Application manager · PHP/Symfony backend

I design and secure business-critical applications.

Senior PHP / Symfony backend engineer and Symfony developer, 5+ years in Rabat. I design APIs, integrate external services and ship business platforms to production.

Rabat, Morocco
Open to remote work and international mobility
French C1 · English B2 · Native Arabic

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PHP 8Symfony 5–7REST APIsDoctrineDockerCI/CDPostgreSQLMySQLRabbitMQRedisMessenger

01 / Impact at a glance

A production-first profile.

5+ years of PHP/Symfony backend experience

3 to 6 people technical team led

End to end business platforms, from analysis to production

02 / Case studies

Products built for real operations.

Energy, real estate, production systems, mobility and local business — with the role, constraints and technical decisions made explicit.

Energy · Subscription & Petit Pro01

OHM Énergie

Residential subscription and Petit Pro: electricity, gas and dual, across web, phone and back-office.

ProblemKeep the same rules on two products and three channels, including outside the national network and for a company identity.

ContributionSenior PHP/Symfony then application manager: journeys, integrations, sprints and production releases.

ResultTwo public platforms in production, with payment, CRM and energy-network integrations.

StackPHP 7.4 · Symfony 5 · MySQL · Docker

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Real estate · National platform02

Milkiya

Platform for the independent-agent network: property search, agent workspace, mandates and listing distribution.

ProblemCentralize properties, mandates, commissions and portals (Avito, Mubawab, Sarouty) in one system.

ContributionConception, Symfony API, agent intranet and delivery through to production.

ResultNationwide platform live, with REST APIs, JWT and multi-portal distribution.

StackPHP 7.4 · Symfony 5.4 · API Platform · PostgreSQL

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Production · Legacy migration03

Collection Souvenir

Commemorative-product business platform: Symfony 3.4 to Symfony 7 migration, shipped to production.

ProblemA critical shop-floor app stuck on Symfony 3.4, while remaining in production.

ContributionLegacy analysis, PHP 8.3 / Symfony 7 port, shop floor, clients and API.

ResultShop floor, clients and API shipped to production on PHP 8.3 / Symfony 7.

StackPHP 8.3 · Symfony 7.1 · Doctrine 3

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Mobility · SaaS04

Nexora Rent

Multi-tenant SaaS for rental agencies — personal project. Operations back-office largely in place.

ProblemIsolate each agency while centralizing fleet, contracts and payments.

ContributionProduct design and full-stack: Symfony 7.4 modular monolith, multi-tenant, CI.

ResultDashboard, planning, fleet, reservations, contracts, payments, invoices and maintenance. Card payments and 2FA still open.

StackPHP 8.3 · Symfony 7.4 · MySQL

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Beauty · Local brand05

Maison Jawhara

Beauty salon in Témara: digital brand built from scratch, not just a website.

ProblemMake a new salon visible in the neighbourhood: search, social, directions, booking.

ContributionFrom scratch: website, Instagram, Google listing, Meta campaigns, TikTok and brand consistency.

ResultPublic presence: showcase, Maps, Instagram, Meta Pixel and short-form video.

ChannelsWeb · Instagram · Google Business · Meta Ads · TikTok

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03 / What I bring

Reliability, backend performance, application leadership.

What teams expect from a senior engineer who can own an application.

Production reliability

Incident analysis, safer user journeys and controlled production releases.

Backend performance

SQL optimization, high-volume processing and API design.

Application leadership

Technical coordination, code review, planning and business communication.

04 / Experience

Engineering depth. Delivery ownership.

Case studies cover the products. This section covers the role, job by job.

Aug 2026 — Present

Application Manager

OHM Énergie · France / Morocco

Responsibilities

Sprint leadership and coordination of a 3–6 person team.
Code reviews, technical coordination and reporting with the Product Owner.
Production-release preparation and pre-production / production follow-up.
Incident analysis and operational follow-up on critical journeys.

Outcomes

Application delivery across web, phone and back-office channels.
Quality coordination and release readiness.

