Summary
Simon Holt is a pragmatic software developer with 12 years of experience building and maintaining backend APIs, primarily in PHP and C#, for telecommunications and public-sector web platforms. He has deep hands-on expertise with Laravel/Lumen, Symfony, Drupal, REST/SOAP integrations, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift and Linux-based deployments. Simon excels at modernizing and supporting large legacy PHP codebases while delivering robust API services for organizations like Norlys and Stofa. With a formal background in web and backend development and earlier studies in physics and math, he brings both methodical problem-solving and practical engineering discipline to complex systems. Colleagues value his steady delivery across DevOps and backend domains and his ability to bridge CMS-driven sites with enterprise API ecosystems. Based in Randers, Denmark, he combines long-term operational experience with a continual focus on reliable, maintainable backend architecture.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Physics and Mathematics, Physics and Mathematics at Aalborg University
Højere Teknisk Eksamen, Højere Teknisk Eksamen at Randers Teknisk Skole
Bachelor's degree Web Development, Bachelor's degree Web Development at Erhvervsakademi Aarhus | Business Academy Aarhus
Datamatiker Computer Science, Datamatiker Computer Science at Erhvervsakademi Aarhus
English, Danish