JAY KANERIYA

Location: Rajkot, Gujarat, India | Remote | Timezone: IST (UTC+5:30)

Portfolio: https://jaykaneriya.github.io

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaykaneriya/

Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01b77240d87af81e14

Availability: Available now for remote full-time roles and freelance Laravel projects. Proven overlap for Australian (AWST/AEST), European (CET/BST), and North American (EST/PST) teams.

Professional Summary

Senior Full-Stack Laravel/PHP Developer with 9+ years of professional experience building and maintaining production-grade web applications using Laravel, PHP 8+, Vue.js, React, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and REST APIs. Available for remote full-time employment and high-impact freelance Laravel projects.

Most recent role: Senior Web Application Developer at Paperly (Perth, Australia, fully remote), July 2022 – August 2026. Delivered school operations and administration software — excursion management, dynamic form builders, SIS integrations, parent consent workflows — used daily by thousands of teachers and parents. Paperly publicly reports 250+ schools joined for 2026.

Prior role: Web Application Developer at Logistic Infotech Pvt. Ltd. (Rajkot, India), May 2017 – June 2022. Five years of full-stack delivery for international clients across SaaS, eCommerce, on-demand logistics, EdTech, and booking platforms. Key deliveries include Megathy (multi-vendor grocery delivery, Saudi Arabia) and Zimdle (private customer feedback SaaS with Stripe billing).

Core strengths: Laravel architecture, REST API design, Stripe/PayPal/Payfort payment integrations, multi-tenant SaaS platforms, MySQL and PostgreSQL schema design, Redis queue workers, Vue.js and React frontends, React Native mobile APIs, Twilio SMS/notifications, AWS (S3, EC2), GitHub Actions CI/CD, Agile delivery, mentoring, and cross-timezone collaboration.

Core Skills

Backend Engineering: Laravel (5.x through 11), PHP 8+, PHP 7.x, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Laravel Horizon, Queue Workers, Jobs & Events, Multi-tenant architecture (stancl/tenancy), Sanctum, Passport, JWT, OAuth2, REST APIs, API Resources, CodeIgniter, Node.js, Sails.js, Socket.io

Frontend & UI: Vue.js 2 & 3, Vuex, Pinia, Composition API, React.js, Redux, Inertia.js, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, Sass/SCSS, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, Vite, Webpack

Payments & Commerce: Stripe (Billing, Cashier, Webhooks, Subscriptions), PayPal, Payfort, BPOINT, Razorpay, custom payment API integrations, automated billing reconciliation, webhook signature verification

Cloud, DevOps & Tools: Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions (CI/CD), AWS (S3, EC2), Nginx, Linux, Docker (basic), cPanel, Postman, JIRA, Agile/Scrum, Firebase, Pusher, Figma

Notifications & Integrations: Twilio (SMS, Verify OTP), Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), Pushwoosh, push notifications, email (Mailgun, SendGrid, SES), webhooks, third-party API consumption

Mobile: React Native / Expo (secondary specialization; iOS and Android); JSON REST API backend development for mobile apps

Practices: Agile / Scrum, sprint planning, story estimation, code reviews, pair programming, technical mentoring, requirements analysis, cross-timezone async collaboration, zero-downtime deployments

Work Experience

Senior Web Application Developer July 2022 – August 2026

Paperly | Perth, Australia (Fully Remote) | 4 Years

Developed and maintained school administration and extracurricular management modules (excursions, sports, music, parent-teacher interviews, assessment calendars) used daily by thousands of teachers and parents across 250+ Australian schools.
Architected and built a dynamic multi-step form builder with conditional field logic, role-based permissions, multi-stage approval matrices, and full parent consent workflows — the core workflow engine of the platform.
Designed REST APIs and MySQL schemas; integrated with School Information Systems (SIS): Synergetic, TASS, Veracross, SEQTA, and Wonde for real-time student and staff data sync.
Handled complex zero-downtime production deployments, database schema migrations, performance tuning, and hotfix releases on a live multi-school platform.
Collaborated asynchronously with the Perth-based engineering team; maintained established overlap hours for AU-IST time zone coordination.
Primary stack: Laravel, Vue.js, MySQL, Redis, REST APIs, AWS S3, GitHub Actions.

