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Senior Application Developer & DevOps Engineer

Eric Pearson

15+ years modernizing legacy systems and shipping reliable CI/CD pipelines — with deep expertise in PHP, Laravel, and cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS. Now building agentic AI workflows and adapters for open-weight self-hosted models.

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About me

Senior Application Developer and DevOps Engineer with extensive expertise in modernizing legacy systems and implementing advanced CI/CD solutions. Proficient across a diverse range of technologies including PHP, Laravel, and cloud platforms, with a track record of fostering cross-functional collaboration to drive innovation and efficiency. Hands-on with agentic AI workflows and adapters for open-weight self-hosted LLMs — using AI to accelerate delivery without compromising correctness. Committed to leading teams toward seamless technological integration and future-ready solutions.

15+
Years in Software Dev
12
Companies & Teams
8+
Engineers Led
40+
Technologies Mastered

Work experience

Senior Application Developer / DevOps Engineer

Highland Solutions, Inc — Chicago, IL

Feb 2022 – Present

  • Drove significant improvements in the development lifecycle by implementing cutting-edge CI/CD solutions
  • Modernized critical legacy systems, boosting efficiency and reducing technical debt
  • Conducted in-depth analysis of a legacy ZF1 application and executed a strategic PHP upgrade, enhancing stability and security
  • Built agentic AI workflows and authored adapters for open-weight, self-hosted LLMs — integrated agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor) into daily development, validated through code review, tests, and static analysis
  • Led knowledge transfer sessions for a smooth transition from legacy systems to new architecture

Senior Developer

Build Technology Group — Atlanta, GA

2020 – Present

  • Led the conversion of the core production application from PHP to .NET, modernizing the architecture and enabling long-term platform growth
  • Migrated a legacy application to Laravel 8 + VueJS using PHP7 and agile methodologies
  • Built support scripting and automation tools
  • Implemented versioning with Git and GitFlow
  • Migrated to a cloud-based platform for easier maintenance and deployment

Lead Developer

Community Loans of America — Atlanta, GA

2018 – 2020

  • Led an 8+ member web development team across Laravel and SuiteCRM
  • Delivered client-driven custom software suites and add-ons
  • Oversaw release management of software
  • Implemented CI/CD practices

Senior PHP Developer

4Media Online — Deerfield Beach, FL

2016 – 2018

  • Built a modular API and frontend for a dating platform using PHP5/PHP7 and Laravel
  • Built support automation tools for in-house clients (cPanel and domain registrar provisioning)
  • Implemented CI using Jenkins and BDD using Behat + Mink

Senior PHP Developer

CERS – The Learning Experience — Boca Raton, FL

2015

  • Built a multimedia website with backend API using PHP5 and CakePHP
  • Built a cloud-scalable serving platform using AWS and Azure
  • Implemented Agile methodology and Git Flow version control

Senior PHP Developer

KForce — LexisNexis — Boca Raton, FL

2014 – 2015

  • Built a financial application using PHP5 and Zend Framework
  • Used heavy JavaScript for a seamless, app-like experience
  • Used Agile development to prioritize work and set client expectations

Senior PHP Developer

Revelex — Boca Raton, FL

2014

  • Built and enhanced a travel booking aggregation portal using PHP5 and a custom framework
  • Used heavy JavaScript for a seamless, app-like experience

Senior Application Developer

FlexShopper — Boca Raton, FL

2013 – 2014

  • Built a customer service portal using PHP5 and Zend Framework 2
  • Integrated third-party providers for taxation and payment processing
  • Architected scalable systems for billing and amortization

Rapid Development Team

Prolexic Technologies — Hollywood, FL

2012 – 2013

  • Built a self-healing system that provisions Citrix Netscalers
  • Load-balanced provisioning based on custom replication formulas
  • Scanned datacenter system health and triggered rebalancing for unhealthy nodes

Software Developer

Verio — Boca Raton, FL

2010 – 2012

  • Built integration strategies and tools for a hosted email solution using Modern Perl
  • Built integrations with outside data sources and provisioning tools
  • Heavy use of SOAP/XML and XML-RPC for system intercommunication

Skills & technologies

PHP Laravel VueJS Symfony CakePHP Zend Java JavaScript C# C++ Python Ruby Perl BASH Node.js HTML CGI SOAP / REST / XML / JSON Azure AWS Rackspace Ansible RunDeck Jenkins Git / GitFlow Behat / Mink Nagios MySQL SQL Server PostgreSQL SQLite Oracle Redis Neo4J CouchDB Mojolicious ETL Linux / FreeBSD / Windows Agentic AI Workflows Claude Code LLM Adapters Self-Hosted Open-Weight Models Prompt Engineering Vector Databases

Education

Bachelor of Science, Management Information Systems

University of Phoenix – Arizona · Mar 2001 – Mar 2003

Get in touch

Looking to modernize a legacy system, build out CI/CD, bring agentic AI into a Laravel codebase, or grow a PHP team? Let's talk.

eric@totallyfuzzed.com 817-304-1407

Chicago, IL