Senior PHP Developer (Laravel & Yii)

NITAL PANCHAL

Senior PHP Developer

Mumbai, India +91-740******* *************@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Senior PHP Developer with 7.6+ years of experience designing, developing, and maintaining complex web applications, RESTful APIs, and microservices using PHP, Laravel, and Yii/Yii2.

• Currently working as Senior Consultant at Capgemini on the Yes Bank Yes Smart Pay platform, delivering secure payment collection and reporting solutions for banking clients.

• Strong background in the finance and banking domain, including projects for Yes Bank and IndusInd Bank, with hands-on experience integrating payment gateways such as Razorpay, PayU, ISG, Amazon Pay, and PayPal.

• Proven track record of legacy system migration, including PHP 5.6 to PHP 7.4/8 and Yii to Yii2, while modernizing front-end stacks with updated JavaScript frameworks.

• Skilled in REST API design, token-based authentication, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins), and cloud services (AWS S3, SQS, SNS).

CORE SKILLS

Backend Development: PHP, PHP 7/8, Laravel, Laravel 9/11, Yii, Yii2, CodeIgniter, Core PHP, CMS Development Frontend Development: JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, Bootstrap, CasperJS Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MySQLi, Redis, MongoDB, SQL APIs & Web Services: RESTful APIs, SOAP, JSON, XML, JWT Authentication, Token-Based Authentication, Web Services, Microservices

DevOps & Tools: Git, GitHub, GitLab CI/CD, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Postman, SVN, Jira, SonarQube, Composer, npm, Xdebug Cloud & Servers: AWS S3, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Azure DevOps, LAMP, WAMP, XAMPP, IIS, Linux, Windows Payment Gateways: Razorpay, PayU, ISG, Amazon Pay, PayPal Additional Knowledge: Drupal 8/9, React JS, Python, Docker, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), testing and debugging PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PHP Developer (Freelance) — Self-Employed, Mumbai, India Apr 2025 – Present Project: General Hospital Malvani — Hospital Management System (HMS)

• Designed and developed a Hospital Management System covering patient management, Electronic Medical Records

(EMR/EHR), billing and insurance, inventory and pharmacy, laboratory and radiology, and staff and roster management.

• Built the application using Laravel 11 with RESTful web services, integrated email and SMS notifications, and used GitHub Copilot to accelerate development.

Environment: Laravel 11, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, CSS, Email/SMS Integration, RESTful Web Services, GitHub Copilot Senior Consultant — Capgemini, Mumbai, India May 2024 – Apr 2025 Project: Yes Bank — Yes Smart Pay (yessmartpay.yes.bank.in/pay)

• Developed and migrated Yes Bank's Yes Smart Pay platform from PHP 5.6 to PHP 7.4 and from Yii to Yii2, improving performance, security, and maintainability.

• Integrated multiple payment gateways (ISG, PayU, Razorpay) supporting online and offline payment collection, including UPI, NEFT, RTGS, debit/credit card, and branch cash/cheque deposits.

• Designed and built REST APIs and microservices with secure, token-based authentication and authorization.

• Managed backend, client, and frontend modules end-to-end, and implemented CI/CD pipelines using GitHub.

• Collaborated with onshore teams on requirements gathering, technical design, and QA testing. Environment: Yii2, PHP 8, jQuery, SQL, GitHub CI/CD, Payment Gateways (Razorpay, PayU, ISG), JavaScript, HTML, Bootstrap, CSS, LAMP

Associate Technical Specialist (Contract) — Tech Mahindra, Mumbai, India Jan 2023 – Sep 2023 Project: Reliance JFS — JioMart

• Developed native APIs for JioMart, an online grocery delivery platform operated by Reliance Retail, supporting both the mobile app and website.

• Designed REST APIs with JWT authentication and optimized existing API endpoints for improved performance.

• Managed deployments and quality testing through Azure DevOps and SonarQube.

