Afonso de Mori Ayres da Silva

Software developer - Remote, from Spain

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Profile

Software Engineer with over 16 years of experience in backend development. Specialized in PHP, Symfony, MySQL, and Doctrine. I have knowledge in DevOps and frontend, and I adapt easily to different environments and projects. Committed to continuous learning, innovation, and teamwork.

Experience

Senior Backend Developer, Platinium Group S.A.M.

October 2023 – Present (1 yr 7 mos) | Monaco (Remote)

• Member of the core team, developing APIs in PHP 8.3 with Symfony 7.2;
• Use of best practices such as Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Hexagonal Architecture, and SOLID principles, in addition to automated testing.
• Technologies: PHP, Symfony, MySQL, ORM, Docker, RabbitMQ.

Senior Developer, Bitban Technologies S.L.

January 2020 – October 2023 (3 yrs 10 mos) | Madrid, Spain (Remote)

• Evolution of bCube Publisher, Bitban’s proprietary Content Management System (CMS);
• Development of REST APIs and libraries in PHP 8 and using Symfony 5 components;
• Technical mentorship, helping teammates to achieve higher levels in programming and knowledge about Bitban’s product.

Senior Developer, 014 Media S.L.

January 2019 – December 2019 (1 yr) | Madrid, Spain

• Analysis, design and development of projects in PHP/Symfony and MariaDB/Doctrine;
• Other roles included implementation of SCRUM in project management, server configuration, development of the team (training and guidance), and personnel selection.

Senior Developer, InterMundial XXI S.L.

June 2018 – December 2018 (7 mos) | Madrid, Spain

• Planning and migration of applications to the cloud with the infrastructure team, configuration of web servers and separation of environments (testing/staging/prod);
• Designed and developed from scratch a framework in bash script for compilation and deployment of projects;
• Development of REST API in PHP and MariaDB for integration with customers and suppliers;
• Training of the team in the use of git and improvement of the development flow with git-flow.

Sabbatical Period

July 2016 – June 2018 (2 yrs) | USA, Brazil and Spain

• Winter English course at Florida International University - FIU (USA);
• Two semesters teaching English (trainee) at “Nove de Julho” University - UNINOVE (Brazil);
• Four-week Spanish course at Enforex Idiomas (Spain);
• Three months dedicated to updating my knowledge as a programmer, to return to the labor market.

Senior Developer / DevOps, Zocprint Serviços Gráficos LTDA

July 2013 – July 2016 (3 yrs 1 mo) | Sao Paulo, Brazil

• Evolution and maintenance of the e-commerce system in Symfony/PHP and Doctrine/MySQL, and the online WYSIWYG editor for product customization in JavaScript/jQuery;
• Interact with Solr, Redis, Memcached and Rabbitmq;
• In April 2015, Zocprint was bought by the Digipix Group. I had an important role in the technological transition to the new company, being responsible for the maintenance of the web and its services, the development of REST APIs for integration between back-office systems, and responsible for training Digipix’s infrastructure team in the technologies used by Zocprint.

Previous Experience

• PHP Programmer, “São Camilo - ES” University Center, feb/2011–jun/2013
• Web Developer and Technical Support, HS Serviços e Soluções Web LTDA, jul/2010–jan/2011
• Web Developer (trainee), “São Camilo - ES” University Center, aug/2008–jun/2010
• IT Assistant, Mameri Rochas LTDA, oct/2007–jul/2008
• Computer Trainer, Arte & Imagem Informática, feb/2005–oct/2006

Education

Systems Analysis and Development, “Nove de Julho” University - UNINOVE

Associate’s Degree, Brazil, 2014–2016

• Recognized and validated in Spain as Higher Technician in Web Application Development (2020).

Languages

• Portuguese – Native.
• Spanish – Bilingual proficiency.
• English – Full professional proficiency.

Skills

• Backend: PHP, Symfony; MariaDB/MySQL, Doctrine.
• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript.
• DevOps: Bash, Docker, Linux, Nginx, Apache, Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban.
• Other skills: Git/git-flow; Jenkins; Continuous Integration; Kotlin, Android.

April/2025 — https://afonso.dev/resume