Senior Backend Developer

Building
backends
that scale.

Snehal Raj — PHP & Laravel engineer with 5+ years crafting RESTful APIs, e-commerce platforms & distributed systems built for production.

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Years exp

10+

Apps shipped

40%

Query speedup

50+

Code reviews

OrderController.php

                     // Handles 10k+ daily requests
                     class OrderController extends Controller
                     {
                       public function store(Request $req)
                       {
                         $order = DB::transaction(fn() =>
                           Order::create($req->validated())
                         );
                     
                         ProcessPayment::dispatch($order)
                           ->onQueue('payments');
                     
                         return response()->json([
                           'status' => 'queued',
                           'order_id' => $order->id
                         ], 201);
                       }
                     }
                             
                  

Overview

The full picture at a glance

Core Stack

PHP / Laravel

Primary backend framework for APIs, e-commerce, and SaaS systems.

Laravel 11PHP 8.2Eloquent ORMLivewire

Performance

40%

Query execution time reduced via indexing & optimized Eloquent queries.

Runtime

Node.js

Express.js microservices and real-time APIs for high-throughput workloads.

Express.jsMongoDBREST

Infrastructure

DevOps & Deployment

Production deployments on Linux servers via Docker, Nginx, and CI/CD pipelines.

DockerLinuxNginxApacheCI/CDGitHubGitLabcPanelSSH

Daily Requests

10k+

APIs in production serving real traffic with JWT/Sanctum auth.

Work History

Experience that counts

Yugasa Software Labs Pvt. Ltd

Sr. Associate Software Engineer

LaravelNode.jsMySQLMongoDBFilamentLivewireDocker

Built 10+ web apps in Laravel & Node.js — 30% improvement in load times.
Conducted 50+ code reviews, cutting bugs by 25%.
Deployed REST APIs handling 10k+ daily requests with JWT/Sanctum, cutting response time 40%.
Built production e-commerce platform with Razorpay + Shiprocket automation via queues & webhooks.

Aug 2023 – Present

Gurugram, Haryana

Dhwani Rural Information System Pvt. Ltd

Software Development Engineer 1

Code reviews and adherence to coding standards.
Debugged and resolved software defects, improving system stability.

May – Jun 2023

Gurugram, Haryana

Webroot Technologies

Software Developer

Core PHPLaravelWordPressOpenCartBootstrap

Clean, efficient code across multiple stacks including WordPress and OpenCart.

Dec 2022 – May 2023

Chandigarh

Save Solution Pvt. Ltd

Asst. IT Manager

Core PHPPythonBootstrapJavaScript

Backend systems in PHP & Python with responsive Bootstrap frontends.

Sep 2021 – Dec 2022

Delhi

Selected Work

Projects shipped to production

⬡

Exxon Mobil Multi-Panel System

Node.jsExpress.jsMongoDBRBAC

Backend microservices with Role-Based Access Control.
Multi-tenant data isolation per panel.
Indexed MongoDB schemas for fast querying.
Secure session handling & protected endpoints.

◆

Bodhi Bliss Soap — E-commerce

↗ bodhiblisssoap.com

LaravelLivewireMySQLRazorpay

Full cart, wishlist, orders & auth backend.
Razorpay webhooks + Shiprocket logistics integration.
Laravel Queue Jobs & Cron for background tasks.
Admin panel for inventory & order management.

▲

Yellow Rides — Booking Platform

↗ yellowrides.com

LaravelMySQLFilament

User auth and full booking API backend.
Filament admin panel for operations.
35% API response time reduction via query optimization.
Real-time ride status updates & push notifications.

Tech Stack

Skills & expertise

Backend

PHPLaravelNode.jsExpress.jsREST APIsMicroservicesMVC

Auth & Security

JWTLaravel SanctumRBACOAuthMiddleware

Database

MySQLQuery OptimizationIndexingMongoDBEloquent ORM

Integrations

RazorpayShiprocketWebhooksThird-Party APIsJSON APIs

DevOps

DockerLinuxNginxApacheCI/CDGitHubGitLab

Frontend

JavaScriptjQueryHTML5CSS3BootstrapLivewireFilament

About

Background & contact

I'm Snehal Raj, a Senior Backend Developer specializing in PHP & Laravel with 5+ years building production-grade systems.

My focus is on clean API architecture, payment integrations, logistics automation, and multi-tenant backends — engineered for reliability at scale.

I value measurable outcomes: every system I build ships with observability, optimized queries, and clean code that the next engineer will appreciate.

// Education

B.Tech — Computer Science & Engineering

Lovely Professional University, Punjab · 2016–2020

Higher Secondary Education

Deepak Upadhyay Higher Secondary School · 2016

// Get in touch

sr.snehal369@gmail.com

+91-7979068408

Phone

LinkedIn Profile

linkedin.com/in/snehal-raj

GitHub Profile