Konrad Baron

Senior web and backend engineer with roughly 18 years of experience building, maintaining, and modernizing custom web applications and database-driven systems. Strong background in PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, REST APIs, Linux, Git, cloud environments, third-party integrations, and legacy codebases.

Senior Backend Engineer at FantasyPros

Jan 2022 – Present

• Build and maintain BettingPros, FantasyPros’ sister sports betting platform, supporting backend services and core product functionality.
• Develop Bet Systems features that allow users to create betting systems based on factors such as vig/cost, weather, officials, players, and other criteria.
• Own notification system integrations with Braze, including line movement alerts, betting statistics, followed-user activity, and other betting events.
• Develop and maintain core user-system functionality including sign-up, membership management, following other users, viewing bets, and user competition features.

Lead Engineer at PestRoutes

Apr 2021 – Jan 2022

• Led an Agile development team working in two-week sprints with daily standups.
• Groomed development stories, estimated work, and delegated tasks to developers.
• Assisted developers with technical issues and performed code reviews to maintain development standards.
• Developed and maintained applications using both custom PHP and Laravel.
• Implemented core platform functionality involving scheduling, payments, billing, route optimization, automated tasks, and internal/external APIs.

Senior Software Engineer at PestRoutes

Nov 2020 – Apr 2021

• Developed and maintained applications using custom PHP and Laravel.
• Built complex platform functionality involving scheduling, payments, billing, route optimization, automated tasks, and APIs.
• Worked within existing application architecture while recommending improvements.
• Wrote scripts to modify business-critical datasets containing millions of records.
• Performed code reviews and helped mentor junior developers.

Senior PHP Developer at The Search Monitor

Mar 2015 – Nov 2020

• Built marketing research reports and analytics used for SEM, SEO, social media, local search, mobile search, and shopping-engine analysis.
• Scaled and maintained data warehouse systems containing millions of records.
• Maintained large-scale search engine crawlers that collected data thousands of times per day from platforms including Google, Yahoo, Bing, Amazon, Baidu, and others.
• Built and maintained the company’s primary SaaS platform using CodeIgniter and ExtJS.
• Built and maintained an additional SaaS platform using Laravel and Vue.js.
• Worked fully remotely using virtualized development environments.

Owner / Web Developer at Koba Technologies

Aug 2008 – Mar 2015

• Managed custom web development projects from planning through delivery.
• Developed and maintained numerous database-intensive websites and custom web applications.
• Managed project deadlines and delegated work to contractors when needed.
• Researched and implemented new technologies, open-source libraries, and software to improve client business processes.
• Managed client communication, project proposals, budgeting, and ongoing support.

Web Developer at RAM Designs

Apr 2006 – Aug 2008

• Worked with a development team to build and deploy websites from the ground up.
• Maintained large websites requiring frequent content and functionality updates.
• Worked on real estate websites throughout Western and Northwestern Colorado using MLS listing APIs.
• Worked directly with designers to integrate completed designs into functional websites.
• Optimized, refactored, and upgraded older MySQL databases and queries from MySQL 4 to MySQL 5 standards.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

Warsaw University of Technology – Warsaw, Poland

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Obtained October 2024