// Senior Full-Stack Engineer · Application Architect

I build the systems that run the back office: finance, payroll and AI workflows.

18+ years shipping applications end to end, with PHP, CodeIgniter and Laravel at the core, and Node.js and Python where the job needs them. The last 7 as remote lead developer for a US company, integrating NetSuite, PrismHR, QuickBooks Online and Claude.

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Open to remote roles · Bengaluru, India (IST, overlaps US/EU hours)

Shinu Haridass
18+
years building software
7 yrs
remote, for a US company
520 → 11
payroll API calls after redesign
3
products shipped solo in 2026

01 / Work

Independent products

Designed, built and deployed solo on AWS Lightsail, from database schema to the deploy pipeline.

Olira Fireworks storefront homepage

Olira Fireworks

Live

E-commerce store taking real customer orders. It has a catalogue, quote cart, combo packs, referral coupons and district-level delivery pricing. PDF order confirmations and vendor dispatch go out over email and WhatsApp.

  • Laravel
  • Filament
  • MySQL
  • Queues
Visit olirafireworks.com
Trackfi landing page with price-tracking dashboard

Trackfi

Beta

A price tracker with an AI shopping advisor on WhatsApp. A Python scraper service feeds Laravel queues, and Claude extracts prices and gives buy advice. Users log in with a phone OTP sent over WhatsApp.

  • Laravel 11
  • FastAPI
  • Playwright
  • Claude API
  • Twilio
Visit Trackfi
Beacon dashboard with AI hold, sell and watch recommendations

Beacon

In progress

A private stock-analysis tool for a small group of users. It offers per-user watchlists with technical alerts, an AI daily digest and a backtesting sandbox. Each symbol is fetched once per run across all users, so cost scales with stocks, not headcount.

  • Laravel
  • Python
  • yfinance
  • Claude API

Private build · demo on request

02 / Experience

Where I've done it

Jun 2019 – Sep 2026

Lead Developer, Application Architecture

Business Leader (US) · Remote

  • Owned delivery of internal finance and operations apps, from requirements and architecture through release.
  • Redesigned PrismHR payroll retrieval, cutting API calls from 520+ to 11 (about 98% fewer).
  • Built a rolling 13-week cash-flow report on NetSuite data, plus sales and budget-vs-actual reporting across 14 plants.
  • Launched and grew the company expense portal, with multi-level approvals, S3 receipts and SES notifications.
  • Shipped a Claude integration over a custom Node.js MCP server so employees can submit expenses by email.

2015 – 2017

Senior PHP Developer

Nivaata Systems · Bengaluru

Built fleet-tracking apps on AWS and led a team of 3.

2010 – 2015

Senior PHP Developer

Like Mind Technology · Ooty

Built business apps and API services, and migrated 60,000 wiki pages.

2006 – 2010

Web Developer

Nilgiris Network · Ooty

Worked on telecom billing, listings and estate-management apps.

03 / Skills

Toolkit

Primary

PHP 8, CodeIgniter 3, Laravel, Filament, MySQL, REST APIs

Working knowledge

Node.js, Python (FastAPI)

Integrations

NetSuite, PrismHR, QuickBooks Online, Authorize.net, Twilio WhatsApp, Claude API, MCP

Frontend

JavaScript, jQuery/AJAX, Blade, Bootstrap, Chart.js, DataTables

Cloud & delivery

AWS (Lightsail, S3, SES), Render, Apache, Linux, Git/GitHub

04 / Contact

Let's talk about your next build.

Looking for remote senior backend or full-stack roles. I'm happy to walk through any project in detail.

shinu.ooty@gmail.com Download CV (PDF)