Valeriy Protopopov
Senior PHP Developer at TheSoul Publishing
Russia
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Top SchoolValeriy Protopopov is a Senior PHP Developer with 13 years of experience building backend systems across media and digital publishing companies. He has delivered full-stack solutions at Hearst Shkulev Media and now drives backend development at TheSoul Publishing, blending PHP expertise with working knowledge of Rust, Go, JavaScript, and C#. Starting as a freelance web developer, he brings practical, product-focused instincts and a history of shipping maintainable code in fast-paced environments. Valeriy’s background in Information Technology gives him a strong foundation in system design and pragmatic problem solving. He favors polyglot approaches when performance or reliability demand it, often applying lower-level languages like Rust alongside PHP to optimize critical paths. Based in Russia, he combines broad language fluency with a media-oriented domain understanding that helps teams move quickly from idea to production.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at Arctic State Institute Culture and Arts
Russian, English
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752reputation
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15questions
Github Skills (200)
async-await10
xiaomi10
php-application10
dataloader10
custom-component10
graphql-tools10
application-server10
facebook10
automapper10
graphiql10
roadrunner10
directive10
integrate10
sourceforge10
alpine-linux9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
acelot/search-schema
Aug 2018 - Nov 2021
Declarative SQL query builder for PHP 7
Contributions:9 releases, 1 review, 8 commits in 3 years 4 months
querymysqlphpsqldeclarative
acelot/automapper
Nov 2017 - Jan 2023
Declarative data mapper for PHP 7
Contributions:11 releases, 27 commits, 1 PR in 5 years 3 months
automapperdatamappermapperphp7
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