Madurai, India

Deva
Praveen

Full-Stack Developer

Full-Stack Developer with 4+ years building scalable web applications and enterprise systems — React, Node.js, Laravel, Ruby on Rails.

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Résumé

Years Experience: 4+; Years Experience
Projects Shipped: 10+; Projects Shipped
Tech Articles: 5+; Tech Articles

Open to opportunities

Who I Am

Full-Stack Developer

Full-Stack Developer with 4+ years of experience building scalable web applications and enterprise systems. Currently a Senior Software Developer at GB Engineering, where I engineered ERP systems in Laravel and implemented AI-powered RAG — cutting manual workflows by 35% and improving data accuracy by 40%.

Location: Madurai, India
Timezone: IST (UTC+5:30)
Focus: Full-stack · ERP · AI backends
Engagement: Full-time roles & consulting

Tech Stack

React.js · Next.js · Node.js · Laravel · Ruby on Rails · Fastify · GraphQL · MySQL · MongoDB · AWS

Product Focus

End-to-end delivery from architecture to production — ERP systems, e-learning platforms, geo-location services and AI-integrated backends.

Technical Writing

Published developer guides on Hashnode covering Laravel RBAC, DevOps deployments, cloud server management and Android release builds.

Career Journey

Work Experience

Senior Software Developer
GB Engineering · Madurai, India
CurrentOct 2024 – Present
- Engineered a scalable ERP system in Laravel, automating 10+ core business workflows and cutting manual processing time by ~35%.
- Implemented retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) on open-source models and a vector database to surface context-aware business insights.
- Improved data accuracy and reporting efficiency by ~40%, giving management faster decision-making.
- Designed a secure, modular backend architecture that has held at zero critical production incidents.
- Laravel
- RAG / AI
- Vector DB
- PHP
- MySQL
Full Stack Developer
Mavencart · Madurai, India
Apr 2022 – Sep 2024
- Built and maintained 5+ production web applications across React.js, Node.js, Fastify and Ruby on Rails.
- Optimised REST and GraphQL APIs, improving average response times by 25–30%.
- Raised test coverage to ~70% with Jest unit and end-to-end suites, catching regressions before release.
- Cut production issue resolution time by ~40% through structured logging and error tracking.
- React.js
- Node.js
- Fastify
- Ruby on Rails
- GraphQL
- Jest
Web Developer
SaveMom · Madurai, India
Oct 2021 – Apr 2022
- Shipped Laravel web application features that improved page load performance by ~20%.
- Resolved 15+ UI and functional defects through systematic pre-release testing.
- Maintained existing application modules for stability and usability.
- Laravel
- JavaScript
- HTML
- CSS
Web Developer (Internship)
WebToAll · Madurai, India
Jul 2021 – Oct 2021
- Created responsive frontend components and backend scripts in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP.
- Supported testing and debugging across multiple live web modules.
- PHP
- JavaScript
- HTML
- CSS

Expertise

Technical Skills

Four years of production work across the React and Laravel ecosystems, with Node.js services and cloud delivery on the side.

Frontend

React.js90%
HTML5/CSS392%
Next.js70%
Tailwind CSS88%

Backend

Node.js / Express / Fastify88%
Laravel (PHP)85%
Ruby on Rails65%
GraphQL / REST APIs85%

Databases & DevOps

MySQL80%
MongoDB65%
AWS Serverless60%
Git / CI-CD88%

What I’ve Built

Featured Projects

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Full-Stack

Sthaan

A geo-location services platform for accurate location tracking and spatial data management.

Node.js
React.js
MySQL
REST APIs

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Backend

Leadsms

Newsletter and SMS lead management covering subscriber management, campaign scheduling and delivery tracking.

Laravel
PHP
MySQL
JavaScript

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Full-Stack

Curiotory

An e-learning platform for course management, user progress tracking and structured content delivery.

React.js
Node.js
MongoDB
REST APIs

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Backend

URL Shortener

An internal URL shortener with analytics for link clicks, referrers and geographic data.

Node.js
Express.js
MySQL

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Writing

Latest Articles

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Article8 min read

Streamline Role-Based Access Control with Spatie Laravel Permission

Role-Based Access Control is a standard feature in modern applications, and implementing it in Laravel is straightforward with the Spatie Permission package. A walkthrough of roles, permissions and guarding.

Laravel
Spatie
RBAC

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Article10 min read

Deploying Strapi on a Remote Server Using OpenSSH: A Step-by-Step Guide

A step-by-step walkthrough of deploying Strapi to a remote server over OpenSSH, including why Strapi fits the project and how the server is prepared.

OpenSSH
Strapi
nginx

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Article6 min read

Resolving Console Access Issues on Your Server Instance

A troubleshooting guide for when you cannot reach the console on your server instance, covering the usual causes and how to work through them.

DigitalOcean
Cloud
EC2

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Article7 min read

Easy OS Booting Through the Linux Terminal

Creating a bootable USB drive is a crucial step for installing a Linux operating system. This guide walks through doing it from the Linux terminal.

Linux
Ubuntu 24.04
CLI

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Article12 min read

Creating a Keystore and Release APK on Linux: A Detailed Guide with Lost Keystore Help

A detailed guide covering JDK installation, keystore generation, release APK creation and recovering a lost keystore file during Android development.

Android
React Native
Linux

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