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Nihad Karimov

Backend Developer (PHP/Laravel)

building reliable production systems, one root cause at a time

Baku, Azerbaijan uptime since 2022

About

Backend developer focused on PHP and Laravel, building production systems for a multi-tenant POS SaaS.

I care about reliability, observability, and fixing the root cause instead of the symptom.

Full-time Linux user.

Experience

  1. a1b2c3d Backend Developer @ Clopos (03/2025 – present)

    • Set up monitoring and alerting (Sentry, structured logging, queue and job health checks) to catch production issues before customers report them, cutting time-to-detection on critical failures.
    • Build and scale backend services for a multi-tenant POS/restaurant SaaS running across 6 markets, powering real-time orders, inventory, and financial operations for thousands of venues.

  2. e4f5a6b Full-stack (Laravel) Developer @ WebCity (10/2024 – 04/2025)

    TODO: commit message pending

  3. c7d8e9f PHP/Laravel Developer @ Coders Azerbaijan (05/2023 – 02/2024)

    TODO: commit message pending

  4. b0a1c2d Full-stack (PHP) Programming Mentor @ Coders Azerbaijan (03/2022 – 07/2023 (TODO: confirm))

    TODO: commit message pending

Skills

backend

  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • REST APIs
  • OOP
  • SOLID
  • design patterns
  • PHPUnit

data

  • MySQL / SQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • DBMS fundamentals

infra

  • Linux
  • Docker
  • Git
  • CI/CD
  • Sentry / observability

cs

  • Data structures & algorithms

frontend-basic

  • JavaScript
  • jQuery

System status

status open to opportunities
current process Backend Developer @ Clopos
uptime 4 years (since 2022)
location Baku, Azerbaijan
languages Azerbaijani, English, Russian

Projects

  • CurlCatch

    JavaScriptlast push 2026-08-23

  • NumberGame

    Realtime number game for playing with friend.

    TypeScriptlast push 2026-07-24

  • nihad05

    Config files for my GitHub profile.

    last push 2026-04-19

  • Easy-Travel

    Bladelast push 2025-12-21

  • My-ORM

    PHPlast push 2025-03-26

  • CsDesktopApp

    C#last push 2024-12-24

Education & certs

  • BSc Computer Science

    Baku Engineering University · 09/2022 – 05/2026

  • Full-stack Programming

    Coders Azerbaijan · 10/2022 – 06/2023

certificates

  • Full-Stack Development — Technest
  • SQL (Intermediate) — HackerRank
  • SQL (Basic) — HackerRank
  • JavaScript (Basic) — HackerRank

Contact

nihad@clopos:~$ curl -X CONNECT

CV (PDF) — coming soon