Resume

7 Years of Experience

Education

2017
University of Tirana, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Albania

Master of Computer Science

2015
University of Tirana, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Albania

Bachelor of Computer Science

Experience

08/2020 - current
meQuilibrium (Boston, MA, United States)

Senior Software Engineer

Some of my responsibilities in meQuilibrium are website maintenance, bug fixing, analyzing and creating tech designs for new features, developing new features, building unit tests for every feature, moving projects to docker, interacting with AWS SNS/SQS, etc.
Technologies used:
▪ PHP/Symfony, JavaScript/jQuery/React, AJAX, MySQL, Docker
Software development methodology:
▪ Agile Software Development/Scrum, Jira, Git
05/2021 - current
Verus Technology (California, United States)

Remote Part Time Software Engineer

My responsibility was to upgrade the project from Symfony 2 to Symfony 5. I was the only developer working on the project. I had to identify all the differences in the code, built unit tests for every feature and moved the project to docker. During the Symfony upgrade, I had to upgrade other packages in the system, like:
▫ Upgrade Google Contact API to Google People API
▫ Upgrade Swift Mailer to Symfony Mailer
▫ Implement barcode generator
Technologies used:
▪ PHP/Symfony, JavaScript/jQuery, AJAX, Microsoft SQL Server, Docker
09/2019 – 08/2020
CF Search Marketing (North Hampton, NH, United States)

Software developer

System maintenance, FE & BE bug fixing, Scrapping car feeds, Facebook APIs
Technologies used:
▪ PHP/Laravel, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, MySQL
08/2019 – 09/2019
Freelancer (Haverhill, MA, United States)

Software developer

I worked with a Human Resources Management System. The website was built in Laravel framework and some of my responsibilities in this project were adding new features (interviews and holiday requests modules) and some bug fixing.
Technologies used:
▪ PHP/Laravel, Blade templates, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, AJAX, MySQL
01/2017 – 08/2019
Landmark Technologies (Tirana, Albania)

Back End Developer

At Landmark Technologies I work as an outsource/dedicated developer for a British company, EdComs Ltd, which is the UK's largest communications and marketing agency specialising in education located in London. (https:// edcoms.com/).
Build CMS using Symfony 3 with SonataAdmin Bundle.
Projects Accomplished:
▫ Get Set to Eat Fresh with Aldi and Team GB (https://getseteatfresh.co.uk/)
▪ From May 2019 - present I worked on GSTEF. Some of my responsibilities in this website are adding new features, create Doctrine Migration scripts for every manipulation on the database.
▫ The 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Education (https://tamreen.qa/en/)
▪ From October 2018 - present I worked on the "FIFA" project. This project was built from scratch and I was part of a team with 5 members: 4 backend and 1 frontend. My responsibility was to build the website by adding new features, debugging, build Rest API, create Doctrine Migration scripts for every manipulation on the database, scraping news feeds, support on multilingual feature.
▫ Premier League Primary Stars (https://plprimarystars.com)
▪ From January 2018 - present I worked on PLPS project . Some of my responsibilities in this website are maintenance, bug fixing, new features, use/build/update Rest API to store and retrieve data from an external database - Spirit database, creating Doctrine Migration scripts for every manipulation on the database.
▫ British Olympic Association and British Paralympic Association (https://www.getset.co.uk)
▪ I have worked in this project from September-2017 to May-2018. I was part of a team with 3 members, 2 backend and 1 frontend. We built it from scratch and what I did in this project is adding new features, maintenance, bug fixing, use/build Rest API to store and retrieve data from an external database. This project was in a different PHP framework before we built it in Symfony, so we had to create Doctrine Migration scripts for existing data.
▫ The BP Educational Service (https://bpes.bp.com)
▪ From June to August 2018 worked for 2 months on BPES, adding Ultimate STEM Challenge feature and debugging existing code. EDF Energy Education (https://jointhepod.org) From April to August 2019 worked on EDF. Some of my responsibilities in this website were code debugging, adding new features, created Doctrine Migration scripts for every manipulation on the database.
Technologies used:
▪ PHP/Symfony, Twig, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, AJAX, PostgreSQL
Software development methodology:
▪ Agile Software Development/Scrum, Jira, Git
10/2018 – 07/2019
Faculty Of Natural Science, University Of Tirana

External Lecturer (Tirana, Albania)

Teach PHP programming language for bachelor students.
11/2017 - 03/2018
Scopic Software (Tirana, Albania)

Remote Web Developer

Build Websites in WordPress.
Project I have taken part:
▪ https://scopicsoftware.com
▫ WordPress new features development, WordPress bug fixing, front end fixing and adjustments. Developed a new feature for WooCommerce product categories and filters, all done from a plugin with ajax calls.
Technologies used :
▪ PHP , HTML5, CSS3, AJAX, JavaScript/jQuery, MySQL
07/2015 – 12/2015
AT Consulting (Tirana, Albania)

Web developer

Projects I have taken part:
▪ http://corebos.org
▪ https://www.subito.it
▫ Developed new features (new modules), design, maintenance, code, tests and debugs for CoreBOS and Vtiger CRM system.
▫ Integrate Kendo UI in Vtiger CRM.
Technologies:
▪ PHP, HTML, CSS/Bootstrap, JavaScript/jQuery, Smarty, AJAX, MySQL

Coding Skills

PHP

100%

Symfony

100%

Laravel

75%

MySQL

100%

PostgreSQL

85%

Microsoft SQL Server

90%

JavaScript

85%

AJAX

100%

jQuery

80%

Twig/Smarty

95%

HTML

80%

Kendo UI

75%

WordPress

40%

VTiger CRM

45%

Other Experiences

Git

95%

Docker

70%

Jira

100%

Agile

90%

Scrum

95%

Project Management

90%

AWS SNS/SQS

80%

Lambda

35%

Linux

95%

Apache Server

95%

PHPUnit testing

85%