Dipak Raval

Senior PHP Developer with more than 10 years of experience building scalable, high-performance web applications and leading development teams. Expertise in Laravel, Yii1, Yii2, Symfony, and modern PHP 8.x, with hands-on experience in RESTful APIs, MariaDB/MySQL, and cloud deployment. Proven ability to deliver measurable business outcomes: increased system performance, optimized database queries, and led teams serving multimodule applications used by 50,000+ daily users.

Passionate about mentoring developers, implementing best practices, and modernizing legacy systems. Currently based in Berlin and seeking challenging roles in backend PHP development, system architecture, or full-stack projects with global or German startups/enterprises.

Senior PHP Developer (Remote) at Dentaweb Services (2024-11 – Present)

Continued working remotely for DentaWeb Services after relocating to Berlin.

• Provided support and further development for existing modules, maintained system performance, and implemented new features.
• Ensured smooth collaboration with the onsite team in India, conducting code reviews and mentoring developers remotely.
• Successfully maintained continuity of operations during the operational transition to remote work.

Senior PHP Developer (Onsite) at Dentaweb Services (2018-11 – 2024-11)

Worked onsite on DentaWeb, a SaaS dental practice management application, contributing to more than 25 comprehensive modules. Modules included Accounting, EOB, Pre-authorization, X-ray data management, Patient Ledger, P AND L reports, Appointment scheduling, and other operational workflows. Developed backend logic using PHP (Yii1/Yii2) and MySQL.

Integrated with front-end technologies including JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap. Built and maintained RESTful APIs to support native mobile applications and external third-party integrations. Mentored junior developers, conducted code reviews, and systematically enforced coding standards.

Managed automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Docker, ensuring stable production environment releases.

• Migrated legacy modules to modern architecture, improving system maintainability and significantly reducing operational errors.
• Optimized complex database queries, enhancing overall system performance and backend reliability.
• Delivered highly stable, high-performing SaaS modules utilized by multiple dental practices on a daily basis.

Senior Web Developer at Dentaweb India PVT LTD (2012-01 – 2018-10)

Maintained and enhanced existing enterprise modules of DentaWeb, initially constructed in Core PHP. From 2015 onward, actively participated in migrating structural modules to Yii1/Yii2 frameworks to improve modularity and long-term maintainability. Worked on critical system modules including Accounting, FDR, Pre-authorization, X-ray, P AND L reports, Patient Ledger, and Doctor Appointment scheduling.

Optimized core backend logic and MySQL queries to support highly efficient administrative and clinical workflows. Collaborated closely with front-end developers using JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap UI libraries. Assisted in mentoring junior engineering staff and rigorously maintaining organizational code quality.

• Successfully transitioned legacy modules to Yii frameworks, drastically reducing technical debt and improving backend reliability across critical modules.

Junior PHP Programmer at Dentalab Enterprise (2009-07 – 2011-12)

Started professional career working on web applications utilizing Core PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and AJAX. Supported the deployment and development of internal tools and modules tailored for dental-related enterprise systems. Worked closely with senior backend developers to understand product requirements and implement newly requested features.

Identified, logged, and fixed application bugs, handled basic troubleshooting, and assisted in enhancing performance metrics. Wrote raw MySQL queries and actively assisted in database design, optimization, and daily data handling tasks.

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) – NSVKMS MCA College – Visnagar (2009)

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) in Accounting And Finance – Sheth R.A College – Ahmedabad, Gujarat University (2005)