About me
Senior PHP / Laravel engineer with 8+ years of architecting and shipping production-grade web platforms across e-commerce, fintech, parking, real estate and government sectors. Known for writing clean, scalable, well-documented code and setting high engineering standards across teams through rigorous code reviews and Agile practices.
A hands-on technical leader who takes ownership of the full software lifecycle, from database design and API architecture to Linux server deployment and performance optimization. Focused on query-level and code-level efficiency to deliver fast, reliable applications while collaborating with cross-functional teams to turn business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Building AI solutions with OpenAI & Claude APIs, including search, summarization, and chatbots.
Author of Larite, an open-source PHP MVC framework, plus multiple Laravel packages sold on code marketplaces.
Core Tech Stack
Highlights
30 platforms shipped for clients in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, USA & Pakistan — e‑commerce, mobility, government & CMS.
19+ integrations delivered: payment gateways, push/notification services & social/geo APIs.
6 open‑source packages authored and published, including the Larite PHP MVC framework.
Early adopter of LLM‑powered features in production Laravel SaaS — OpenAI & Claude.
- OpenAI & Claude API integration into Laravel apps (chat, tools, streaming, function calling).
- AI‑powered SaaS features: smart search, document summaries, semantic notifications, auto‑tagging.
- Prompt engineering for reliable, production‑ready LLM output.
What i'm doing
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Laravel & PHP Backend
Architecting and building scalable Laravel / PHP 8 backends, database schemas and multi‑tenant SaaS products used in production.
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AI / LLM Integration
Integrating OpenAI & Claude into Laravel apps to power smart search, summarisation, chatbots and workflow automation.
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RESTful API Design
Designing and deploying REST APIs consumed by web & mobile clients, with clean versioning and documentation.
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Full‑Stack Frontend
Shipping frontends in Vue.js / Nuxt.js, Angular and Livewire for e‑commerce, dashboards and customer portals.
Testimonials
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Elementary Logics
July 15, 2022Kashif was hired as a software developer. We were very pleased with the work done — he brought a lot of experience and was genuinely concerned about the needs of the client. A hard worker and an honest person.
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RedSignal
May 03, 2019As a senior software developer, Kashif carried out his responsibilities very efficiently and with passion. He's cooperative with colleagues and juniors, able to lead the team, and always delivers the best output.