Technical environment

PHP 7.4 · Symfony 5 · MySQL · Docker · Jira · Scrum

PHP / Symfony Engineer

Collection Souvenir · Canada · Symfony 3.4 → 7 migration

Responsibilities

Analysis of the legacy business platform (Symfony 3.4, shop-floor and client bundles).
Port to PHP 8.3 / Symfony 7: production jobs, operators, orders, API.
Quality bar on the new stack (PHPStan, Rector, PHP CS Fixer, CI).

Outcomes

Migration shipped to production: shop floor, clients and API run on Symfony 7.
Three surfaces kept: production back-office, client / funeral-home workspace, API.

Technical environment

PHP 8.3 · Symfony 7.1 · Doctrine 3 · Messenger · Twig · PHPStan · Rector · GitHub Actions

Feb 2025 — Aug 2026

Senior PHP / Symfony

OHM Énergie · France / Morocco

Responsibilities

Built Symfony features for residential and Petit Pro subscription journeys.
Designed and consumed REST APIs.
Contributed to code reviews and production-incident analysis.

Outcomes

Payment, Open Banking, CRM, network-operator and messaging integrations.
Designed and integrated ELD journeys for the R-GDS area in Strasbourg and Bas-Rhin.

Technical environment

PHP 7.4 · Symfony 5 · MySQL · Docker · REST APIs

Jan 2023 — Jan 2025

PHP / Symfony Software Engineer

ALTEN Morocco · ManyMore & NOVA

Responsibilities

REST API development and maintenance of business modules.
SQL optimization and production-incident analysis.
Automated tests and CI/CD improvements.

Outcomes

REST APIs for a wealth-management SaaS and optimization of complex SQL workloads.
Maintenance of hospital modules covering patient records, billing and laboratory workflows.
PHPUnit coverage and continuous-integration improvements.

Technical environment

PHP · Symfony · SQL · PHPUnit · CI/CD

Oct 2021 — Dec 2022

PHP / Symfony Software Engineer

HiiT Co · Milkiya · Full-time · Casablanca-Settat

Responsibilities

Continued, after the end-of-studies internship, the design and development of the Milkiya platform.
Developed secure REST APIs and related business modules.

Outcomes

Modules for properties, mandates, agents, commissions, compensation and multi-level referrals.
Avito, Mubawab and Sarouty integrations for listing publication and synchronization.
Delivery improvements with RabbitMQ, Redis, PHPUnit, Docker and GitHub CI/CD.

Technical environment

PHP 7.4 · Symfony 5.4 · API Platform · PostgreSQL · RabbitMQ · Redis · Docker

Apr 2021 — Sep 2021

Backend Developer Intern

HiiT Co · Milkiya · End-of-studies internship · Morocco

Responsibilities

Gathered requirements and wrote functional and technical specifications.
Contributed to service architecture and backend development.

Outcomes

First deliveries of a real-estate management system, from analysis through to code.

Technical environment

Symfony · API Platform · Jira · Git · Docker · Rundeck · Scrum

05 / Expertise

A backend stack built for delivery.

Technical stack

Six domains, readable by a technical recruiter.

Production versions range from PHP 7.4 / Symfony 5.4 to PHP 8.3 / Symfony 7.4, visible in the case studies. Full profile: senior Symfony developer in Rabat.

Backend

PHP 8 · Symfony 5–7 · API Platform · Doctrine · EasyAdmin · Twig

Architecture and integration

REST · Webhooks · Asynchronous processing · Modular architecture · Hexagonal architecture · DDD

Data and performance

PostgreSQL · MySQL · MariaDB · Redis · SQL optimization

Messaging and integrations

RabbitMQ · Third-party APIs · Payment · CRM · Open Banking

Quality and delivery

PHPUnit · Code review · CI/CD · Git · Jira · Scrum

Infrastructure and operations

Docker · Linux · Nginx · Apache · Jenkins · Logs · Monitoring · Incident analysis

Productivity and development-assistance tools

ChatGPT · Cursor · Claude. Used with review, tests and human validation.

Education

State Engineering Degree in Computer Engineering

École Marocaine des Sciences de l’Ingénieur (EMSI) · 2021

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering

International University of Rabat (UIR) · 2019

Languages

06 / Contact

Looking for a senior PHP/Symfony engineer who can own an application?

I am open to senior backend roles, application ownership and freelance missions, in Morocco or internationally.

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