Farhan Zare

Experience

• 2023 - 2024 1y : 4m

  Full-Stack Developer @ ShipShop

  Toronto, CA - Hybrid

  Summary:

  • Rapidly promoted from intern to sole developer responsible for rebuilding and scaling the company’s web platform. Delivered technical improvements in performance, scalability, and reliability using modern frameworks and architecture.

  Responsibilities:

  • Architected and maintained backend services in Laravel (PHP) following SOLID principles and modular design.
  • Developed carrier-agnostic shipping API integrations with extensible interfaces for UPS, Canada Post, FedEx, USPS, ICS, and Canpar.
  • Implemented unit and integration tests with 93%+ coverage across backend/frontend, reducing regressions and production bugs.
  • Led front-end migration to Next.js and TypeScript, improving code maintainability and SEO performance.
  • Collaborated cross-functionally to prioritize and deploy features aligned with technical and business goals.
  • Mentored junior developers on best practices, cutting onboarding time by 50%.
  • Managed temporary account management duties during staffing gaps while maintaining development output.

  Achievements:

  • Improved platform performance by 70% through full-stack rebuild and database optimizations.
  • Achieved 35% infrastructure cost savings via Kubernetes resource optimization.
  • Boosted user retention by 50% through server-side rendering and front-end performance enhancements.
  • Reduced shipping calculation errors to near-zero via robust API design patterns.
  • Enabled seamless scaling of development team productivity through mentorship and documentation.

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  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • JavaScript
  • MySQL
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Bootstrap
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • AWS S3
  • AWS SES
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Git
  • CI/CD
  • SOLID Principles
  • REST APIs
  • Jira
  • Figma
  • Blade
  • Strategy Pattern
  • Interface Segregation