4+ years in PHP and Laravel — designing the backend logic behind booking engines, multi-vendor marketplaces, and the APIs that connect them to real payment gateways, real drivers, and real customers.
Hi, I'm Palak — a web developer who's spent the last four years deep in backend systems: booking engines, marketplaces, payment integrations, and the APIs that hold it all together. Most of my work has been in PHP and Laravel, alongside JavaScript and MySQL.
I've led small dev teams and worked directly with clients, so requirements don't get lost in translation — and I use AI-assisted tools where they genuinely help, while keeping architecture and logic decisions my own.
A multi-tenant booking system — sub-admins run their own storefronts, a calendar engine shows real-time boat availability, and pricing adjusts dynamically with demand and weather. Backend handles booking holds, cancellations with auto-refunds, Stripe/Google Pay/Apple Pay/wallet payments, social login, and invoicing.
APIs and admin panel for a marketplace linking customers, suppliers, and drivers across separate apps — multi-currency, multi-language, Paystack, COD, push notifications, and live driver-ETA tracking.
A Laravel backend that watches stock and triggers restock notifications, with dynamic email/web-push templates for store admins, driven off the Shopify API.
A Laravel-based ERP module for schools — student records, attendance, and fee workflows — wired into the core CRM through REST APIs so staff could manage everything from one dynamic backend.
Open to backend and full-stack roles where systems need to be built right the first time.