Web Application Developer May 2017 – June 2022

Logistic Infotech Pvt. Ltd. | Rajkot, India | 5 Years

Delivered full-stack client projects for international companies in Saudi Arabia, UK, Australia, and India across SaaS, eCommerce, on-demand delivery logistics, education, restaurant management, and booking domains.
Built Laravel backends with Vue.js and React.js frontends, including admin dashboards, multi-role access control, real-time dashboards, and API-driven mobile app backends.
Integrated multiple payment gateways (Stripe Cashier, Payfort, PayPal, BPOINT, custom REST APIs) into production billing flows with webhook handling and reconciliation.
Developed real-time features using Socket.io, Firebase, and Pusher for live chat, order tracking, notifications, and geolocation.
Implemented Twilio SMS (OTP verification, delivery alerts), FCM push notifications, and Pushwoosh across multiple projects.
Mentored junior developers: code reviews, pair programming, architecture guidance, and consistent engineering conventions.
Handled client requirements gathering, technical estimates, Agile sprint planning, and direct client communication.

Selected Projects

Paperly — School Management & Operations Platform 2022 – 2026 | Australia

Senior Web Application Developer | Laravel, Vue.js, MySQL, REST API, SIS Sync, Redis, AWS S3, GitHub Actions

Multi-school EdTech SaaS: excursion management, sports and music coordination, digital form builder, parent consent, SIS integrations, and assessment calendars.
250+ Australian schools (2026); thousands of daily active users (teachers, parents, administrators).

Megathy — On-Demand Grocery & Food Delivery Commercial Platform | Saudi Arabia

Full Stack Developer | Laravel 6, Vue.js, MySQL, Payfort, FCM Push, Twilio, Mobile APIs (iOS & Android)

Multi-vendor grocery and restaurant operations core for Eastern Saudi Arabia: multi-store catalogue management, scheduled delivery slots, role-specific interfaces for customers, store collectors, dispatchers, drivers, and administrators.
Payfort card checkout, cash on delivery, loyalty rewards, Twilio OTP verification, and real-time push notifications.
JSON REST APIs serving both the production web storefront and companion iOS/Android mobile apps.

Zimdle — Private Customer Feedback SaaS Commercial SaaS

Full Stack Developer | Laravel 5.3, Stripe Cashier, MySQL, AJAX, Chart.js, DomPDF, Twilio SMS

Private multi-criteria customer feedback platform: sentiment capture, criteria scoring templates, interactive AJAX analytics dashboards, trend charts, and automated PDF report generation.
Stripe subscription lifecycle management (subscriptions, upgrades, downgrades, cancellations, webhooks), plan-gated feature access, and Twilio SMS low-score alerts for operators.

Exception Tracker — Observability SaaS (Personal Project) In Progress

Architect & Developer | Laravel 11, Sanctum, Horizon, PostgreSQL, Redis, Stripe, Multi-language SDKs (PHP, JS, Python)

Multi-tenant observability platform: exception ingestion with signature hashing and deduplication at high throughput, severity-aware triage dashboards, and incident alerting.
Synthetic uptime and cron monitors, session replay capture, Horizon-backed queue workers, team invitations, and Stripe billing integration.
Official SDKs for PHP, JavaScript/Node.js, and Python for SDK-based error reporting.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering — Computer Science and Engineering

Gujarat Technological University | Shri Labhubhai Trivedi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Rajkot | July 2013 – May 2017

Languages

English — Full professional proficiency | Hindi — Native / Bilingual | Gujarati — Native / Bilingual

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