Valerij Bancer
Software Developer at DinnerBooking
Copenhagen Metropolitan Area Denmark
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Top SchoolValerij Bancer is a pragmatic full-stack software developer with 13 years of experience, based in the Copenhagen area, specializing in PHP, JavaScript, and Java with strong OOP and design sensibilities. He has been building production services at DinnerBooking since 2014 and contributes to notable open-source projects like CakePHP, where he improved routing, URL reversal, and test robustness. Trained with a bachelor’s in software development and an associate background in computer science, he pairs analytical problem-solving with a hands-on mindset forged earlier as a co-owner/CEO in construction renovation. Valerij emphasizes clean, testable, maintainable code and enjoys driving improvements in tooling and test hygiene that reduce long-term maintenance overhead. Outside work he balances technical curiosity with practical hobbies—roller skating, chess, and reading—bringing steady focus and persistence to complex engineering problems.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Junior Engineer, Building/Construction Management, Junior Engineer, Building/Construction Management at Vilnius Junior College of BuildingBachelor's degree, Software Development, Bachelor's degree, Software Development at KEA - Københavns Erhvervsakademi (Copenhagen School of Design and Technology)
Russian, English, Lithuanian
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Github Skills (21)
unit-testing10
url-routing10
cakephp10
php10
mysql9
dropdown-menu9
transaction9
validation9
web-framework8
orm8
database-schema8
mvc-framework7
jquery-selectors6
html6
nested-transactions6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
cakephp/cakephp
Apr 2016 - Feb 2022
CakePHP: The Rapid Development Framework for PHP - Official Repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 184 commits, 82 PRs in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Valerij primarily contributed to the CakePHP framework by implementing and improving routing functionalities. Their work included adding the `Router::reverseToArray()` method, enhancing unit tests for routing, and refactoring code related to URL reversal. They also addressed a bug regarding HTMLspecialchars and made improvements to the TableLocator class. Furthermore, the user backported changes related to database schema caching and made improvements to unit test cleanups to prevent memory leaks.
php-frameworkormform-buildervalidationpsr-7
SprintDict/SprintDict
Aug 2017 - Dec 2023
Contributions:13 PRs, 10 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 5 months
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