AVAILABLE FOR LEAD / SENIOR ROLES
LEAD BACKEND ENGINEER · 14+ YEARS

Timuçin Gündüz — Lead Backend Engineer

I architect, scale and ship business-critical PHP & Laravel ecosystems — turning complex requirements into systems that stay fast under real-world load.

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01PROFILE

An accomplished lead backend engineer with a decade-plus of architecting, scaling and delivering the systems businesses depend on — and a habit of making the impossible measurably faster.

I transform complex product requirements into robust API architectures, mentor agile engineering teams, and pair modern stacks — Laravel, AWS data pipelines, React Native, AI-assisted tooling — to move from idea to production fast. Equally comfortable owning greenfield architecture or untangling legacy systems under pressure.

14+
YEARS SHIPPING
24h→5m
PIPELINE SPEED-UP
8,000+
LOCATIONS MAPPED
6
PRODUCT TEAMS LED / BUILT
02EXPERIENCE
MAR 2023 — FEB 2026

Senior PHP Developer

Address Intelligence Technologies · London

Re-engineered analyst-driven data pipelines into automated workflows — cutting processing from 24 hours to 5 minutes — and built the Laravel platform powering data-driven direct-mail campaigns for real-estate agencies, with real-time CRM/ROI reporting.

MAR 2019 — JUN 2021

Lead PHP Developer

Sprift Technologies · London

Led the team and engineering standards. Designed the core Comparable Properties feature, grouping massive datasets into market categories with an interactive Leaflet.js map, plus a server-side caching layer that made report links render instantly.

MAY 2012 — JUN 2020

Senior PHP Developer

Extend Broadband · Nicosia, Cyprus

Built a full Android field-ops app that mapped 8,000+ customer locations in its first year, a real-time geospatial network dashboard (stations, signal, AP load), and diagnostic tooling that cut costly on-site maintenance visits.

JUN 2021 — DEC 2021 · CONTRACT

Lead PHP Developer

Learning Connexions · London

Engineered the full backend architecture for a greenfield MVP from scratch — scalable, secure Laravel REST APIs powering a modern React/Next.js frontend, with robust error-handling and clean maintainability baked in early.

MAY 2022 — NOV 2022 · CONTRACT

Software Developer

Totally Wicked · London

Built a high-performance postcode Store Locator with advanced map integration, and customised complex Magento 2 modules — refactoring legacy code to hit exceptional Lighthouse scores and ultra-fast load times.

FEB 2022 — APR 2022 · CONTRACT

PHP Developer

The Digital College · London

Translated complex requirements from non-technical stakeholders into robust Symfony 5.4 features, improving legacy functionality and managing agile delivery through Jira.

03TECHNICAL STACK
// BACKEND
PHPLaravelLumenSymfonyREST API Design
// FRONTEND & MOBILE
ReactNext.jsReact Native · ExpoJavaScriptHTML5 · CSS3
// DATA
MySQLPostgreSQLMongoDBDynamoDB
// CLOUD & DEVOPS
AWS EC2 · S3Aurora · RedshiftAWS GlueDocker
// AI & AUTOMATION
AI-Assisted DevPython AutomationPerformance Tuning
04SELECTED WORK
P/0124h → 5min

Real-Time Data Pipeline

Automated analyst-driven query workflows on AWS into a scheduled, self-updating pipeline feeding live client dashboards — collapsing a full-day process into minutes.

LaravelAWS GlueRedshift
P/02GEOSPATIAL

Comparable Properties Engine

Aggregated and grouped massive property datasets into market categories, surfaced through an interactive Leaflet.js map and compiled into Market Appraisal Reports that drove sales.

PHPLeaflet.jsServer Caching
P/038,000+ pins

Field Operations Android App

A native Android app for field technicians plus a real-time network map — stations, signal strength and access-point load — with diagnostics that cut expensive on-site visits.

AndroidPHPGeospatial
P/04100 LIGHTHOUSE

Postcode Store Locator

Nearest-store search by postcode with advanced map integration, built on customised Magento 2 modules and tuned front-to-back for near-perfect Lighthouse scores.

Magento 2PHPPerf
P/05IN DEVELOPMENT

Cross-Platform Mobile App

A current side build: responsive React Native + Expo interfaces over scalable backend API workflows, integrating modern AI capabilities and accelerating iteration with AI-assisted development tooling.

React NativeExpo GoAI Integration
05CONTACT

Let's build something that scales.

Open to lead and senior backend roles. The fastest way to reach me is a direct email — I reply quickly.

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