Backend Engineer with 3+ years of experience building and maintaining Laravel web applications, REST APIs, and reliable backend systems. My work includes database and schema design, third-party API integrations, performance optimization, automated testing, and code review.
Based in London, United Kingdom, and currently pursuing an MSc in Information Technology with Project Management.
- FinFlow — A production-style fintech and payments platform built with Go, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kafka, an API gateway, idempotent payment processing, and double-entry ledger services.
- AI SupportDesk — A Laravel helpdesk application with role-based ticket workflows, policies, comments, attachments, audit history, search, and rule-based AI insights.
- Sprint Delay Prediction XAI Framework — A Python machine learning system that predicts Agile sprint delay risk and explains results with SHAP, served through FastAPI with a Laravel dashboard.
| Area | Technologies and practices |
|---|---|
| Backend | PHP, Laravel, Python, Go, Node.js, Express.js, REST APIs |
| Databases | MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, database and schema design |
| Frontend | JavaScript, React, Vue.js, Blade, Tailwind CSS |
| DevOps / Tools | Docker, Git, GitHub, Postman, Vite |
| Engineering | API design, third-party integrations, performance optimization, automated testing, code review, object-oriented design |
🚀 I enjoy fixing bugs and improving the open source tools I use. These pull requests have been merged.
laravel/framework
- #61678: Support
LazyCollectionvalues in SQL between clauses.
LibreSign/libresign
- #8535: Update the JSignPdf PHP dependency to 3.2.0.
- #8417: Add drag-and-drop document uploads to the signature request page.
- #8412: Remove the
ValidateHelpercompatibility facade. - #8383: Migrate controllers to focused validators.
LibreSign/3rdparty
- #102: Update
jsignpdf-phpto 3.2.0.
JSignPdf/jsignpdf-php
- #65: Support inspecting and signing existing PDF signature fields.
- #64: Update the default JSignPdf runtime to 3.2.0.
firelock-ai/kin
- #1780: Explain C# and Ruby test detection limitations.
- #1776: Show the
--continuealias in CLI help.
- Email: [email protected]
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vikas-kushwaha-dev