• Used SOAP and RESTful web services to transmit large XML/JSON data payloads between systems. Environment: Laravel 9 (API), PHP, SQL, Redis, Azure DevOps, SonarQube, Postman Senior Software Engineer (Contract) — WebMD, Mumbai, India Jul 2022 – Dec 2022 Project: Aspen Core (Content Management System)

• Developed and maintained a large-scale CMS used to manage extensive content databases, with content added, modified, and migrated through the platform.

• Built and consumed REST/JSON APIs using Drupal 8/9 and PostgreSQL to serve data to Vue.js front-end applications.

• Migrated data from external systems including Documentum and Talend, and coordinated CI/CD through GitLab. Environment: Drupal 8/9, PostgreSQL, CMS, GitLab CI/CD, JavaScript, HTML, Bootstrap, CSS Senior Software Engineer — Tejora Private Limited, Mumbai, India Jan 2020 – Jun 2022 Project: IndusInd Bank — IndusCollect (induscollect.indusind.bank.in)

• Developed a payment collection application for IndusInd Bank using Yii and PHP, supporting SMS/email payment links, online internet banking, debit/credit card, UPI, and offline cash/cheque deposits.

• Integrated multiple payment gateways and automated reporting modules for transaction tracking and reconciliation.

• Built REST APIs and microservices with secure, token-based authentication and authorization.

• Managed backend, client, and frontend modules, and handled CI/CD deployment via GitHub. Project: AxisDirect — Retail Broking Website (simplehai.axisdirect.in)

• Contributed to AxisDirect's retail broking and investment platform, supporting live market data, equity, derivatives, and mutual fund trading.

• Integrated ISG payment gateway and IBM APIs into the broking workflow. Environment: Yii, PHP, jQuery, SQL, MySQL, GitHub CI/CD, IBM API, Payment Gateways (ISG), JavaScript, HTML, Bootstrap, CSS Software Engineer — Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India Nov 2018 – Jul 2019 Project: Hungama Music — App and Website (hungama.com/plans)

• Implemented Amazon Pay and PayU payment APIs across Hungama Music, Hungama Play, Fire TV, and the web application for seamless user payments.

• Built push notification functionality using AWS SQS for daily event-based alerts across mobile and TV applications.

• Developed Packet Data Unit (PDU) encoding for SMS messaging. Environment: CodeIgniter, PHP, MySQLi, jQuery, HTML, CSS, Jenkins CI/CD, Python 3, AWS SQS, MongoDB, Git Software Engineer Developer Executive — C5i, Mumbai, India Aug 2016 – Nov 2018 Project: Fredaa — Internal Survey & Automation Testing Tool

• Built an internal survey testing, reporting, and automation tool integrating with Askia and Confirmit, reducing manual effort for survey result processing.

Project: Link Blaze — Internal Survey & Automation Testing Tool

• Developed a similar internal survey automation and reporting tool to streamline manual testing workflows. Project: Feedback — Employee & Client Review Platform

• Built a feedback and rating platform for collecting employee performance data and client project reviews on a daily basis.

Project: BDS Maschinen — Corporate Website (bds-maschinen-gmbh.de)

• Developed a corporate website for a German manufacturer of magnetic drilling machines, annular cutters, and plate beveling machines, including product and cutter calculation tools. Project: Dr. Vyas Diagnostic Center — Hospital Website (drvyasdiagnostics.in)

• Built the backend and responsive front-end for a diagnostic center website, including doctor appointment scheduling, equipment maintenance tracking, and SMS notifications for patients and doctors. Additional Plugin Development

• Built a web crawler for content scraping to support search indexing and marketing data analysis.

• Developed a Scrolling Table Grid plugin for Confirmit/Decipher survey tools, enabling 3D grid-style survey questions, and an Audio Recording plugin for capturing respondent audio within survey tools. Environment: Laravel 5.6, Core PHP, MySQLi, XML, jQuery, HTML, CSS, AngularJS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, GitHub CI/CD, AWS S3, CodeIgniter, Google Apps Script

EDUCATION

Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

Gujarat Technological University, Gujarat, India — May 2015 Score: 74%

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