José R.
Back-end and Systems Engineer

Skills

Apache

Laravel

Bootstrap

Cascading Style Sheets

Github

Html

Javascript

Php

Python

Mysql

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Meet José R.

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Bio

Web developer with five years of experience across diverse technical environments, including software factories, startups, agencies, fintech firms, and freelance projects. Currently, also engaged in teaching programming, offering both personal and professional enrichment. Possesses solid expertise in functional programming, object-oriented programming (OOP), PHP, and JavaScript. Areas of interest encompass application scalability, infrastructure, best development practices, and test-driven development (TDD).

professor
5/1/2020 - 9/1/2020

Successfully took over a PHP module mid-course as a replacement teacher, completing the challenge and leading a Full Stack class to completion. Demonstrated adaptability by transitioning to remote classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Monitored and supported students during their leveling period using co-learning tools and Freshdesk, and assisted classroom monitors to enhance their ability to help students effectively.

Provided comprehensive assistance to students in understanding and solving exercises both in the classroom and during co-learning sessions. Maintained and updated the Student Grading System (SGE) by tracking attendance, student interactions, and course completion. Generated pre- and post-class reports, conducted interviews with new students, organized workshops, and provided expert notes.

Handled classroom organization and planned and delivered lessons across various modules including HTML5, CSS3, MySQL, PHP, Object-Oriented PHP (PHPOO), Laravel, and JavaScript.
Senior Information Security Analyst
4/1/2020 - 4/1/2021

Worked as an information security officer, maintaining system integrity using REDE SGSI and SGSI2 platforms, and managing the IBM Tivoli system. Developed and managed PHP web services, creating microservices with Shell Script, and writing SQL Queries to feed data into .txt, .xlsx files, as well as MySQL and Oracle DB databases. Developed and added new features while maintaining a PHP dashboard and database sustaining millions of accesses. Executed tasks within the agile Scrum methodology facilitated through the Jira board.
Mid-Level PHP Back End Developer
3/2/2019 - 3/2/2020

Developed and maintained the Core System utilizing PHP 7.2, integrating intelligent functions with the database and the view layer. Applied Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles to the Back-End. Documented project features and API endpoints using Swagger and implemented both REST and RESTful APIs. Integrated national and international payment gateways. Conducted requirement gathering, database modeling, and diagramming in MySQL, creating views, procedures, permissions, and report queries. Managed table relationships in local databases, Homologation, and Production environments. Created and maintained web services within a PHP 7 and Yii2 Framework environment, deployed on AWS (Linux). Developed intelligent functions in PHP for service automation via Shell Scripts, scheduled by AT and CronJobs. Ensured project version control through Git and executed tasks using the agile Scrum methodology managed via the Azure board. Conducted maintenance of Apache Linux web servers through command-line operations.