Senior Backend Engineer with 17 years of experience building and maintaining business-critical backend systems in PHP and Symfony. Experienced in API development, system integrations, legacy modernization and microservice-based systems. Strong background working with PostgreSQL and MySQL across healthcare, fintech, banking, and marketing domains. Comfortable collaborating closely with engineers, product teams, and stakeholders to solve complex technical problems, improve system reliability, and support engineering quality through technical collaboration and code reviews.