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Nikolay Andonov

PHP Engineer

Bulgaria · Remote Contact info

14 years shipping software · 5 companies · fully remote

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  • Enetpulse
  • New Bulgarian University

About

Laravel developer since 2015, certified since 2018, currently leading a 6-person team while still writing code daily. Strong bias toward delivery, clarity, and ownership. 14 years remote, always across a border.

Top skills

Laravel PHP 8 Livewire Inertia React React Native

Experience

  • Lead Developer

    Enetpulse · Full-time

    2023 – Present · 3 yrs

    Remote

    • Performed a zero-downtime datacenter migration to a fixed deadline.
    • Improved P95 response times by 55% through profiling, database tuning, and caching.
    • Refactored and upgraded an inherited legacy Laravel 5 codebase page by page while shipping features.
    • Restructured codebases and conventions so AI tooling produces reliable changes.
    Laravel Performance Profiling Query Optimisation Migrations Technical Leadership

  • Lead Developer

    Pfizer · Full-time

    2020 – 2023 · 3 yrs

    Remote

    • Built Laravel and Vue.js features for healthcare and internal business applications, dashboards, and API-driven workflows.
    • Owned Laravel architecture: shared libraries, testing strategy, migration paths.
    • Reduced escaped defects by 45% and recurring incidents by 60% through stronger reviews, testing, observability, and ownership.
    Laravel Vue.js Architecture Testing Strategy Observability

  • Tech Lead

    Peytz · Full-time

    2017 – 2020 · 3 yrs

    Remote

    • Provided technical leadership across 15 developers, client engagements, product environments, and technology stacks.
    • Cut a client's AWS bill from $60–70k to $7–8k/month through an 18-month Laravel refactor on live traffic.
    • Supported architecture, refactoring, migration planning, mentoring, interviews, stakeholder communication, and delivery.
    Laravel AWS Cost Optimisation Mentoring Stakeholder Management

  • Technical Lead Contributor

    Tryond · Full-time

    2015 – 2017 · 2 yrs

    Remote

    • Built CRM, frontend, payment, and integration features for reliability-sensitive financial workflows.
    • Established integration foundations, improved testing, and supported requirements, interviews, and knowledge-sharing.
    Laravel Payments Integrations CRM Testing

  • Web Developer

    The Bancorp · Full-time

    2012 – 2015 · 3 yrs

    Remote

    • Built transaction-critical features with 95%+ automated test coverage.
    PHP Automated Testing FinTech

Education

  • New Bulgarian University

    Informatics, Computer Programming

    2012 – 2017 · Sofia, Bulgaria

  • High School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

    Mathematics and English

    2007 – 2012 · Burgas, Bulgaria

Licenses & certifications

Skills

Engineering Leadership

Technical Strategy Architecture System Design Code Quality Refactoring Observability Incident Learning Maintainability Technical Decision-Making Performance Profiling Query Optimisation

Technology

Laravel PHP 8 Livewire Inertia React React Native Vue.js AWS Python Java Next.js Apex TypeScript Redis MySQL Grafana

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