Anthony Protano

Senior Software Developer

Senior software developer with 6+ years of experience building dependable web applications using Laravel and Vue. Focused on maint…

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Experience

Senior Software Developer

Clevyr, Inc.

Oklahoma City, OK (Remote)

June 2023 - Present

2 yrs 4 mos

  • Serve as lead maintainer for a large, continuously evolving Laravel / Vue application—owning stability, feature delivery, and long-term system health for over two years.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex production issues in legacy and modern codebases, applying root-cause analysis and durable fixes that prevent recurrence.
  • Guide improvements across 25+ repositories by managing dependencies, CI/CD pipelines, and consistent version control standards.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to scope and implement new features, balancing reliability with incremental delivery.
  • Introduced Sentry for centralized error tracking and Laravel Shift for automated upgrades, reducing manual maintenance and improving release confidence.
  • Maintain legacy features through targeted fixes and incremental improvements, ensuring consistent performance and long-term stability.
Toolkit
PHPLaravelJavaScriptTypeScript

Portfolio support modernization

Pulled support, maintenance, and feature requests into one flow with clear expectations.

Project impact

Problem

Triage, upkeep, and new work were coming through different channels, so priority issues kept getting buried.

Contribution

Consolidated everything into a single board, ran daily triage passes, kept the fragile SOAP-heavy app stable, and still shipped the backlog’s high-leverage fixes.

Impact

Held responses inside two days, quotes around five days, and approved fixes inside roughly 10 days while keeping clients in the loop.

Team Lead - Senior Software Developer

Leasecake

Winter Park, FL (Remote)

September 2022 - June 2023

9 mos

  • Designed and implemented a backend architecture for a complex data visualization feature using Laravel, integrating efficiently with Vue.js on the frontend.
  • Mentored a developer through the UI implementation process, promoting maintainable code practices and consistency across the project.
  • Optimized time-series queries, improving performance by approximately 70% through targeted SQL refactoring and query analysis.
  • Strengthened frontend testing coverage and introduced Laravel Pint for automated code formatting, improving team consistency and code quality.
  • Contributed to planning and technical discussions for the companyʼs Vue 3 migration, supporting a smooth transition path for future development.
Toolkit
PHPLaravelJavaScriptTypeScript

Lease analytics dashboard

Guided a brand-new team through delivering the dashboard that Leasecake needed for investor conversations.

Project impact

Problem

Leadership needed a metrics dashboard in about four months, but none of us had deep domain context and the data volume was steep.

Contribution

Led planning and mentoring, built the metric engine, and kept the squad focused so we shipped in roughly four and a half months.

Impact

Launched the dashboard in production—crunching big datasets in ~3–6 seconds—and gave execs something solid to carry into the fundraising tour.

Senior Software Developer

Clevyr, Inc.

Oklahoma City, OK (Remote)

October 2020 - September 2022

1 yr 11 mos

  • Architected and launched a digital mental-health intake platform using Laravel, Vue 3, and InertiaJS, delivering a stable MVP and ongoing enhancements post-launch.
  • Led a four-person development team on an interactive 3D event platform built with React and Three.js, coordinating timelines and ensuring reliable feature delivery.
  • Scoped and directed a fintech mobile-app rewrite from Vue Cordova to Flutter, aligning stakeholders and handing off a production-ready MVP.
  • Mentored developers across Laravel, PHP, and Vue ecosystems, promoting best practices in testing, structure, and maintainability.
Toolkit
PHPLaravelJavaScriptTypeScript

Virtual event platform refresh

Shipped the refreshed virtual event front end under a razor-thin deadline the client imposed.

Project impact

Problem

The 3D environment refresh had a fixed launch date, lots of moving parts, and a front-end crew that needed day-to-day direction once backend work wrapped.

Contribution

Coordinated the front-end devs, kept stakeholders aligned, unblocked issues, and still contributed morning coding sessions on critical pieces.

Impact

Rolled out on the agreed deadline, the 3D front-end experience ran without a hitch, and the client signed off without requesting follow-up fixes.

Full Stack Developer

Clevyr, Inc.

Oklahoma City, OK

September 2019 - October 2020

1 yr 1 mo

  • Built a single-page application for a national sports organization using Vue 2, Vuex, SCSS, and Bootstrap, implementing real-time state handling and responsive layouts.
  • Developed and enhanced features across multiple WordPress sites using Advanced Custom Fields, custom post types, and Gutenberg blocks.
  • Delivered full-stack features in Laravel and Vue within a Kanban workflow, coordinating with design and QA teams to ensure timely, high-quality releases.
  • Conducted manual browser testing and resolved cross-browser compatibility issues prior to deployment.
Toolkit
PHPLaravelJavaScriptVue.js

Full-Stack Laravel Developer

Liquid Fish

Oklahoma City, OK

May 2018 - September 2019

1 yr 4 mos

  • Developed a Vue-based online ordering platform with server-side rendering and Algolia search, delivering a responsive and performant customer experience.
  • Integrated third-party APIs including Stripe, Heartland, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to support payments, subscriptions, and social engagement features.
  • Enhanced the companyʼs in-house CMS by adding publishing workflows, role management, and analytics tools to improve usability and content oversight.
Toolkit
PHPLaravelJavaScriptVue.js

Contract PHP Developer

Century Martial Arts

Oklahoma City, OK

January 2018 - May 2018

4 mos

  • Migrated the Black Belt Magazine website from a legacy WordPress stack to a modern hosting platform, improving site stability, security, and content management.
  • Built a real-time event sign-in kiosk system using Slim PHP and Vue.js with WebSocket communication, enabling synchronized check-ins across kiosks and dashboards.
Toolkit
PHPSlim PHPJavaScriptVue.js

Skills & Tools

Senior software developer focused on dependable delivery, testing discipline, and collaborative engineering environments.

Core Stack

The tools I reach for first when building, shipping, and validating modern web products.

Core Focus

Backend Platform

  • PHP
  • Laravel

Active across 6 roles · Clevyr, Inc. · Leasecake · Liquid Fish

Core Focus

Frontend Application

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Vue.js

Active across 6 roles · Clevyr, Inc. · Leasecake · Liquid Fish

Core Focus

Interface Layer

  • CSS
  • Tailwind CSS

Active across 6 roles · Clevyr, Inc. · Liquid Fish · Century Martial Arts

Supporting Toolkit

Everything that rounds out delivery around the core stack.

Product Engineering

  • HTML5
  • SCSS
  • InertiaJS
  • WordPress
  • Slim PHP
  • Vuex

Data & Integrations

  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Algolia
  • API integrations
  • CMS architecture
  • MariaDB
  • SQL tuning
  • Stripe
  • WebSockets

Delivery & Platform Operations

  • Composer
  • Docker
  • GitHub
  • npm
  • Git
  • GitHub Actions
  • Webpack
  • Laravel Shift
  • Renovatebot
  • Sentry
  • Vite

Quality Automation

  • Pest
  • PHPUnit
  • ESLint
  • Laravel Pint
  • Jest
  • PHP-CS-Fixer
  • PHPStan / Larastan
  • RectorPHP
  • Stylelint
  • Vitest

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