About

Backend developer with over ten years of experience designing APIs, data models, AI integrations and reliable systems.

I have built software for agriculture, healthcare, telecommunications and e-commerce, working with teams in Greece and the USA. My core stack is PHP with Symfony and Laravel, PostgreSQL and PostGIS for data, and Python for data processing.

Outside work, I build side projects and go to the gym.

What I work with

{
    "name": "achilles/kaloeridis",
    "description": "Backend developer",
    "require": {
        "php": "^8.5",
        "symfony/symfony": "^8.0",
        "laravel/framework": "^13.0",
        "postgresql": "with PostGIS",
        "redis": "*",
        "python": "when the data gets heavy",
        "docker": "everywhere"
    },
    "require-dev": {
        "linux": "daily",
        "react": "if I must",
        "coffee": "^∞"
    }
}

How I work

Simple beats clever.Clever code is the code I end up explaining twice.
Upgrade, don't rewrite.PHP 5.6 to 8.3, one green test suite at a time.
Schema first.Get the tables right and the API mostly writes itself.
Write it down.Future me is a stranger with zero context.

Also

Translated: Symfony 5 The Fast Track, into Greek (opens in a new tab)
Certified: SymfonyCasts, Introduction to Linux (LFS101x)
Speaks: Greek, English, German, Russian

Say hi

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