Vetted PHP Professionals

Louys Patrice Bessette

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Mid-level Web Developer specializing in React and TypeScript

Uruguay4y exp

“Frontend developer (self-described intermediate/junior+) who built and released an end-to-end portfolio game (“Dot and Boxes”) in ~3 weeks using React state + Redux, including an in-app guided tour. In a prior role, worked on a full UI + flow redesign for a long booking workflow, focusing on reusable components and integrating Redux while dealing with complex/duplicated state and limited access to external designers via a PM intermediary.”

“Frontend engineer who has built and owned products end-to-end, including a healthcare app with live video monitoring and a stock market dashboard. Emphasizes scalable UI architecture via reusable components and shared schemas, plus performance/SEO improvements using Lighthouse and modern loading/minification techniques. Has experience shipping time-sensitive features like payment integrations with continuous QA support.”

David Pang

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Intern Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in web apps and healthcare APIs

1y exp

“Full-stack developer who built an end-to-end e-commerce application with admin/blog/announcement features using Node/Express and AWS S3, emphasizing security via expiring presigned URLs. Also has strong distributed-systems fundamentals from implementing the Raft consensus algorithm (replication logs, majority acks, leader elections) and has created build automation tools (GNU Makefiles/scripts) to streamline team workflows.”

“Industrial robotics/automation lead engineer who integrated a FANUC 6-axis arm with a KEYENCE CV-X vision system on a high-speed assembly line, coordinated by a master PLC over EtherNet/IP. Known for improving throughput by parallelizing vision acquisition in background robot programs and for rigorous factory-floor validation (PLC timing analysis, vibration mitigation, offline simulation, and custom HIL test jigs). Also built Python automation to deploy configuration updates across multiple robotic cells.”

“Frontend/mobile engineer with iOS and React/TypeScript experience who built an app (Tokidos) from proof-of-concept to production at Neuronic Works Inc. Focuses on scalable architecture (MVC/MVVM, feature-based modular structure), performance improvements (React Query, render optimization), and fast, low-risk delivery using QA scenarios and feature-flagged rollouts across web and mobile.”

“Backend/integration-focused software engineer who built and debugged a complex location modeling system (data pipelines, APIs, optimization logic connected to a dashboard). No direct ROS/robotics experience yet, but demonstrates strong distributed-systems debugging, containerized deployment (Docker), and CI/CD/testing practices and is actively looking to pivot into robotics software.”

“Software engineer with demonstrated production performance wins (37% latency reduction) through SQL optimization, backend API redesign, and disciplined rollout practices (staging, feature flags). Experienced debugging distributed pipeline issues across infrastructure layers (memory pressure and network timeouts) and building AWS-based systems (Lambda + RDS) to handle request spikes, including work on a business-focused chatbot.”

“Application-focused engineer who has shipped end-to-end products across mobile and web, including a music-based dating app feature for sending searchable/previewable songs in chat and a geospatial events service integrating external APIs. Demonstrates strong product + engineering instincts: performance-minded PostgreSQL modeling, Dockerized deployments with env-based config, and UX/accessibility polish backed by user studies, plus hands-on incident mitigation using Vercel logs.”

“Full-stack developer who owned and shipped an end-to-end web application for LeafNBeyond (React/Node/Postgres), deployed to production at leafnbeyond.com, with reported 35% sales growth and strong UX feedback. Also built Azure-based ETL pipelines using lakehouse/medallion architecture with validation and retry logic, and has AWS fundamentals from a master’s coursework (EC2, RDS, IAM, load balancing).”

Joaquin De Losada

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Mid-Level Software Engineer specializing in game development and full-stack systems

3y exp

“Backend-focused developer who built a Python 4v4 matchmaking system using win/loss history plus an Elo rating model, validating and tuning it against a dataset of ~50 real games. Previously worked at Advanced Logistics Management building time-sensitive agriculture-site modules in a small dev team, coordinating work via Jira/Git and drafting documentation for a potential migration from XAMPP/CodeIgniter/Bluehost to Azure.”

Aviv Komemi

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Mid-level Unity Developer specializing in shared frameworks, tools, and gameplay systems

Petah Tikva, Israel5y exp

“Unity/C# game developer/designer who created a lobby “Race” minigame that incentivized core gameplay engagement; leadership reported roughly a $10k weekly revenue intake increase after release. Has foundational networking experience (sockets, REST) and self-taught Photon, and uses AI tools to quickly refresh and implement newer Unity systems like the Input System.”

“Full-stack engineer at Srasys Inc. who built and owned production payments/checkout for an e-learning platform serving 5,000+ users using Next.js App Router + TypeScript. Deep focus on correctness and reliability (Stripe webhooks, signature validation, DB-level idempotency) plus measurable performance wins (~40% latency reductions) through Postgres indexing/EXPLAIN ANALYZE and Redis-backed caching with CloudWatch monitoring.”

Wilson Huang

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Junior Backend & Full-Stack Engineer specializing in Python/FastAPI and cloud services

Binghamton, NY4y exp

“Robotics software contributor from Binghamton University’s drone research lab who built a Dockerized, multithreaded Python control stack integrating Crazyflie firmware for low-latency, real-time coordination of multiple drones. Hands-on with telemetry/command pipelines, profiling and control-loop optimization, and wireless comms using CrazyRadio PA.”

“Early-career software engineer who has already owned a real-world web product end-to-end for a 100+ member university ACM organization, including requirements gathering, UI/UX improvements, hosting, CI/CD, and ongoing maintenance. Brings hands-on React and full-stack project experience with a strong bias toward practical execution, mobile-friendly design, and reliable delivery.”

“Frontend engineer who led end-to-end delivery of a React/Next.js platform and real-time analytics dashboard at HacknoTech, emphasizing scalable UI architecture and performance. Uses a pragmatic state strategy (React Query for server state, Redux Toolkit for UI state), built shared component libraries with Tailwind, and improved load times by ~40% through code splitting/lazy loading and Lighthouse-driven tuning.”

John Kenny

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Senior Full-Stack Engineer specializing in Web3 and FinTech

Global, Remote6y exp

“Full-stack engineer with deep startup experience (pre-seed through IPO/SPAC) currently building a Next.js/TypeScript SaaS sports analytics platform with a complex Postgres-based entitlement/ACL system. Has delivered measurable UX/business impact (35% retention lift, 40% volume increase) and built production-grade daily ETL + model training/inference workflows with validation and checkpointing for reliability.”