<?php
final class RiyajKafardeen extends SoftwareEngineer
{
public string $role = 'Senior Laravel & FilamentPHP Engineer';
public string $location = 'Colombo, Sri Lanka π±π°';
public int $experience = 4; // years in production
public array $core = ['PHP 8+', 'Laravel', 'FilamentPHP',
'Livewire', 'Inertia.js', 'React', 'MySQL'];
public array $founded = ['IT Starter (Pvt) Ltd', 'BillBook.lk'];
public string $status = 'open-to-work';
public function build(Idea $idea): Product
{
return $this->plan($idea)->design()->ship()->maintain();
}
} |
I build and run production PHP / Laravel systems for clients in Australia, the UK and Sri Lanka: portals, CRMs, ERPs, SaaS and e-commerce. I care about data integrity, clean integrations and reliability, and I have led engineering teams and founded a consultancy that has delivered 70+ projects. |
| π 4+ yrs | π¦ 70+ | πͺ 2,300+ | π 9 | π₯ 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| production Laravel | projects delivered | businesses on BillBook.lk | countries served by a platform I built on | developers led |
| Role | Company | Period |
|---|---|---|
| π¦πΊ Senior Laravel & FilamentPHP Developer (Contract) | Asmorphic Pty Ltd, Australia (Remote) | Sep 2025 β Sep 2026 |
| π±π° Founder & Technical Lead | IT Starter (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka | Mar 2023 β Present |
| π¬π§ Software Engineer β Senior Software Engineer | LevelWeb, UK (Remote) | Mar 2024 β Sep 2025 |
| π±π° Software Engineer | Shield Technologies (Pvt) Ltd | Mar 2023 β Feb 2024 |
| π±π° Intern Software Engineer | Surge Global (Pvt) Ltd | Sep 2022 β Feb 2023 |
π Highlights
- Asmorphic: Laravel + FilamentPHP portals for telecom reseller ordering and provisioning; REST / SOAP and payment-gateway integrations; data models covering 50,000+ products.
- IT Starter: founded the consultancy, launched BillBook.lk, delivered the Dina Ali real estate website and a custom real estate CRM, led a five-person team.
- LevelWeb: promoted to Senior within three months; led five developers on ERP and student-management systems; UK awarding-body platform used in nine countries by 1,500+ students monthly.
- Shield Technologies: enterprise solutions on the TALL stack and Inertia.js; APIs with React and Node.js.
- Surge Global: enhanced the Surge Hub product on the MERN stack.
π§Ύ BillBook.lk Β· Sri Lanka's POS and billing SaaS. POS terminal, multi-branch inventory, invoicing and 15+ reports.
π’ IT Starter (Pvt) Ltd Β· Software consultancy and product studio founded in 2023. 70+ projects across real estate, e-commerce, education, automotive and SaaS.
ποΈ Selected client work
| Project | Sector | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Dina Ali real estate website | π Real estate | Laravel MySQL |
| Real Estate CRM (property, lead, agent, sales tracking) | π Real estate | Laravel FilamentPHP |
| Telecom reseller portals | π‘ Telecom | Laravel FilamentPHP SOAP / REST |
| UK awarding-body platform | π EdTech | Laravel TALL Inertia.js |
| Team Comrade institute management with RFID | π Education | Laravel React RFID |
| NCCLife Β· Gliz Β· CityBazaar Β· MaxMotors | π E-commerce | Laravel WordPress WooCommerce |



