Laravel Development
Production-grade Laravel apps engineered for scale — clean domain layers, queues, testing, and zero-downtime deploys.
- ✓Modular architecture
- ✓Queue-based background jobs
- ✓Test-first delivery
- ✓API + admin in one codebase
· Senior Software Engineer ·
Riaz Ur Rehman Full Stack Developer · Enterprise Application Architect
I build scalable software products, APIs, CRMs, and enterprise systems — from architecture to cloud deployment. 6+ years of senior engineering across Laravel, PHP, Node.js, and modern frontend.
Senior generalist
“I help businesses build scalable software products — from architecture to deployment.”
Industries: Banking · FinTech · SaaS · Logistics & Supply Chain · E-commerce · Education
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Stack focus
- Laravel · Node · Angular
- Specialty
- Enterprise architecture
- Deploy
- Docker · Linux · AWS
What I do
Services for scaling software teams
From architecture to deployment, every engagement is shaped to ship something real and maintainable.
PHP Development
Custom PHP applications and legacy modernisation across Laravel, CodeIgniter, and bare PHP stacks.
- ✓Legacy refactors
- ✓Composer-first packages
- ✓PSR standards
- ✓PHP 8.x upgrade paths
Custom Web Application Development
Bespoke web platforms for ops, finance, and operations teams — built around your real workflow, not a template.
- ✓Discovery + UX research
- ✓Role-based access
- ✓Audit trails
- ✓White-label ready
API Integrations
Connect your stack to anything — payments, ERPs, banks, telco, CRMs. Reliable, observable, retry-safe integrations.
- ✓Idempotent jobs
- ✓Retry + dead-letter handling
- ✓Webhook security
- ✓OpenAPI specs
CRM Development
Custom CRMs that fit how your team actually sells — pipelines, automation, integrations with your real ops tools.
- ✓Lead/contact/deal pipelines
- ✓Email + WhatsApp automation
- ✓Custom reports
- ✓Sales team workflows
SaaS Development
Multi-tenant SaaS products with subscription billing, fine-grained tenancy, and a clear path from MVP to scale.
- ✓Multi-tenancy patterns
- ✓Stripe / Paddle billing
- ✓Tenant-aware queues
- ✓Usage metering
Stack
Technology I work with
A pragmatic, production-tested toolkit — chosen for fit, not fashion.
Backend
- Laravel
- PHP 8.x
- CodeIgniter
- Node.js
- Express
- .NET / ASP.NET
Frontend
- Angular
- React
- AngularJS
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Tailwind CSS
- HTML / CSS
Data
- MySQL
- MS SQL
- MongoDB
- Elasticsearch
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- RabbitMQ
Ops & Deploy
- Docker
- Linux
- Nginx
- Caddy
- AWS
- DigitalOcean
- GitHub Actions
- Hostinger
Practices
- REST API design
- Domain-driven design
- Test-first delivery
- Code review
- Architecture reviews
Selected work
Enterprise-grade case studies
LaravelEnterpriseAPI
Banking Customer Portal Platform
Problem
A regional bank needed to consolidate three legacy self-service portals into one secure customer platform handling 400k+ monthly logins, statements, transfers, and dispute flows.
Solution
Designed and built a Laravel + Angular customer portal with a domain-layered API, hardened auth (MFA, device binding), and an internal ops console. Migrated legacy data in batches without downtime.
Outcome
Cut customer-support volume on portal issues by 38% in 3 months, reduced page load times from 4.6s to 0.9s, passed an external penetration test on first pass.
Tech
Laravel · Angular · PostgreSQL · Redis · Docker · AWS
LaravelSaaSCRM
SaaS CRM Management System
Problem
A B2B sales agency was juggling 6 spreadsheets and a half-broken CRM. They needed a multi-tenant CRM tailored to their playbook, with billing and team management.
Solution
Built a multi-tenant CRM in Laravel with Stripe billing, role-based permissions, custom pipelines, and a WhatsApp/email automation engine. Self-serve onboarding flow.
Outcome
Onboarded 120 paying tenants in the first 6 months, automated 70% of the manual follow-up that the team used to do by hand.
Tech
Laravel · Vue/Angular · MySQL · Stripe · Redis Queue · Docker
Node.jsAPIEnterprise
AI Appointment Confirmation Bot
Problem
A multi-location clinic chain was losing roughly 15% of bookings to no-shows. They wanted automated confirmations on WhatsApp, with smart rescheduling.
Solution
Built a Node.js service that ingests appointments from their PMS, sends LLM-generated conversational confirmations on WhatsApp, and writes responses back into the schedule.
Outcome
No-show rate dropped from ~15% to ~6%. Staff stopped doing confirmation calls entirely — saved ~30 staff hours/week.
Tech
Node.js · Express · OpenAI / LLM APIs · WhatsApp Business API · PostgreSQL
What clients say
Trusted by founders & engineering leads
“Riaz rebuilt the core of our platform with discipline I rarely see. He thinks about long-term architecture, not just shipping the ticket.”
Daniel R.
CTO, B2B SaaS
“He took ownership of an integration mess that had stalled us for months and gave us back a system we actually trust in production.”
Aisha K.
Product Lead, FinTech
“Honest senior engineer. Cuts scope when scope is wrong, pushes back when pushback is right, and ships things that stay shipped.”
Marcus T.
Founder, Logistics Startup
FAQ
Common questions
What kind of engagements do you take on?+
Long-term engineering partnerships, architecture-heavy builds, legacy modernisations, and senior-level consulting. I focus on work where senior judgment actually matters — not "throw bodies at it" tickets.
Do you work with offshore and international teams?+
Yes. I have worked with teams across the US, UK, EU, and the Middle East. I am comfortable with async work, written-first communication, and overlapping a few hours of synchronous time per day.
Do you handle both backend and frontend?+
Yes. Backend is my strongest area (Laravel, PHP, Node.js), but I have shipped Angular and React frontends for nearly every project. I will not pretend to be a senior designer though — for heavy visual UI I collaborate with a design partner.
How do you handle quality and testing?+
Tests are part of the work, not an extra line item. I write unit tests for domain logic, integration tests where the system meets the database or external services, and characterisation tests when going into legacy code.
How do we start?+
Send a message via the contact form with a short outline of what you are working on. I will reply within a couple of business days with either a discovery call or an honest "this is not the right fit".
Let’s Build Your Next Product
Need senior engineering for an MVP, a rebuild, or a stalled platform? I take on a small number of serious engagements each quarter.