Senior · Tech Lead · AI

Hi, I'm Evgen Yurchenko

Senior PHP Engineer · Lead · AI Integrations & Automation

15+ years building high-load backend systems, APIs and microservices. I lead teams and ship production-grade payment platforms.

15+ yrsSofia, BGRemote ready
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01 — Career

Experience

15+ years across fintech, enterprise and SaaS.

2024 — 2026

PHP Developer / Lead

AventusIT

Rescued a stalled project and brought it to production. Led credit/payment systems with a team of 10+, Symfony 6/7, automated CI/CD & release versioning.

2022 — 2024

PHP / Symfony Developer

IT Craft

Backend services & APIs on Symfony 5/6, PHP 8. Integrated RevenueCat, Stripe, DocuSign, Agora, Firebase. ApiPlatform + PostgreSQL, microservices.

2018 — 2022

Tech Lead · Head of Dept.

TrueConf

Designed and led the team building an ERP system. Built processes, mentored a cross-functional team, migrated ordering from Excel/email to a web platform.

2004 — 2018

Software Engineer

Various

Backend & API services, cross-platform integrations, DevOps/sysadmin (LAMP, RDP/RDS), WordPress sites & plugins.

02 — Stack

Skills

Core stack and current depth.

PHPExpert · 15y
SymfonyExpert
Doctrine / ApiPlatformExpert
PostgreSQL / MySQLAdvanced
Docker / K8s / AWSAdvanced
Redis / RabbitMQAdvanced
React / JSSolid
AI Agents / AutomationAdvanced

Principles: SOLID · DDD · CQRS · PSR · DRY · KISS  |  Lead · Architect · Code review

03 — Résumé

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Experience15+ years
FocusPHP · Symfony · AI
LanguagesEN · RU · UA · BG
LocationSofia, BG · Remote
04 — Case studies

Projects

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FinTech · Lead

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PlusCard

Credit / payment platform led to production with a team of 10+. Symfony 6/7, automated CI/CD, release versioning.

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Enterprise · ERP

TrueConf ERP

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TrueConf ERP

Designed & led an internal ERP system. Migrated ordering from Excel/email to a web platform with supplier & delivery API integrations.

Open Source

PHP Extenders

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PHP Extenders

Open-source Symfony/Doctrine utilities: filter-extender, enum-extender, container-simple. Clean architecture & DDD.

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Integrations

SaaS APIs

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SaaS APIs

Backend & API services integrating RevenueCat, Stripe, DocuSign, Agora & Firebase. ApiPlatform + PostgreSQL, microservices.