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Meraj
Ahamad

Senior PHP · Laravel · Symfony architect with 6.7+ years building resilient systems for healthcare, fintech & enterprise B2B. Based in Bangalore — open to worldwide relocation.

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6.7+
Years Exp.
5×
DB Speed Gain
50k+
Users Served
15+
Platforms Built
⚡
400ms
DB latency (was 2s)
🛡️
0
Security breaches
📉
45%
Downtime reduction
🌏
Global
Open to relocate
01 Profile

Building backends
that scale

Meraj Ahamad
Available for hire

I'm Meraj Ahamad, I help businesses build fast, secure, and scalable web platforms. 6.7+ years of experience. I specialise in Laravel, Symfony, Node,and modern OOP, delivering secure healthcare platforms, fintech loan systems, eCommerce solutions, real estate portals, and enterprise B2B platforms.

Passionate about query optimisation, API design, and crushing performance bottlenecks. At Health Gennie, I reduced MySQL latency from ~2s to under 400ms — a 5× improvement that held through 3× traffic spikes without a single incident.

~45%
downtime reduction after resolving 20+ critical incidents
~60%
manual effort saved via digital KYC for 50k+ applicants
0
security breaches — EHR with fine-grained RBAC across 3 roles
5×
DB performance gain with composite indexing & query refactoring
⚡
Performance obsessive. Every millisecond matters. I treat slow queries like bugs — they get found, profiled, and fixed.
02 Tech Arsenal

Crafting modern stacks

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Backend Engineering
PHP 8+ Laravel Symfony Node.js REST API GraphQL
▸ Primary expertise — 6.7 years deep
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Databases & Performance
MySQL MongoDB Redis Query Optimisation Sharding Indexing Etc..
🏆 Writing complex queries · 2s → 400ms · 5x faster · Composite indexing · Query refactoring
🎨
Frontend & UI
HTML / CSS React JS ES6+ Bootstrap 5 jQuery
▸ Full-stack capable, backend-first
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DevOps & Cloud
Docker AWS RDS / S3 CI/CD Pipelines Git Linux
▸ Container-first, cloud-comfortable
03 Career

Where I've delivered

Binmile
2025 – Present
PHP Laravel Developer
IDA Automation
Jun – Dec 2024
Software Developer
Fitkid Health
2022 – 2024
Laravel Developer
Web Key India
2019 – 2022
PHP/Laravel Dev
Senior Laravel Engineer
Binmile · 2025 – Present
  • Architected modular Laravel codebases across 5+ client projects, accelerating feature delivery by 30%.
  • Diagnosed and resolved 20+ critical production incidents — reduced overall downtime by 45%.
  • Built React-powered admin dashboards with database read replicas for high-traffic reporting.
  • Established code review standards and CI/CD pipelines, improving team velocity significantly.
✦ 30% faster delivery ✦ 45% less downtime ✦ 5+ client projects
Software Developer
IDA Automation · Jun – Dec 2024
  • Built full-stack modules with Laravel and Node.js, improving overall API response time by 35%.
  • Developed RESTful APIs and real-time features with Socket.io for live dashboard updates.
  • Collaborated on automated reporting pipelines reducing manual report generation overhead.
✦ +35% speed improvement ✦ Real-time Socket.io
Laravel Developer — Health Gennie
Fitkid Health Tech · 2022 – 2024
  • Reduced MySQL query latency from ~2s to 400ms (5× improvement) using composite indexes and query refactoring.
  • Built secure EHR with RBAC across patient, doctor, and admin roles — zero security breaches over 2 years.
  • System handled 3× traffic spikes without incidents thanks to Redis caching and connection pooling.
✦ 5× DB gain ✦ Zero breaches ✦ 3× spike handled
B2B Platform Lead
Web Key India · 2019 – 2022
  • Built TradeKey India handling 100k+ product listings and 10k+ daily transactions with MySQL sharding.
  • Implemented horizontal partitioning achieving 10× write scalability on peak trade days.
  • Integrated Elasticsearch for sub-second product search across the full catalogue.
✦ 10k+ TPS ✦ 100k listings ✦ Sub-second search
04 Showcase

Impactful systems

🏥 Healthcare Platform

HealthGennie Suite

🌐 healthgennie.com 🔐 LN Hospitals Login

Complete patient-doctor ecosystem: e-consultations, lab bookings, electronic health records. Achieved 5× faster DB queries via composite indexing & query refactoring. Zero security breaches with fine-grained RBAC.

⭐ 5× latency improvement 🛡️ Zero breaches 📈 3× traffic spikes
PHPLaravelSymfonyMySQLRedisjQuery
💰 Fintech Lending

SimplyCash – HeroFinCorp

⚡ decentro.tech

Loan origination platform with fully digital KYC for 50k+ applicants. Automated manual verification — 60% operational cost reduction. Integrated with payment gateways & credit bureaus.

📉 60% manual cut 👥 50k+ users 🔐 eKYC compliant
PHP 8LaravelMySQLjQueryJSREST API
🌍 B2B Trade Portal

TradeKey India

📦 tradekeyindia.com

High-volume B2B marketplace with 100k+ listings & 10k+ daily transactions. Sub-second search using Elasticsearch & query sharding, horizontal partitioning for 10× write scalability.

📊 100k listings 💸 10k+ txn/day ⚡ Sub-second search
PHPLaravelMySQLElasticsearchHTMLJSJquery
🏢 Enterprise Insurance

BMS Masaood

🔗 bmsgroup.com

Insurance management portal digitising claims workflow and policy automation — reducing overhead by 40%. Built modular backend with advanced reporting & role-based access control.

📄 40% overhead cut 🏛️ RBAC roles 🤖 Process automation
PHPLaravelMySQLBootstrapjQuery
Open for fulltime/freelance & ready to relocation

Let's build something remarkable

Senior backend architect who writes clean, performant Laravel & Symfony code. Whether you need a reliable long-term engineer or a specialist to solve a specific bottleneck — I'm ready.

✉️ Send me an email
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Email
merajphp77@gmail.com
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Phone
+91 84293 15102
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Location
Bangalore, India · Open worldwide
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Education
BCA, Computer Applications
05Testimonials

What clients say

"Meraj delivered our healthcare platform ahead of schedule. Outstanding database optimisation!"

— HealthGennie CTO

"Best Laravel developer I've worked with. Clean code, great communication."

— Fintech Founder