Experienced Senior Backend Engineer with over 9 years of expertise in PHP, MySQL, Redis, and MongoDB. Proven track record designing and scaling high-performance backend systems with strong emphasis on API design, software architecture, and security. Skilled in optimizing data models and implementing caching and background job processing to improve system responsiveness by up to 40%. Adept at mentoring engineers and driving architectural decisions in fully remote teams. Passionate about owning product components and delivering scalable, reliable backend solutions with a strong product mindset.