Vetted PHP Professionals

“Unity/VR gameplay engineer who has shipped full games and built a robust coin economy + massive gear customization system (over a million combinations) backed by a cloud service. Notably discovered and fixed a severe backend security flaw by adding proper authentication (security key + OAuth2), and has hands-on VR performance optimization experience (OVR Metrics, LOD/mipmaps, imposters) plus multiplayer sports sync design using Photon PUN2.”

“AI/back-end engineer at Canon who helped build and operate an internal production LLM platform that acts as a secure middle layer between users and models, defending against jailbreaks/prompt injection while enabling RAG, memory, and grounded responses over company data. Experienced with LangChain/LangGraph orchestration, vector DB retrieval, and reliability practices (testing, monitoring, adversarial prompts) to run high-throughput, low-latency AI workflows in production.”

“Frontend engineer who has led end-to-end builds (including an SSR Vue 3 app) and delivered complex React + TypeScript internal dashboards for a fintech (Sycamore). Demonstrated strong architecture and performance chops, including refactoring a large internal tool with lazy loading and route-based code splitting to improve load speed by 64%, and operating within a robust CI/CD + QA pipeline.”

“Unity VR/AR developer with 10 years of experience who built a complex multiplayer online Jenga game from scratch, including VOIP and a custom physics synchronization approach to make heavy physics work smoothly online. Has also delivered VR simulation experiences for an educational institution using drone-recorded 360 video placed into a virtual cockpit flight experience (deployed directly to Quest headsets, though not launched on the Quest store).”

“Serial entrepreneur with 30+ years of professional software engineering experience who co-founded Food Truck Stars, initially a food-truck search engine and later pivoted into a catering marketplace to overcome adoption barriers. Validated the model by prototyping at car enthusiast events across the U.S. and turning a profit, using hands-on customer discovery with low-tech, time-constrained operators.”

“Backend engineer who built a production retrieval-augmented narrative analysis platform for 100-page screenplays using a Node/Express orchestrator and a Python/FastAPI AI engine, including a key redesign from disk-based uploads to in-memory streaming to eliminate Windows file-lock failures. Also led a refactor of a municipal vehicle tracking system into a C-based distributed engine handling 4M+ daily packets with 99.99% data integrity and automation that reduced manual ops by 50%.”

“Unity-focused developer pivoting from web development (PHP/JavaScript) into game dev; built a player-facing Shipyard system enabling ship customization/upgrades that added a resource sink and increased player attachment. Demonstrates strong systems thinking and UX polish (icon/naming conventions, range visualization, feedback SFX/VFX) plus some exposure to RPC-style networking and Node.js prototyping.”

“Backend/data engineer experienced building enterprise community-platform services for high-traffic global clients, using Python (FastAPI/Django) on Docker/Kubernetes with PostgreSQL/Redis. Has delivered AWS EKS + Terraform/CI-CD deployments with strong security practices (Secrets Manager/SSM, IAM/IRSA) and has hands-on ETL (AWS Glue), legacy modernization, and incident ownership with measurable performance gains (~30% faster queries).”

“Unity developer with hands-on Meta Quest SDK experience (tested on Quest 2) who built a first-person game framework from scratch and later converted it into a hybrid VR + keyboard/mouse project with interaction systems (pickups, weapons, customization). Uses AI tools selectively to unblock tough engineering issues, including resolving Unity WebGL cached-data reset problems for a current employer.”

“Frontend-focused engineer with full-stack capability (Node/Express + MongoDB/MySQL) who emphasizes scalable quality practices: PR-driven reviews, CI quality gates, and a full testing pyramid (Jest/Vitest, React Testing Library, Cypress/Playwright). Built complex React + TypeScript role-based dashboards/workflows using reusable component architecture and layered state management (React Query/SWR, Context for auth/roles), with strong performance and UX polish (Lighthouse, lazy loading, accessibility, responsive design).”

“Frontend engineer who led end-to-end development of the Neelum transportation admin panel (React + TypeScript + AntD), building scalable dashboards and multi-step workflows for users/roles/bookings/operational zones. Emphasizes maintainable feature-based architecture, typed API contracts, performance optimization for data-heavy UIs, and disciplined quality/rollout practices (regression checks, feature flags) in fast-paced environments.”

“Software engineer who deployed and stabilized a real-time analytics platform at Senecio Software, focusing on production reliability, observability, and performance under load. Experienced debugging issues spanning distributed services and networking (e.g., tracing timeouts to packet loss from misconfiguration) and extending Python (FastAPI/Django) APIs for customer-specific analytics features in a configurable, maintainable way.”

“Unity developer with hands-on Meta Quest VR experience across two distinct domains: an ASD-focused therapeutic experience (shopping scenario and calming room) and an escape-room game designed to train students’ soft skills. Also customized a Scrabble-style word game plugin with multilingual support and English dictionary selection, and leverages Claude Code/Copilot to implement and debug unfamiliar networking features.”

“Game developer with ~10 years in studios and 4 published titles, experienced shipping Unity VR/XR projects across Oculus, Samsung Odyssey, and Microsoft XR headsets. Demonstrates deep optimization expertise (progressive 3D loading with LODs and headset view-angle culling) and a hybrid profile spanning systems engineering, UI/UX implementation, and tech-art optimization, plus small-team/project leadership and cross-functional communication.”

“Customer-facing software engineer who builds and deploys practical AI/RAG solutions (e.g., an AI assistant for searching billing PDFs) by deeply understanding support workflows and iterating with users. Demonstrates strong production instincts—quickly stabilizing peak-traffic API timeouts with caching/background jobs, then implementing durable fixes with proper monitoring and maintainable code practices.”

“Senior frontend developer with end-to-end ownership of modernizing a legacy Laravel/PHP product into a Next.js 14 + React + TypeScript stack, using TurboRepo for incremental integration. Emphasizes quality and scale through unit testing, Datadog monitoring, and performance-focused UI work (dashboards with charts/usage analytics, minimizing re-renders).”

“Junior Software Developer with a master’s in Interactive Media who studied XR and built a personal VR space. Already uses AI tooling (Windsurf Cascade) in day-to-day development for feature support and debugging, and is seeking a more structured, mentored environment while ramping into Unity/Meta Quest work.”

“Frontend engineer who has led end-to-end warehouse and support tooling products, including a Raspberry Pi/Arduino-driven sorting UI that guides staff via bin LEDs. Built a React+TypeScript internal support dashboard with real-time order/shipping updates and AI-assisted ticket response suggestions (integrating models like OpenAI, Grok, Veo, and Google Gemini for image understanding), plus a voice-command workflow to create/search tickets hands-free.”

“Fintech-focused mobile engineer who built and shipped a mobile wallet to both iOS and Android app stores, implementing biometric login and AI-driven KYC (face + ID verification). Demonstrates strong customer feedback loops and production problem-solving, including resolving iOS version-specific third-party AI integration issues and improving payment UX by moving from synchronous to asynchronous processing.”

“Data scientist who has built production LLM agents (GPT-4o + LangChain + RAG) to automate analyst-style ad hoc CSV analysis with guardrails and GPT-as-a-judge evaluation. Also delivered an explainable healthcare NLP system for ICD code classification by collaborating closely with clinicians, using a hybrid rule-based decision tree + BERT model to reach 97% accuracy and cut manual review time.”

“QA professional with 5 years of experience testing web and business systems including an online shop, digital marketing integrations, and a warehouse management system. Comfortable running structured QA processes (test scenarios, device/scope planning, schedules) and aligning plans with product owners/managers; prioritizes defects by user impact and is open to learning new certification frameworks.”