Jay Kaneriya
Senior Full-Stack Laravel / PHP Developer
Executive Summary
Senior Full-Stack Laravel/PHP Developer with 9+ years of commercial experience engineering resilient web applications for SaaS, EdTech, logistics, and eCommerce systems. Available for remote full-time engineering roles and high-impact freelance Laravel consulting engagements.
Most recently Senior Web Application Developer at Paperly (Perth, Australia · remote), owning critical school operations modules used daily by thousands of teachers and parents across 250+ Australian schools. Proven track record of architecting scalable schemas, authoring clean REST APIs, writing maintainable frontend interfaces with Vue.js and React, and maintaining high reliability on live production systems.
Professional Experience
Senior Web Application Developer
Jul 2022 — Aug 2026 • 4 YearsPaperly • Perth, Australia (Remote)
Led full-stack feature engineering on an established multi-school Australian EdTech platform trusted daily by thousands of educators, parents, and administrative staff. Owned production deployments, database migrations, and cross-system integrations while collaborating asynchronously with the Perth product team.
- Architected and shipped excursion management, sports coordination, music lesson scheduling, parent-teacher interviews, and assessment calendars with digital parent consent workflows.
- Built a dynamic multi-step form builder with conditional field logic, role-based access control, and full audit logging — serving as the platform's core workflow engine.
- Designed and maintained Laravel REST APIs and Eloquent MySQL schemas; synchronized data with major School Information Systems (Synergetic, TASS, Veracross, SEQTA, Wonde).
- Conducted zero-downtime production deployments, database indexing, and performance tuning on high-concurrency peak usage days.
- Paperly publicly reports 250+ schools joined for 2026 and beyond.
Web Application Developer
May 2017 — Jun 2022 • 5 YearsLogistic Infotech Pvt. Ltd. • Rajkot, India
Five years of full-stack client delivery across international platforms spanning on-demand logistics, SaaS, eCommerce, and booking systems for clients in Saudi Arabia, India, Australia, and the UK.
- Architected and delivered Megathy: multi-vendor grocery and restaurant operations core (multi-store catalog, scheduled delivery slots, Payfort payments, live driver tracking) for Eastern Saudi Arabia — serving web and mobile clients.
- Built Zimdle: private customer feedback SaaS with AJAX analytics dashboards, criteria scoring, automated PDF reports, Twilio SMS alerts, and Stripe subscription lifecycle (upgrades, cancellations, webhooks).
- Integrated payment gateways (Stripe, Payfort, PayPal, BPOINT), SMS (Twilio), push notifications (FCM), real-time sockets (Socket.io), and OAuth2 authentication.
- Mentored junior developers, ran code reviews, established coding standards, and managed direct technical communication with international stakeholders.
Selected Production & Architecture Builds
Paperly — Australian EdTech SaaS
Case Study →Flagship production operations platform for 250+ Australian schools. Custom form builder, parent consent, excursion scheduling, and school information system sync.
Megathy — Multi-Vendor Delivery Core
Case Study →Commercial on-demand grocery and restaurant logistics engine in Saudi Arabia. Delivery slot scheduling, Payfort payments, and unified APIs for web and mobile.
Zimdle — Customer Feedback SaaS
Case Study →Feedback analytics platform with multi-criteria scoring, interactive AJAX reporting, DomPDF exports, and full Stripe subscription lifecycle management.
Exception Tracker — Observability Platform
Case Study →High-throughput error triage SaaS with signature hashing, deduplication pipelines, synthetic uptime checks, Horizon queues, and official client SDKs.
What Colleagues Say
"Jay is an experienced Laravel/Vue.js developer with a solution-focused mindset. He brings technical expertise and a thoughtful approach — highly responsive, and makes remote collaboration as smooth as it can be."
"Jay is a highly skilled and dependable Full-Stack Developer with strong expertise in Laravel and PHP, along with Vue.js, React, and React Native. He takes ownership from development through delivery and consistently delivers quality solutions on time."
Available for remote full-time seats & freelance projects.
Based in Rajkot, India (IST) with established working overlap for AU, EU, and US engineering teams.