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Nisarg Bhavsar

Calgary,AB

Summary

Results-driven Software Developer and Team Lead with over 9 years of experience designing, developing, and delivering scalable web applications, and SaaS products. Proven expertise in PHP (Laravel, CodeIgniter), modern JavaScript frameworks (React.js, Livewire), and cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Docker). Skilled in leading agile teams, managing end-to-end project lifecycles, and driving technical architecture decisions. Adept at optimizing large-scale systems, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring high code quality through rigorous testing and code reviews. Strong communicator and mentor, passionate about building efficient, user-friendly software solutions that align with business goals.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software Developer

Kleel Data Solutions Inc
Brampton, Canada
02.2024 - Current
  • Developed and maintained 3 standalone Laravel + Livewire applications with multitenancy support, serving 5+ agencies across diverse business sectors.
  • Designed a scalable multi-tenant architecture, ensuring data isolation, flexibility, and ease of onboarding for new clients.
  • Gathered and analyzed business requirements from stakeholders, translating them into scalable, modular features — delivered 30+ production features ahead of schedule.
  • Handled and optimized large datasets, implementing efficient query structures and job queues to process millions of records with minimal latency.
  • Enhanced UX with dynamic Livewire components, resulting in a 30% increase in user engagement, and a 20% drop in support tickets.
  • Built an automated media conversion solution using PHP FFMPEG to convert over 1,000 audio/video files to MP4, drastically improving content workflow.
  • Led code reviews to enforce clean architecture and Laravel best practices, while mentoring junior developers to maintain team-wide code quality.

Full Stack Developer

INSOMNIA COOKIES
Etobicoke, ON
05.2022 - 10.2023
  • Developed and maintained scalable web applications using PHP (Laravel) for backend services, and React.js for modern, responsive user interfaces.
  • Integrated and consumed GraphQL APIs, optimizing data fetching, and reducing over-fetching/under-fetching issues in client applications.
  • Designed and implemented RESTful and third-party API integrations, including payment gateways, shipping providers, and internal services, to enhance system capabilities.
  • Wrote unit and integration tests with PHPUnit and Jest, maintaining over 95% test coverage across critical services, and reducing regression bugs.
  • Developed Python Selenium automation scripts, cutting manual QA time by 60% for key business workflows, like checkout, order tracking, and user login.
  • Participated in Agile/Scrum processes, collaborating with product owners, and designers to ship high-priority features within sprint cycles.
  • Conducted regular code reviews, enhancing code quality, and reducing production bugs by 25% through consistent peer feedback and mentoring.

Team Lead/Sr Software Engineer

AV DEVS SOLUTIONS
Vadodara, INDIA
04.2022 - 08.2022
  • Led a cross-functional team of 12 developers across frontend, backend, and QA to deliver high-impact web and SaaS-based projects on time and within scope.
  • Acted as Scrum Master, facilitating daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog grooming sessions to ensure alignment and agile delivery.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders, product managers, and clients to define technical solutions and translate business goals into development roadmaps.
  • Managed project releases, coordinated QA and deployment pipelines, and ensured timely delivery of features with minimal post-release issues.
  • Introduced best practices for version control, branching strategies, and CI/CD workflows, resulting in 40% faster and more stable deployments.
  • Built Proof of Concepts (POCs) for new tools and features (e.g., real-time notifications, third-party API integrations, media processing, or multi-tenant platforms), enabling stakeholders to make early decisions and reducing R&D time by 30%.
  • Wrote backend services and microservices in Go (Golang) for high-performance, low-latency processing, particularly in data-heavy modules.

Software Engineer

Rishabh Software
Vadodara, INDIA
02.2018 - 09.2021
  • Gained in-depth experience in the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), from requirement analysis and design to development, testing, and deployment.
  • Upgraded PHP and Laravel versions across multiple projects (e.g., PHP 5.x to 7.x/8.x), improving application performance, security, and long-term maintainability.
  • Contributed to the development of large-scale enterprise applications, designing scalable modules and optimizing performance for high-load environments.
  • Contributed to a live streaming platform using React.js for the frontend, building dynamic user interfaces and enhancing real-time video experiences.
  • Worked with microservices architecture, designing and integrating independent services to ensure modularity, scalability, and ease of maintenance.
  • Implemented Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming, enhancing inter-service communication and improving system responsiveness for data-heavy processes.
  • Utilized AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, and Lambda for application deployment, file storage, database management, and serverless processing.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define system architecture and contributed to decisions on service boundaries, queues, caching, and API design.
  • Participated in writing and maintaining unit and integration tests, ensuring stable releases and fewer regressions during CI/CD processes.
  • Actively engaged in team meetings and knowledge-sharing sessions to align with business objectives and promote best practices in coding and DevOps.

PHP Developer

Web brains Technologies
Vadodara, INDIA
12.2014 - 12.2017
  • I began my professional career in a startup environment with a three-member team, contributing across the full stack and learning hands-on project ownership.
  • Worked extensively on WordPress plugin customization and theme integration, delivering tailored solutions to client-specific requirements.
  • Developed and maintained web applications using the CodeIgniter PHP framework, focusing on lightweight, modular, and performance-optimized code.
  • Gained practical experience in client communication, rapid development cycles, and adapting to multiple project demands in a fast-paced setting.
  • Built reusable components and maintained clean, documented code to support scalability and ease of maintenance in small-team operations.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Information Technology

Gujarat Technological University
Gujarat, INDIA
01.2013

Skills

Languages & Frameworks: PHP (5x – 8x) Laravel CodeIgniter JavaScript (ES6) Reactjs Python Go Java HTML5, CSS3, SCSS

Frontend Technologies: Reactjs (Hooks, Context API Livewire Blade Templating (Laravel) Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS jQuery

Backend & API Development: RESTful APIs GraphQL Microservices Architecture Apache Kafka (Event-Driven Architecture)

Database Management: MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB BigQuery Redis Query Optimization & Indexing Large-scale Data Handling

Testing & Automation: PHPUnit (Laravel) Jest (Reactjs) Selenium (Python) Unit, Feature, and Integration Testing Test-Driven Development (TDD)

DevOps & Tools: Docker CI/CD Pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda) Git, GitHub, Bitbucket

Project & Team Management: Agile / Scrum Methodologies Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives Code Reviews & Mentorship Technical Architecture & POC Development Project Release & Deployment Management

CMS & Customization: WordPress Plugin Customization Theme Integration/Customization WooCommerce

Soft Skills: Leadership & Team Management Communication & Collaboration Problem Solving & Critical Thinking Adaptability Decision-Making Time & Priority Management Continuous Learning

Certification

  • Received an appreciation certificate from the client for hard work and improving their business application.
  • Currently, learning JAVA, Spring, and Spring Boot in UDEMY.

Timeline

Software Developer

Kleel Data Solutions Inc
02.2024 - Current

Full Stack Developer

INSOMNIA COOKIES
05.2022 - 10.2023

Team Lead/Sr Software Engineer

AV DEVS SOLUTIONS
04.2022 - 08.2022

Software Engineer

Rishabh Software
02.2018 - 09.2021

PHP Developer

Web brains Technologies
12.2014 - 12.2017

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Information Technology

Gujarat Technological University
Nisarg Bhavsar