Curriculum Vitae
Profile
Freelance PHP developer for 6 years, with over 21 years of experience in web and software development. Specialised in backend development (PHP 8, Symfony, Laravel), I work on a wide variety of architectures. I also built a SaaS platform that I co-founded, GPC Gov, which now serves 170 customers in production.
I am currently looking for a new freelance assignment — backend development, technical lead or interim CTO — in the Brussels area.
Technical skills
Languages & frameworks
PHP 5.6 / 7 / 8, Symfony, Laravel, CodeIgniter, API Platform, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, Vue.js, jQuery, Ajax, HTML5, CSS3
Architecture & integration
Microservices, REST / GraphQL / SOAP APIs, software architecture & design patterns, RabbitMQ (asynchronous messaging), Doctrine ORM
Application security
Security by Design, OAuth 2.0 / JWT authentication
Databases
MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, Redis
Cloud
Microsoft Azure, AWS
Systems & networks
Linux (RedHat / Ubuntu), network protocols (TCP/IP)
DevOps & tools
Docker and Kubernetes containerisation, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Git, Grafana (monitoring), Sentry
Practices
Automated testing (PHPUnit), software deployment, agile methodology (Scrum)
AI & productivity
Claude Code, large-scale AI-assisted development (architecture, code, automation, documentation) for my SaaS application
Professional experience — Freelance
- Development of an industrial application for mass document production (invoices, medical reports, etc.), including the data sent to industrial printers and envelope-inserting machines.
- Development of the related digital communication channels (eBox, e-mail, SMS, Peppol), integrated into a global automation workflow.
- Product-driven development on a scalable microservices architecture (~25 services) communicating through RabbitMQ with a fallback system.
- Stack: PHP / Symfony / Vue / Docker / Kubernetes / PHPStan.
- Development of an ImmoWeb-style real estate website.
- Contribution to the development of an application for hospitals.
- Stack: PHP / Laradock.
- Co-creation and development of the whole GPC Gov ecosystem (database, import, back office, customer application, website, API, scraping, data audit and management) — a SaaS platform for publishing and monitoring public tenders, with 170 customers in production.
- Intensive use of AI tools (Claude Code) to speed up development, maintenance and automation of the entire system.
- Design and development of custom websites and web applications.
Professional experience — Employee
- Maintenance and evolution of Thalys.com (international online sales website).
- Development of "Thalys Business" line-of-business applications.
- Unit testing and continuous software deployment.
- Development of custom web applications with Pimcore (PIM/CMS).
- Design of a survey platform with statistical analysis of the results.
- Development of management systems for real estate fairs.
- Design of a custom PHP CMS based on the Zend framework.
- Development of enterprise Java applications for consulting firms.
- Development of a mass mailing engine (Java).
- Development of intranet tools (Java and C++) for Carrefour Belgium.