About Ajay
Symfony & Sylius specialist with 10+ years of production experience. If it runs on Symfony or Sylius — I build it, upgrade it, migrate it, or fix it.
── Symfony ──────────────────────────────
• New Symfony application from scratch
• Symfony upgrades (3.x / 4.x / 5.x → 6.x → 7.x)
• Legacy PHP or WordPress app migration to Symfony
• REST API design and development
• Performance audits and refactoring
── Sylius ───────────────────────────────
• New Sylius e-commerce store from scratch
• Sylius upgrades (v1.x → v2.x)
• Full platform migration to Sylius (from any CMS or legacy system)
• WordPress → Sylius migration (products, taxons, CMS pages, blog, media, translations)
• Multi-country & multi-locale storefront architecture
• Custom Sylius plugin development
• Product, Taxon, Catalog & Media management
── Payments & Integrations ─────────────
• Payment gateway integration (SCA/PSD2 compliant, EU markets)
• Zoho Invoice — automatic invoice per order on confirmed payment
• Zoho CRM — bidirectional sync, lead deduplication, deal linking
• Zoho Books — order to invoice automation
• SugarCRM integration
• Twilio SMS, Mailgun, SendinBlue
• Any third-party REST API integration
── Open Source ──────────────────────────
Creator of Sylius Media Hub Plugin — admin dashboard to audit Product & Taxon image coverage. No entity overrides, no DB migrations. MIT, v1.1.0.
github.com/ajsymfony/sylius-media-hub-plugin
── Proof ────────────────────────────────
~60% faster per-country store launches · ~40% less financial reconciliation · ~35% less CRM overhead · zero-downtime migrations
PHP 8 · Symfony 5/6/7 · Sylius v1/v2 · MySQL · AWS · REST API · SCA/PSD2
Full remote · 100% response rate · 1h response time
English
Fluent
French
Conversational
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- Planet Ride SASLead Backend EngineerE-COMMERCEJuly 2023 - Today (3 years)New Delhi, IndiaLed backend architecture across Triumph Ride, Motul Ride, and Planet Ride — Symfony/Sylius ecosystem, 6 countries, 6 locales, team of 7+ engineers.• Migrated full legacy CMS to Sylius v2.2.3 / Symfony 7.4 — headless-ready, 4 locales (FR, EN, DE, IT), zero downtime, full feature parity on day one.• Designed multi-country URL architecture for Motul Ride (FR, GB, ES) from a single codebase — per-country launch time cut by ~60%.• Built WordPress-to-Sylius import tool via CSV/TSV — auto-generates CMS pages, blog articles, media, and translations in seconds. Saved ~15h/week.• Processed bulk pipelines of 10,000+ product records; implemented WebP conversion improving Core Web Vitals.• Architected PayByBank via Lemonway with full SCA/PSD2 enforcement across EU markets.• Built payout and commission engine with partner-level filtering — reconciliation reduced by ~40%.• Integrated Zoho Invoice API — invoice auto-generated per booking on every confirmed payment.• Integrated Zoho CRM — bidirectional lead sync, deduplication, deal-contact linking — CRM overhead cut by ~35%.• Engineered many-to-many product-opportunity schema with dynamic partner APIs and custom booking fields.• Published Sylius Media Hub Plugin — open-source admin tool for Product and Taxon image auditing. MIT, v1.1.0. github.com/ajsymfony/sylius-media-hub-plugin• Led 7+ engineers: code reviews, sprint planning, architecture decisions, roadmap, onboarding, and SOLID/PHPUnit standards.
- Planet Ride SASSoftware Developer / Senior Software DeveloperTRAVEL AND TOURISMSeptember 2016 - June 2023 (6 years and 9 months)New Delhi, IndiaOwned architecture, development, and deployment of multiple internal and client-facing platforms — from greenfield to production — across a 7-year tenure at Planet Ride.• Built MyBusiness from scratch — internal CMS bridging sales teams and clients, managing leads, conversions, and communications. Stack: Symfony 4.4, AWS Cognito, Twilio, Mailgun, SendinBlue, MySQL.• Developed IRIS as a solo-owned standalone application — key-based email validation, email encryption, and automated email-to-opportunity linking. Full deployment ownership on Heroku.• Built Triumph e-commerce platform on Sylius — integrated Zoho Books API for order and invoice creation, automated payment linking, and generated PDF invoices with product snapshots via ConvertAPI on every successful payment.• Integrated Twilio SMS API for inbound and outbound messaging; implemented Mailgun and SendinBlue for transactional email workflows across all platforms.• Deployed and configured SugarCRM on Amazon EC2; migrated all databases to AWS RDS and integrated the CRM with the core application — improving data reliability and scalability.• Owned release management and deployment pipelines on Heroku (MyBusiness, IRIS) and cPanel (Triumph).• Implemented PHPUnit test suites with fixtures — enforcing performance, reliability, security, and testability standards across the codebase.
- Planet Ride SASPHP Developer InternTRAVEL AND TOURISMJanuary 2016 - August 2016 (7 months)
- Completed a 6-month PHP Development Internship and earned a full-time Software Developer position based on performance and technical contributions.
- Developed and maintained web applications using PHP, Symfony, MySQL, REST APIs, and Git.
- •Collaborated with senior developers to deliver new features, resolve production issues, and improve application stability.
- Built and consumed RESTful APIs for integration with internal and third-party systems.
- Optimized database queries and backend processes to improve application performance.
- Participated in code reviews, debugging sessions, testing, and deployment activities.
- Worked in an Agile startup environment, contributing to sprint planning, task estimation, and feature delivery.
- Gained hands-on experience with software architecture, version control, clean coding practices, and backend development best practices.
- Contributed to production-ready projects serving real users and business operations.
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Education
- Master of Computer Applications (MCA)ABES Engineering College2016Master of Computer Applications (MCA)