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Paul Underwood

I'm a full stack developer, specialise in PHP, Laravel, WordPress, VueJS located in Bristol, UK.

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As a seasoned software engineer with 15+ years in ecommerce and web application development, I excel in tackling challenges and crafting solutions for business needs. I specialise in writing clean, testable, and reusable code, leveraging various programming design patterns.

Proficient in full-stack development, I navigate seamlessly between backend APIs and frontend JavaScript. My leadership skills shine through extensive experience in leading teams and projects, collaborating closely with business stakeholders.

Certified in Prince 2 Agile, I am well-versed in agile development practices. Notable achievements include successfully managing high-traffic applications by implementing scalable solutions on GCP Kubernetes and serverless platforms.

Key Skills:

  • PHP development - Laravel, Symfony, WordPress, PHPUnit, Mockery, TDD
  • JavaScript - VueJs, ReactJS, NuxtJS, Jest
  • Database - MySQL, NoSQL (CouchDB, Firebase), Redis, Elastic
  • CSS - Tailwinds, Bootstrap, SASS
  • Cloud platform - GCP, APIs, Pub/Sub, Kafka (Confluent), Architecture design, Terraform, Serverless (Cloud run)
  • Containers - Docker, Docker-compose, Kubernetes
  • CI/CD - Jenkins, Github Actions, Cloud build, Bitbucket pipelines
  • Google tag manager