
Mayank Panchal
Senior Backend Engineer (Laravel) | 12 Years Experience
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Senior Backend Engineer with 12 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable Laravel applications and backend systems. Built and evolved the company's core software platform from its inception, supporting business growth to nearly €3M in annual revenue. Expertise in system architecture, performance optimization, database design, third-party integrations, and long-term product ownership.
Experienced in delivering end-to-end features, from requirements and architecture through implementation, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.
Experience
Senior Web Developer at Webforest (2018-03 – 2025-12)
Voyey.com — SaaS-enabled logistics / parcel forwarding platform. Tech Stack: Laravel, MySQL, Stripe, React, jQuery, REST APIs
- Architected modular Laravel backend supporting 30k+ active users
- Built and scaled the company's core software platform from launch to support nearly €3M in annual revenue
- Designed optimized MySQL schema and indexing strategy
- Implemented recurring subscription billing using Stripe
- Implemented role-based access control & admin dashboards
- Led Laravel version upgrades with zero production downtime
- Managed production deployments and release cycles, including database migrations and hotfixes
- Investigated and resolved production issues, including database performance bottlenecks and application-level bugs
- Designed asynchronous workflows using Laravel Queues for email delivery, file processing, and background jobs
- Enhanced application performance through query optimization and backend refactoring as usage scaled
- Implemented complete frontend UI using JavaScript, React, jQuery, HTML5, and CSS3
- Delivered end-to-end features across backend and frontend
- Defined and managed development tasks using ClickUp
- Partnered with cross-functional teams, clients, and customer support to drive requirement clarity, resolve issues, and ensure seamless product delivery
- Documented production incidents
- Designed and implemented REST APIs for mobile integrations (pre-production environment)
Web Developer at Differenz System (2016-12 – 2018-03)
- Developed and maintained CodeIgniter-based web applications
- Implemented custom CMS modules
- Optimized MySQL queries to improve application load performance
- Integrated third-party APIs
- Participated in requirement discussions and client coordination
- Delivered feature enhancements within defined timelines
- Used AWS EC2 and RDS for application development and testing
Junior Web Developer at Smartinfosys.net (2014-05 – 2016-08)
- Successfully developed and maintained WordPress sites
Education
BCA – Rofel College of Applied Sciences (2009)


