Nasir Haroon

Senior PHP Developer

Zeropoint • Full-time

Feb 2024 - Present • 2 yrs 8 mos

Built and maintained SaaS real estate platforms using Symfony, Doctrine ORM, Laravel, PHP 8+, MySQL, and Linux/Apache infrastructure. Developed automated crawlers for 50+ Belgian, French, and Spanish property sources, reducing manual data collection work by 80%. Migrated legacy Core PHP 5.4 systems to PHP 8.4 using modern Laravel and Symfony architecture. Designed and integrated microservice APIs using Docker-based services to improve internal platform data flow. Implemented RabbitMQ and Laravel queues for asynchronous background processing and event-driven workflows. Applied OWASP security practices including input validation, SQL injection prevention, secure API authentication, and access control. Managed GitLab CI/CD deployment workflows for automated testing, release management, and production delivery. Used AI coding agents and prompt engineering workflows for rapid prototyping, refactoring, code review, and faster SaaS feature delivery.

Full Stack Developer (Laravel + React)

Syslab Technologies Sdn Bhd • Full-time

May 2023 - Feb 2024 • 9 mos

Developed scalable full-stack web applications using Laravel, React.js & PostgreSQL, following clean controller/service/repository architecture and reusable component patterns. Designed and optimised PostgreSQL schemas, migrations, relationships, indexes and complex SQL queries for high-traffic applications and data-intensive features. Built responsive and reusable React.js interfaces, integrating them with Laravel REST APIs and implementing efficient state management and API-driven workflows. Implemented secure authentication and authorisation using OAuth 2.0, Laravel Sanctum, JWT, RBAC and rate limiting across multi-system applications. Integrated third-party payment gateways, billing workflows, email/SMS providers and external APIs, building reliable end-to-end backend and frontend workflows. Maintained Swagger/OpenAPI documentation, wrote unit and integration tests, and mentored 4 junior developers on Laravel, React and software development best practices. Optimised MySQL/PostgreSQL queries, indexing and API performance, reducing average page load time by 40% across listing endpoints.

Software Engineer - PHP Developer

MicroMerger • Full-time

Nov 2021 - May 2023 • 1 yr 6 mos

Developed and maintained enterprise-level web applications using PHP 8, Laravel & CodeIgniter on Linux/Apache infrastructure, delivering scalable backend services and business-critical features. Modernised and migrated legacy applications to a structured LAMP architecture, improving maintainability, code quality and system stability while reducing reported bugs by 70%. Built and enhanced government health dashboards with secure data handling, input sanitisation and parameterised database queries to protect sensitive application data. Designed and integrated PostgreSQL databases with geospatial capabilities, enabling location-based data management, filtering and visualisation for government health applications. Developed and optimised REST APIs and database queries to support frontend applications, internal systems and data-driven dashboard functionality. Automated recurring data processing and reporting workflows using Linux cron jobs and server-side scripts, saving the team 15+ hours per week of manual work. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot production issues, optimise application performance and deliver reliable features across multiple enterprise projects.