Laravel & backend engineering
Modern PHP, Laravel, APIs, jobs, events, and mature application code that stays practical to maintain.
Wali Razzaq · Senior Engineer
Senior Laravel & Full Stack Engineer building reliable systems at scale.
Chemnitz, Germany · Open to remote opportunities
I have spent more than nine years building Laravel applications across databases, Redis, queues, workers, WebSockets, APIs, and production monitoring. I like taking ownership from the first technical decision through to a reliable result in production.
Impact at a glance
- 9+
- years building web applications
- 30+
- ISPs supported
- 50,000+
- monitored devices
- 100,000+
- sensors at scale
Featured work
Infrastructure Monitoring at NMS Prime
Infrastructure Monitoring is a platform operating across large distributed networks. I contribute to and own significant full-stack flows within the platform, helping teams turn distributed polling, monitoring, and alerting signals into dependable product experiences for a system serving 30+ ISPs, 50,000+ monitored devices, and 100,000+ sensors.
Distributed pollingQueues & eventsReal-time deliveryActionable alerts
Full-stack responsibility
- Build Laravel product flows from interface through backend delivery.
- Shape queue, event, Redis, and WebSocket workflows for responsive operations.
- Debug production issues with observability and reliability in mind.
Systems focus
Monitoring, alerting, production reliability, and practical tooling for complex network operations.
Engineering strengths
The areas I work with every day.
Data & application performance
Eloquent, PostgreSQL, MySQL, query design, and performance work grounded in real production use.
Async & real-time systems
Redis, queues, workers, events, and WebSockets for responsive workflows that remain understandable under load.
Production reliability
Debugging and observability with Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, Telegraf, SNMP, and Linux.
TALL & product interfaces
Livewire, Alpine, Tailwind, and Vue for interfaces that support the product without hiding backend complexity.
Technical ownership
I work across requirements, implementation, deployment, and support, while keeping the team’s wider context in view.
Experience
Selected experience across products and production systems.
Senior Full Stack Engineer
NMS Prime GmbH
March 2023–Present · Germany / Remote
I initially collaborated remotely before relocating to Germany and joining the company locally, while continuing to develop the same mature network-management platform. My work covers Laravel product development, distributed monitoring, real-time delivery, observability, and production reliability within a 10+ member engineering team.
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Vencer IT
March 2023–October 2023
I worked on the Servwi platform with Laravel, Livewire, Alpine, PWA features, and WebSockets, while also mentoring developers on the team.
Senior Full Stack Developer
NestedLogics LLC
September 2020–September 2022
I helped build a maritime-security SaaS used across 26,000+ vessels, led development work, and delivered event-driven services, 100+ APIs, and 100+ Vue components.
Full Stack Web Developer · Freelance
Ambitus Capital Management LLC
January 2019–September 2020
I developed a trading platform using Laravel, Redis, WebSockets, Electron, and external APIs, including work that made historical-data processing around 50% faster.
Full Stack Developer · Freelance
ezKyte LLC
October 2016–December 2019
I built Fotoflic from the ground up for 100,000+ monthly users using Laravel, Vue, Nuxt, REST APIs, and GraphQL.
Technology stack
Tools chosen to ship, operate, and improve reliable systems.
Backend
PHP · Laravel
Product interface
Livewire · Alpine · Tailwind · Vue
Data
PostgreSQL · MySQL · Redis
Async systems
Queues · Events · WebSockets
Monitoring & infrastructure
Prometheus · Alertmanager · Grafana · Telegraf · SNMP · Linux
About
I care about useful products and systems people can trust.
I enjoy simplifying complex systems into clear, useful products while staying close to the operational reality behind them. I value ownership, thoughtful remote work, and collaboration that gives teams enough shared context to make good decisions.
Get in touch
I’m open to senior Laravel and full-stack roles.
I’m looking for a role where I can take ownership of complex systems and help improve how they perform in production. If that sounds relevant, feel free to get in touch.