Freelance PHP / Symfony developer in Tunis

Since 2017, Symfony has been my everyday tool for management software: the portal of a network of more than 100 dealerships, an ERP, public sector applications, websites and their mobile versions.

A good part of the work is on existing systems, and that is often where it all plays out: stabilising production, migrating a portal from Symfony 1.4 to Symfony 4, then Symfony 5, without pausing the changes its users ask for, taking over code to clean it up and optimise it, integrating existing web services.

On a new project, I come in while the need is still being discussed: specifications, workshops with the client, design from the ground up, then a Symfony back end exposing REST APIs and a Vue.js front end, or Angular depending on the team. I track progress and check every delivery.

Symfony rarely lives alone: on my projects, PHP sits alongside Java and Spring Boot, exchanges data with partners’ information systems through web services, and runs in Docker, all the way to Azure.

• Version migrations

  From Symfony 1.4 to Symfony 5 on a portal in production, by way of version 4: production stabilised first, then the framework migrated, with a production release at every version.

• Hexagonal architecture and DDD

  Modules organised around the domain: business logic decoupled from the framework and the database, ports and adapters for everything that touches the outside world.

• Testing and acceptance

  Automated unit tests with PHPUnit, code reviews, technical documentation and acceptance test plans signed off before every delivery.

• Robust interfaces

  REST and SOAP web services to ERPs and to partners’ and carmakers’ information systems, a portal’s document management (generation, indexing, digital archiving, e‑signature), document management and archiving interfaces, flows linked to several accounts.

• Technical leadership

  Costing, progress tracking, delivery checks, direct contact with the client: on a portal I ran single-handedly for almost three years, then with more than 15 developers to lead.

• Sharing what I learn

  I write about these topics: feature flags with Symfony, CQRS, PHP 8 versus Node.js, microservices versus monoliths.

Three Symfony and PHP projects delivered, described without client names: the context, what I built, the technologies and the result.

Three ways to work together: a role in Paris, on site or hybrid, a remote mission from Tunis, or a collaboration.

• A role in Paris

  I am open to new Tech Lead or architect opportunities in Paris, on site or hybrid. A role elsewhere in France, in Europe or working remotely from Tunis is also possible.

• Freelance mission

  Tech Lead or senior developer on your project, on a time-and-materials or fixed-price basis, or to strengthen an existing team: remotely from Tunis, nearshore, and on site for workshops, kick-offs and go‑lives.

• Collaboration

  A product to launch, an architecture to rethink, AI to wire into your data, a technical partnership: we shape the setup together.

For remote work, Tunisia is on UTC+1 all year round: the same time as Paris in winter, one hour behind in summer. We can work in French or in English.

• Java / Spring Boot development

  Spring Boot microservices, DDD and hexagonal architecture, the web services, external APIs and document management of a software suite, a migration to Azure.

  Approach and case studies

• AI integration for business software

  In production: OCR and document classification, RAG with sources, self-hosted LLMs with vLLM and AI agents, with guardrails.

  Approach and case studies