01 / identity

Mark LawrenceRuaro

Senior Full Stack Developer — Backend-Focused · Edmonton, Alberta. 14+ years building building scalable web applications.

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» name Ruaro, Mark Lawrence

» role Senior Full Stack Developer — Backend-Focused

» base Edmonton, Alberta

» level 14+ yrs

» stack php·laravel·mysql·elasticsearch·docker

» status ● open to work

02 / about

Backend-first, systems-minded.

I design and ship scalable backend platforms that stay fast under real load. Over fourteen years I've led system design, driven hard problems to a clean close, and mentored developers into senior confidence — pairing careful architecture with the practical instinct to keep things boring in production.

Bachelor's Graduate Diploma·World Education Services (WES) Certified

03 / skills

backend

PHP · Laravel
Codeigniter · Kohana
FlightPHP · MySQL
REST APIs · Docker · AWS
Redis · Elasticsearch

Data Visualization

Kibana
Elasticsearch Analytics

frontend

JavaScript
Vue.js
Typescript
HTML · CSS

devops

Git
TortoiseSVN
Mercurial
Capistrano
Linux
Docker
AWS
CPanel
WHM

Multimedia

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Premiere

Methodologies

Agile
Scrum

04 / experience

Senior Software Developer · Smithsonian Learning Lab
Content platform & API layer
Designed the publishing and search API serving a high-traffic public learning catalogue.
Lead · LiveSupport
Realtime support runtime
Built the queueing and routing core handling live agent-to-customer messaging at scale.
Backend · HRMS
People & payroll systems
Modeled multi-entity HR workflows with audited, transactional data integrity.
Engineer · Payment Systems
High-throughput settlement
Tuned billing and settlement pipelines for determinism and zero-downtime deploys.
Engineer · Government Systems
Public services & integrations
Delivered secure, compliance-focused services integrating across departments.