postman, and Swagger.

Backend Developer PHP/Laravel · emploi.uk

UK services platform, MVP scaling, core refactoring, and business-process integration.

  • Scaled MVP functionality against new business requirements.
  • Reworked core application logic to improve stability and extensibility.

Featured work

Small public projects that make closed-source backend experience easier to evaluate.

NBA Statline Service

Backend showcase for NBA analytics: player leaderboards, team summaries, true shooting, eFG%, usage proxy, provider abstraction, CLI JSON output, PHPUnit tests, and CI.

PHP 8.2 Backend Sports analytics PHPUnit CI
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GitHub profile

Concise engineering profile with stack, recent focus, contact info, and featured backend work.

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