Professional experience
Blubird
Backend PHP Developer / Consultant
Overview
Consulting missions integrated into client teams, mainly on existing PHP applications, including maintenance, feature development and improvements on production systems.
Context
Blubird is a software consulting company providing development services to external clients.
As a consultant, I was integrated into client teams to work on platforms that were already running in production.
The missions mainly focused on maintenance, feature development and technical improvements on backend PHP systems.
I worked in varied contexts, including the banking sector and a large marketplace platform.
Responsibilities
- Backend development on existing PHP applications.
- Maintenance and evolution of production systems.
- Bug fixing, debugging and issue analysis.
- Implementation of new features.
- Integration with REST and SOAP APIs.
- Collaboration with development teams, product stakeholders and business contacts.
- Work in Agile environments with Docker, GitLab, Jenkins, Jira and Confluence.
Technologies used
- PHP
- Symfony
- Docker
- GitLab
- Jenkins
Associated projects
Some projects carried out during or related to this professional experience.
Key takeaways
- Experience working as a consultant directly integrated into client teams.
- Exposure to very different technical environments, including banking systems and a marketplace platform.
- Strengthened experience maintaining existing PHP applications.
- Concrete experience working on production applications with business and technical constraints.
- Practice with Symfony development, REST/SOAP APIs and Agile team workflows.