Team Lead Backend & PHP Application Developer

PRAVEENKUMAR K

Team Lead – Backend & Application Development

*************@*****.*** +91-909******* Bengaluru, India PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• 12+ years of IT experience in web application development, with over 3 years of leading development teams.

• Team Lead at Greynium Information Technology Pvt Ltd, driving delivery of high-traffic content platforms.

• Proficient in PHP with strong hands-on experience in MySQL.

• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills with a solid understanding of system development methodologies and tools.

• Source control: SVN, Git. Project methodology: Waterfall, Agile. TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

• Back end: PHP

• Front end: HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, Jquery, Ajax, RequireJS

• Database: MySQL

• Servers: Apache, Nginx

• Tools: Visual Studio Code, Komodo Edit

• CLI: Terminal

• Operating Systems: Linux, Windows

• Practices: Waterfall and Agile methodology, SVN & Git version control.

• Pipeline: Gitlab CI/CD

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Team Lead Greynium Information Technology Pvt Ltd Dec 2017 – Sep 2026

• Lead a team of PHP developers in delivering and maintaining high-traffic content and sports portals, including Oneindia, myKhel, and CareerIndia.

• Plan, prioritize, and assign development tasks based on project requirements and team capabilities.

• Coordinate with Product, QA, UI/UX, and other cross-functional teams to define requirements, resolve issues, and ensure timely delivery.

• Own backend architecture decisions, database design, API development, and integration of new modules and third-party services.

• Design and develop scalable, secure, and high-performance PHP applications to support large-scale traffic.

• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across application, database, and API layers. Software Engineer ICM Solutions Pvt Ltd Aug 2014 – Nov 2017

• Developed and maintained web applications using Zend Framework and CodeIgniter.

• Designed database objects and integrated new tables and stored procedures in MySQL.

• Built RESTful web services and payment gateway integrations for client applications. KEY PROJECTS

Oneindia — Oneindia Pvt Ltd

Oneindia.com is an Indian news website and website provides news updates, information on sports, events, travel, entertainment, business, lifestyle, videos, and classifieds in seven different Indian languages and English.

Modules in this project

1. Dam water level

2. Lottery Results

3. Government Schemes

4. Weather & AQI

5. Admin Dashboards and more.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with Product Team and cross-functional teams to define requirements and delivery timelines.

• Developed and implemented cronjobs to automate data retrieval from third-party feeds and generate Weather and AQI widgets etc.

• Developed admin dashboard and front-end modules.

• Designing & developing the web forms and Database Objects.

• Unit and integration testing.

• Provided the REST API for internal use.

• Enabled Cloudflare Cache to optimize content delivery by caching frequently accessed content across multiple locations, resulting in faster response times and improved performance.

• Used Git for source code management and version control and Agile methodology

• AI-assisted content generation, content summarization, content enhancement, prompt engineering, and LLM-based content workflows.

Environment: PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, ReactJS, JavaScript, jQuery, Git, s3 Bucket, GCP, Cloudflare and Redis Cache, Jira

Team Size: 7

myKhel — Oneindia Pvt Ltd

MyKhel live scores, real-time breaking sports news, match schedules, sports databases, and all things sport and 6 Indian languages. Sports portal delivering live scores and in-depth analysis.

1. Cricket

2. Football

3. Kabaddi

4. Badminton

5. Hockey and more

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Developed and implemented cronjobs to automate data retrieval from third-party feeds and generate live match and ICC Rankings Widget.

• Developed backend modules for multiple sports categories and integrated new MySQL tables.

• Developed admin dashboard and front-end modules.

• Designing & developing the web forms and Database Objects.

• Unit and integration testing.

• Used Git for source code management and version control Environment: PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, RequireJS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, Adaptive Design, Git, AWS, GCP, AI, Cloudflare Cache, Jira

Team Size: 7

CareerIndia — Oneindia Pvt Ltd

• Built admin and front-end modules for colleges, exams, CBSE schools, and board question papers and more.

• Developed web forms, database objects, and new MySQL table integrations.

• Leveraged AI tools to generate content, FAQs, and articles, streamlining editorial output across careerindia categories.

• Code versioning using GIT.

Environment: PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, Adaptive Design, SVN, AWS, Azure, AI, Cloudflare Cache, Jira

Team Size: 5

Sustainable Certification — ICM Solutions

Sustainable Certification is a reputed name in the certification industry, dedicated to revolutionizing and simplifying the certification process. The project was developed with an innovative approach to make certification easier, faster, and more valuable compared to traditional processes. The platform was designed to streamline the entire certification lifecycle and supported operations across eight countries.

Environment: WordPress, PHP, NoSQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax Team Size: 3

Easy Insurance India — ICM Solutions

• Managed dealer, outlet, and employee data along with sales, inquiry, and quote tracking.

• Developed web forms, database objects, and reporting modules. Environment: CodeIgniter, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax Team Size: 3

HRMS — ICM Solutions

• Built internal HR modules for calendar, leave management, and analytics/reporting.

• Integrated stored procedures and new MySQL tables for attendance and employee reports. Environment: Zend Framework, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax EDUCATION

• B.Tech, Information Technology — J.J. College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy

(2012)

• Higher Secondary (Maths) — State Board (2008)

• SSLC — State Board (2006)

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