Technical Team Lead β€’ Backend Engineer β€’ Problem Solver

Parag Lashkari

Building reliable software. Leading strong engineering teams.

I’m a Technical Team Lead and Senior PHP Laravel Developer focused on building scalable backend systems, REST APIs, SaaS applications, payment integrations, and business-critical web applications. I stay hands-on with architecture and development while helping teams deliver maintainable, production-ready software.

About Me

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Technical Leadership with Hands-On Engineering

I’m a Technical Team Lead and Senior PHP/Laravel Developer with 6+ years of professional experience building web applications, backend systems, APIs, SaaS products, ERP workflows, IoT dashboards, and payment-driven business platforms.

I bridge engineering and leadership. I help teams break complex requirements into practical technical plans, review code and architecture, troubleshoot difficult production issues, and keep delivery focused on reliability, maintainability, and business value.

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6+ Years

Professional Experience

10+ Projects

Web, SaaS, ERP & IoT Systems

Team Lead

Technical Guidance & Mentoring

Backend

PHP, Laravel, APIs & MySQL

Technical Expertise

Backend Engineering

PHP, Laravel & scalable application architecture

Building maintainable backend applications with Laravel, PHP, MySQL, authentication, authorization, business logic, queues, validation, reporting, and production-focused error handling.

PHPLaravelMySQLArchitecture

REST APIs & Integrations

Reliable APIs, webhooks & third-party services

Designing and integrating REST APIs, webhooks, external services, authentication flows, SFTP/data transfers, and reliable retry and error-handling workflows.

REST APIsWebhooksSFTPIntegrations

Payment Systems

Checkout, payment states & transaction workflows

Working with payment workflows, payment methods, idempotency, transaction states, callbacks, webhooks, failed-payment recovery, and business rules around invoices and payments.

PaymentsIdempotencyWebhooksInvoices

Technical Leadership

Mentoring, code reviews & delivery

Leading developers through technical planning, task breakdown, code reviews, debugging, architecture discussions, development standards, and delivery coordination while remaining hands-on with implementation.

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Featured Projects & Case Studies

Selected software platforms covering ERP, industrial IoT, SaaS, and automation.

ERP & IoT Panel

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Managing Business Operations and Plant Data

Built an integrated ERP and IoT platform using Laravel and the MEAN stack to streamline business operations while enabling real-time monitoring and control of plant data. The ERP system automated sales, HR, inventory and other workflows while the IoT dashboard enabled real-time plant data monitoring and control.

LaravelMEAN StackIoTReal-time Analytics

IoT Furnace Controller

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Remote Monitoring and Automation

Built an IoT-based furnace monitoring and control platform using the MEAN stack for real-time data collection, analytics, remote access, and operational visibility. Features include temperature monitoring, historical data analysis, and remote operation capabilities.

MEAN StackIoTReal-time DataAnalytics

Energy Monitoring Dashboard

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Insights for Efficiency

Built an IoT-based energy monitoring dashboard using the MEAN stack to track plant consumption in real time and turn meter data into actionable reports. Features live data from energy meters, cloud storage, usage analysis with charts, and detailed consumption reports.

MEAN StackIoTCloud StorageCharts

IoT Temperature Monitoring

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Real-time Analytics and Alerts

Built a factory temperature monitoring platform using the MEAN stack to collect real-time scanner data, store history securely, and trigger alerts. Enabled real-time monitoring, secure cloud storage, and automated alerts for threshold breaches to improve quality control and worker safety.

MEAN StackIoT SensorsAlertsCloud Analytics

Engineering Notes

Practical notes on Laravel, PHP, APIs, payments, backend engineering and technical leadership.

Designing Reliable Payment Retries with Idempotency Keys

How idempotency keys work in payment APIs, why parameter mismatches happen, and how Laravel applications can model payment attempts safely.

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Building Maintainable Laravel API Integrations

Practical patterns for validation, service classes, error handling, logging, retries and webhooks when building third-party API integrations with Laravel.

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Technical Leadership for Hands-On Engineering Teams

A practical guide to balancing technical direction, code reviews, mentoring, delivery planning and hands-on engineering as a Technical Team Lead.

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Let's Connect

I’m open to connecting with engineering leaders, founders, product teams, and developers working on interesting software challenges. If you need a hands-on Technical Team Lead, Senior PHP/Laravel Developer, or backend engineer for a product or integration, let’s talk.

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