Professional experience

Contraste Digital

Backend PHP Developer / Consultant

Period 2019 — 2025
Role Backend PHP Developer / Consultant
Main technologies PHP, Drupal, Go, Docker, Azure DevOps

Overview

Contributed to the development, maintenance and evolution of web platforms and business applications for several clients, with strong exposure to PHP, Drupal and microservice-oriented architectures.

Context

Contraste Digital is a software development company delivering web platforms and digital products for external clients.

I worked as part of internal teams responsible for building, maintaining and evolving client platforms, mostly from the company’s offices.

The work involved understanding existing systems, implementing new features, maintaining production platforms and collaborating with developers, product owners and project managers.

A significant part of this experience took place in Drupal, PHP and microservice-oriented environments, especially on media platforms and business applications.

Responsibilities

Backend development on PHP and Drupal applications.
Implementation of new features on existing platforms.
Maintenance, debugging and issue fixing on production systems.
Integration of external services and APIs.
Participation in code reviews, technical discussions and implementation decisions.
Collaboration with developers, product owners and project managers to deliver stable and maintainable evolutions.
Contribution to microservice-oriented architectures, especially around authentication services and media platforms.

Technologies used

PHP
Drupal
Go
Docker
Azure DevOps

Associated projects

Some projects carried out during or related to this professional experience.

Famille Chrétienne — Editorial Platform DPI Adaptation and deployment of a Drupal 7 editorial platform based on DPI for the Famille Chrétienne website. View project Stanhome — E-commerce Platform (France & Italy) Modernization of a multi-country e-commerce platform integrating a direct sales model. View project Hôpitaux Iris Sud — Institutional Website & Intranet Setup of a unified Drupal 9 institutional website with intranet, practitioner search, appointment booking and ADFS authentication. View project Rossel — MoveIT (SSO platform) Development of a unified authentication platform based on a microservices architecture. View project

Key takeaways

Long-term experience on existing web platforms and complex systems.
Strong reinforcement of my experience with PHP, Drupal and Symfony ecosystems.
Improved ability to quickly understand an existing codebase and contribute to its evolution.
Concrete experience in application maintenance, API integration and teamwork on client projects.
Exposure to microservice architectures and modern development environments with Docker and Azure DevOps.