Afzel Arshad 💻

Adobe Certified Expert—Adobe Commerce Developer and Full-stack PHP engineer with 5+ years building scalable backend systems across Magento 2 and Laravel. Specialized in custom module development, complex API integrations, and performance optimization for high-traffic ecommerce platforms. Experienced across the full Magento 2 upgrade lifecycle (2.4.2 to 2.4.8), Stripe subscription architecture, and Laravel applications spanning real-time bidding systems, government API integrations, and event-driven notification pipelines.

Proven record of reducing production incidents, cutting server response times, and accelerating feature delivery across enterprise environments

Full Stack Developer at BIZMIA (2024-02 – Present)

• Led full-stack architecture and custom module development across Magento 2 and Laravel platforms, including Pandora and Mood Media, supporting high-traffic environments with thousands of daily transactions and improving platform scalability by 35%.
• Architected a Stripe payment and subscription ecosystem spanning Magento and Laravel services, supporting multi-currency transactions and automated subscription management, reducing manual billing operations by 80%.
• Built and customized complex checkout and cart workflows, including subscription flows and dynamic pricing, increasing order completion rates by approximately 20%.
• Resolved full-stack frontend and backend issues across Hyvä, Magento Luma/default, and Porto themes, as well as Laravel-based interfaces, improving responsiveness and Core Web Vitals performance.
• Diagnosed and resolved critical post-upgrade issues and integration conflicts across Magento and Laravel deployments, reducing production incidents by 40%.
• Integrated 15+ third-party services, payment gateways, and external APIs across both platforms while ensuring security compliance and system performance.

Magento Backend Developer at RLTSquare (2021-09 – 2024-02)

• Designed and developed 50+ custom modules on the Magento platform following Magento coding standards and best practices, improving development scalability and reducing maintenance overhead by approximately 30%.
• Built and maintained scalable backend functionalities for high-traffic eCommerce platforms serving thousands of daily users, resulting in improved application stability, faster response times, and enhanced user experience.
• Debugged and resolved 100+ complex backend issues, optimized application performance, and implemented enhancements that reduced page load times by up to 40% and improved operational efficiency.
• Collaborated with frontend developers, QA teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver seamless backend and UI integrations, accelerating feature delivery timelines by 25%.
• Upgraded and maintained the RLTSquare Marketplace extension for compatibility with the latest Magento versions, including dependency upgrades and code refactoring, reducing upgrade-related issues by 50%.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science – The University of Lahore (2018 – 2021)