Summary
Ivo Barros is a Senior PHP Developer based in Manchester with a decade of experience delivering full-stack web applications for both startups and established companies. He specializes in PHP and Laravel, modernizing legacy systems, building APIs and HTML parsing engines, and operationalizing deployments with Docker and queue systems. Ivo has led small engineering teams, introduced TDD and contemporary front-end tools like Livewire and AlpineJS to replace jQuery, and mentored junior developers through sprint planning and code reviews. Comfortable as both a hands-on contributor and technical lead, he has a track record of shipping product-focused solutions under tight deadlines and owning the end-to-end SDLC. An often-overlooked strength is his history of creating testing frameworks and training others, reflecting a long-standing commitment to quality and developer enablement.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Software Development, Bachelor's degree Software Development at Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
Access Course, Access Course at Barking & Dagenham College
English, Portuguese, Spanish