# Michael Taylor

> Senior PHP & JavaScript Developer - Laravel | Vue | Symfony | Drupal | WordPress | WebFlow

Location: Dunnsville, Virginia, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/michaeltaylor

A highly motivated Full-Stack developer that specialize in PHP, Laravel, CodeIgniter, WordPress/WooCommerce, Drupal, JavaScript, Vue.js and can write clean & efficient code and find the best solutions to programming logic.

I create Websites, Web applications, CMS, CRM systems and online Stores. I usually try to follow the best practices in code structure and deal with lots of algorithmic research before working on this web development field, I can handle challenging problems professionally with quality.

My skill set and experience are like following:
- PHP | Laravel | CodeIgniter | Symfony | CakePHP
- WordPress | Drupal | Joomla | Webflow
- Shopify | WooCommerce | BigCommerce | Magento | Wix
- JavaScript | jQuery | Vue.js | React | Angular 
- MERN Stacks (Node.js, Express, React) | NestJS |  Next.js | Redux | TypeScript
- SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQLite), NoSQL (Redis, Firebase), GraphQL
-Building pixel-perfect & responsive Web pages

- Database Design and Architecture, Data management
- Backend RESTful API Development
- Third-party API integration
- Git version control (Github, Bitbucket, GitLab)
- CI/CD, DevOps, Docker
- AWS Stack (EC2, S3, Lambda, Code Deploy, Route53)
- Project Management using tools like Jira, Asana, Basecamp, Trello etc.


Thanks

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ MTX Group
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Ashburn, Virginia, United States
- Worked on several PHP/Laravel/WordPress/WebFlow projects.
- Helped to increase test coverage by 5x by adding tests to new and essential features throughout the site
- Mentored and pair-programmed with other team members
- Implemented a better code review process by creating templates and code owners within GitHub
- Ran code deploys using Pipeline & CI/CD and made infrastructure changes within AWS
- Helped maintain and improve local Docker environments
- Worked with new feature and roadmap planning
- Built several RESTful backend APIs and Doc using Swagger and Postman.

### PHP & Laravel Developer @ Merico
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Ashburn, Virginia, United States
- Utilized the Laravel + Vue.js to create, maintain, update their web pages.
- Worked under an agile environment to collaborate with the team to plan and deliver new/existing projects
- Utilized a combination of front and back-end technologies – HTML, Blade, CSS, JS, Vue, React, PHP, and MySQL.
- Made frequent database calls using Laravel’s ORM/eloquent for selecting, inserting, updating, and deleting data.

### Software Developer(Drupal) @ RMDS Lab
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Ashburn, Virginia, United States
- Worked under the Drupal 8 & 9 CMS environment.
- Translated designed mockups provided by UX/UI designer to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, and Bootstrap. 
- Used the Drupal Database API syntax to manipulate database data(CRUD calls).
- Created numerous of Drupal modules to complete given task.

### Senior PHP Developer @ eMac Media
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Virginia, United States
- Built a video searching tool similar to YouTube. 
- Used the YouTube API to make it work specifically for his liking.
- Monitored site performance and troubleshoot site issues.
- Worked under several programming languages such as, HTML/5, CSS/3, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, and Bootstrap. Used PHP and MySQL as back-end development.

### Senior Software Engineer @ MTSolution
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
- Managed and trained junior level teammates.
- Interfaced with PHP and Database developers in order to get data to the front-end of the customer facing sites via REST and web service calls.
- Built custom Expression Engine plugins for added functionality on the customer site.
- Performed general website maintenance tasks, built email marketing campaigns, handled application testing and fielded technical customer support requests.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
George Mason University

### Computer Science
Northern Virginia Community College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/michaeltaylor115

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Last updated: 2026-03-30