Viraj Khatavkar
Web Application Developer
Thane, Maharashtra, India
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Top SchoolViraj Khatavkar is a seasoned Web Application Developer with 11 years of experience and over 7 years leading teams and building production-grade web applications focused on security, performance, and scalability. He has deep expertise in PHP and JavaScript ecosystems, particularly Laravel, CakePHP and Vue, and has helped adopt Vue as a primary front-end at Harbor Compliance where he was the second engineering hire. Beyond coding, Viraj has worn multiple hats—product management, recruiting, stakeholder communication—and led efforts to build a robust PHPUnit/Codeception test suite and continuous delivery pipeline for complex licensing-compliance software. He is also an active community contributor and technical writer, having spoken at PHP conferences and authored and peer-reviewed tutorials for SitePoint and Pusher. Based in Thane, Maharashtra, he blends startup-style versatility with enterprise discipline, often bringing research-driven improvements and efficiency to client-facing CRM and compliance products. A less obvious strength is his track record of converting business use-cases into testable technical roadmaps, ensuring features are both valuable and verifiable.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Secondary School Administration/Principalship, First Class, High School, Secondary School Administration/Principalship, First Class at Abhinav VidyalayaBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering, First Class, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering, First Class at University of Mumbai
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (70)
multiselect10
vms10
rest-api10
cakephp10
laravel10
validation10
nette10
psr-710
thephpleague10
rapid10
mvc-framework10
form-builder10
dropdown10
filesystem10
tagging10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
viraj-khatavkar/easy-slug
Jan 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:1 release, 39 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 4 months
laravel-packagelaravelphpslugs
viraj-khatavkar/cakephp-testdummy
Jul 2017 - Sep 2022
A testing library for CakePHP
Contributions:20 commits, 1 PR, 17 pushes in 5 years 2 months
testingphpvotingtesting-librarycakephp
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