Team Lead · Senior Full Stack Developer
Quiet Light Current- Leading a 3-engineer squad modernizing legacy jQuery/Laravel applications.
- Cycle-based delivery: clear scope per cycle, daily async updates, end-of-cycle demos.
Giorgi Kakabadze
Senior PHP Full Stack Developer & Team Lead
Tbilisi, Georgia · open to remote
giokakabadze50@gmail.com
+995 595 77 03 60
hackerman.ge
github.com/trongio
linkedin.com/in/trongio
Summary
8+ years building scalable SaaS, payment-adjacent, realtime, and IoT systems. Framework-agnostic with deep PHP fundamentals (PHP 8.x, OOP, SOLID, design patterns) and a strong track record of leading small, high-output teams through cycle-based delivery. End-to-end ownership: backend architecture, REST/OpenAPI design, Vue 3 / React with TypeScript, and production DevOps on Docker and CI/CD — from schema to UI.
Experience
Lead Architect
Casatrade Previous- Built gps.ge from scratch — real-time GPS fleet monitoring platform processing 26,000+ concurrent device connections (Laravel Octane, WebSockets, Redis, Vue 3, MySQL). The API powers fleet operations at TBC Bank, Bank of Georgia, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Skytel.
- Built the Facility Access Control platform from 0 — Laravel backend orchestrating MQTT-connected ESP32 controllers with NFC / Wiegand readers and Raspberry Pi edge devices running FastAPI. Deployed at McDonald's among others.
- Designed a Laravel Octane API serving 5+ internal applications.
- Built internal products Tempo Hub (tempohub.casatrade.ge) and MyClock (myclock.casatrade.ge) from the first commit — schema, API, and Vue UI.
Founder / Operator
alldigital.ge Ongoing- Family-run Shopify digital-goods store operated end-to-end — catalog, payments, customer support, and infrastructure.
Open Source — Project Zomboid Server Manager
github.com/trongio- Self-hostable management panel for Project Zomboid servers — RCON integration, mod manager, Discord webhooks. Laravel + React + Docker, one-command bring-up.
Stack
Backend
PHP 8.x · Symfony · Laravel 8–12 · Octane · Reverb · Phalcon · Pure PHP
Frontend
Vue 3 · React · TypeScript · Inertia.js · Tailwind CSS · shadcn-vue
APIs
REST · OpenAPI / Swagger · Sanctum · JWT / OAuth · Versioning
Data
MySQL · PostgreSQL · Redis · SQL tuning · Zero-downtime migrations
Realtime
WebSockets · SSE · Laravel Echo · Laravel Reverb · MQTT
Testing
PHPUnit · Vitest · Playwright (MCP) · TDD refactoring
DevOps
Docker · GitHub Actions · Linux · Oracle Cloud · DigitalOcean · Cloudflare
Hardware / IoT
ESP32 · Raspberry Pi · NFC / Wiegand · FastAPI edge