Aleksander Wons

* Helping the team align with the company's architectural vision * Serving as a bridge and technical coordinator between teams when working on cross-cutting topics * Mentoring other developers * Leading by example * Lead role in CoP Architecture

* Help teams to develop software solutions that are in sync with business requirements * Coordinate cross-cutting topics * Mentoring developers * Interact with POs and stakeholders to better understand business * Translate business requirements into software solutions

Building backend systems accessible through REST API or running in Lambda. PHP+AWS+MySQL. "You built it; you run it" mentality. Clean code, SOLID, good practices, design patterns, yet still pragmatic.

Developing backend of betting systems using PHP, Kafka, Docker, and Ansible.

Building integrations with third-party solutions providers to add interesting features for customers.

I have been working in a team of over 15 developers improving and modernizing legacy systems, helping to introduce a better development environment, automated tests, and continuous integration. I have also worked on completely new systems involving PHP, ElasticSearch, Redis, RabbitMQ, MySQL. We worked in Agile methodology, following SOLID principles, TDD, DDD, clean code with the support of design patterns. We also received great help from thePHP.cc rebuilding our legacy applications.

Key responsibilities: - web application development - IT project management - team-leading and mentoring - system architect - server administration and configuration Main keywords: PHP5, MySQL, Symfony 2, Doctrine ORM, Zend Framework 1, Magento, JS, Agile, Scrum, JIRA, Greenhopper, API, B2B solutions, XML, PayPal, IT project management, LESS, responsive design, system architecture, Git, Vagrant, Chef.

Self-employed. Worked on several different web-based applications. Did both back-end and front-end development. Main keywords: PHP5, OOP, Symfony 1/2, Propel ORM, Doctrine ORM, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, REST, SOAP, AJAX, B2B solutions, HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, Javascript, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, XML, SVN, Git, Matis, Tracker, JIRA, API, PayPal, Facebook Apps, Zend Framework 1, Redmine.

Lead developer of link2u, a social media website. Leader of a team of 4 back-end and front-end developers. Did both back-end and front-end development. Main keywords: PHP5, OOP, MySQL, Symfony 1, Propel ORM, REST, SOAP, AJAX, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, management, application logic design, SVN, Mantis, API.

Junior back-end/front-end developer. Responsible for maintaining and developing new features for all companies websites. Developing custom solutions for external clients. Main keywords: PHP4/5, OOP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Linux.

Computer aided design