Virgool.io is a social publishing and User Generated Content (UGC) platform that allows writers to share their ideas about any topic and helps readers find high-quality articles.- Orchestrated the development and scaling of a platform with over 7 million monthly active users, leveraging my expertise in PHP, Laravel, and MySQL.- Successfully managing a team of 4, overseeing task assignments, mentoring new team members, and fostering effective cross-team communication.- Achieved a… Show more Virgool.io is a social publishing and User Generated Content (UGC) platform that allows writers to share their ideas about any topic and helps readers find high-quality articles.- Orchestrated the development and scaling of a platform with over 7 million monthly active users, leveraging my expertise in PHP, Laravel, and MySQL.- Successfully managing a team of 4, overseeing task assignments, mentoring new team members, and fostering effective cross-team communication.- Achieved a remarkable 40% increase in user engagement by spearheading the development and implementation of a cutting-edge recommender system, tailoring article recommendations based on user interests.- Transformed the efficiency of the recommender system algorithm by a significant 3x improvement, strategically utilizing Redis for caching to optimize performance.- Designed and built a high-performance RESTful API capable of seamlessly handling hundreds of thousands of daily requests.- Pioneered the utilization of Docker and Kubernetes, substantially enhancing the platform's scalability and ensuring seamless operations. Show less

- Developed and maintained an online SMS platform that handled thousands of daily requests.- Improved MySQL query performance by optimizing and normalizing old tables.- Developed new features with HTML, CSS, AJAX, and PHP.- Worked with multiple SMS providers through web services using SOAP.