Summary
Dimitrios Chantzis is a pragmatic lead software engineer based in London with a decade of professional experience delivering robust PHP/Laravel back-end systems and cloud migrations. He has led teams of up to seven engineers through refactors, API integrations, and performance optimisations for logistics, payments and gift-card platforms, pairing hands-on coding with project planning and DevOps responsibilities. Proficient across PHP 5.6–8.1, Laravel, Docker, AWS and Google Cloud, he has a track record of upgrading legacy systems, avoiding database deadlocks and automating backups and deployments. His background includes founding-stage work at Tillo where he helped shape core API integrations for financial transactions and mentoring engineers through secure, test-driven development. Unusually for a senior engineer, he also served as a military IT officer, bringing disciplined operations and communications experience to on-call and incident management.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Design and Digital Media, Master of Science (MSc), Design and Digital Media at The University of Edinburgh
Bachelor of Applied Science ( B.A.Sc.(Hons) ), Information Technology, 7.54 / 10, Bachelor of Applied Science ( B.A.Sc.(Hons) ), Information Technology, 7.54 / 10 at Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki
English, Greek