Lawrence Shea

About Lawrence Shea

Software Engineer w/over 12 years of real world experience- Firm believer in continuous learning: having spoken at, volunteered at and/or co-organized many PHP/Laravel groups/conferences- Expert in PHP, APIs, relational or non relational databases: MySQL, Mongo, Aurora, etc- Expert in Performance w/focus on caching & queuing: RabbitMQ, Redis, Varnish, etc- Experience with Javascript, Typescript, React, Vue, Tailwind, HTML5, Schema.org- SOLID web apps need thoughtful architects. I\'ve seen it all so I can build it all: SaaS, cloud, on-prem, serverless, upgrading old software, AWS, Kubernetes, CloudFormation, Terraform, Linux, Docker, you name it- Big proponent of testing: TDD, PHPUnit, Pest, Jest- I feel I have a unique perspective having worked in this industry in so many different kinds of roles: as a business owner and as an employee (remote, on prem, as a contractor, as a freelancer, at startups, small, medium and fortune 500 companies), so I can often see solutions to problems others can\'t and am frequently \"the fixer\" at many places I work when we need to find creative solutions to problems.I am a fast learner, a hard worker, and a literal web wizard. What more could you want?

Experience

1. Tbd

   Dartconnect

   May 2025 — Present

   Develop and maintain complex web applications using PHP/Laravel and Vue.js- Collaborate closely with non-technical business owners and technical team todesign, implement, and test new features and functionality- Maintain a close conversant relationship with business/product owners, supportingan iterative approach to design and problem solving- Collaborate with other technical team members to facilitate design, development,and deployment of parallel on-going projects- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, ensuring seamless operationo 24/7 emergency availability for potential critical production issues- Optimize applications for maximum performance and scalability- Create and optimize database schemas to support application requirements andplatform scalability- Participate in the entire web applications development lifecycle from concept todelivery and post-launch support

Education

• Polk State College

  Business Administration and Management, General

  2007 — 2008

Skills

• Oscommerce
• Css
• Joomla
• Yii
• Zencart
• Opencart
• Mobile Applications
• Javascript Libraries
• Jquery
• Web Project Management
• E-Commerce SEO
• Web Application Security
• Cakephp
• E-Commerce Consulting
• Web Development
• SEO
• Zend Framework
• Apache
• Web Design
• Web Services
• SEO Audits
• Php
• Jquery UI
• E-Commerce Optimization
• Web Application Design
• Web Hosting
• Psd
• Flash Animation
• Web Analytics
• Ajax Toolkit
• Laravel
• Android
• Prestashop
• Ajax Frameworks
• Flash
• Facebook Api
• Phpmyadmin
• Twitter
• Javascript
• Html 5