SANIA ISHAQ | Sr. WEB & PHP DEVELOPER
Ph. no: +971 562640067
Email:
Portfolio: http://saniaishaq.com/
Dubai, UAE
Aim
I am seeking a career to lead me towards management in a web development environment that will continually challenge my problem solving and analytical skills across a broad spectrum of technologies. Be a part of competitive company, as a part of programming team or position directly related, that would feed my addiction of programming and learning more about it.
Career Summary
· More than 2 years of working experience in Dubai, UAE. Since Aug 2009, I have almost 7 years of experience in structuring, developing and implementing websites and applications. Able to complete projects efficiently and satisfy customers with attractive, user-friendly websites.
· Starting my career as an internee and then developer, helps me learn a lot. Self-learning, studying tutorials, reading blogs became a habit.
· Patience is key to programming because sometimes coded several times cannot work, not all days are meant to code.
· As a team lead, teaching others is the most difficult part. Working in a team able to share your knowledge with others and gaining from them with their experience.
· From 2012,I have been working in a startup “Kickstoro”.Working in a startup was a great experience learning new technologies, decision making, improving style of my working.
· Server management, creating servers in Rackspace, Digital Ocean and Pagodabox is a great achievement for me.
· First graduate in the startup “Plan9” after that our team was selected for Denmark startup.
Areas of Expertise
IT Skills· Markup and Programming Languages / · PHP+MYSQL(Advanced) Object Oriented , MVC and HMVC
· JavaScript + Jquery + AJAX + JSON (Advanced) MOOTOOLS etc.
· REST services / · XHTML,HTML,CSS,HTML5,bootstrap and CSS3
CMS & Frameworks
· Wordpress Expert(creating widgets, theming and plugins) / · Joomla Theming
· Drupal (Recruiter worked with Apache Solr) / · Moodle(Basics)
· Joomla,Magento,Moodle, Website Baker / · Expression Engine(Basics)
· SugarCRM and Lime Surveys / · Company House Output XML
· Code Igniter
· Smarty Templates / · Zend Framework 1
API’s & Payment Gateways
· Facebook Application Expert / · Google Map, Google search
· Yahoo and Bing search API / · Mix panel ,New Relic ,Mandrill
· PayPal , Sage pay ,Barclays Card and others
· Payfort , Mashreq bank and ENBD API
Servers & Cpanel
· Rackspace(Hosting Framework) / · Digital Ocean (Cloud Hosting)
· Pagoda box(Hosting Framework) / · Go daddy, in motion and others
· Bit Bucket (Repository Manager)
· Cloud flare / · Git repository, SVN
Tools
· Putty / · Dream weaver, PHP Designer, Notepad++, GIMP, Open Office, Photoshop(Beginner)
· Windows XP, Linux, Windows 7 / · Filezilla, Xampp, Wamp
Work Experience
ONLINE AUCTION, Dubai UAE (May 2015 to Current date)
Designation: Team lead/ Senior PHP Developer
Responsibilities: Developing Online auction web portal with some other in house projects.
1. Online Auction
URL: https://www.mazadat.ae/
Role: As a team leader I was responsible for developing dynamic Multilanguage online auction portal that is easy to use, responsive and efficient enough to attract users.
Competitors: emiratesauction.ae
Tools: Codeigniter , Smarty templates, Bootstrap, Jquery /Ajax , Firebase, REST api for mobile application and payfort and mashreq bank as payment gateways.
Description: The aim of the project was to build a system that enable auction of different items.
The system is responsive, efficient and easy to use to keep users interest in the auction. Bidders are able to bid in the system despite geographical difficulties. Each bid is saved in the system with timestamp to avoid any mishaps. Auto-bidding feature where user can give a limit and system bids on his behalf.
Challenges:
· Build responsive, easy and efficient system.
· System should resemble to public auction.
· Easy payment modes.
· Keep track of all user/admin activities to avoid any conflicts.
· Generate any-all kind of reports. Currently we have bidding, auto-bidding, payment, items and sold/un-sold item reports.
Third party project: Also developed another dynamic project to allow access to third party to visit and check items in auction and bidding details. This uses same database but with limited permission to keep all the data secured.
In-house project: Developed a project Royal target to maintain the listing and payment management of all properties. This system generates payment reports for all property or any property.
Wadi-al-Noor, Dubai UAE (August 2014 to May 2015)
Designation: Senior PHP Developer (Team lead)
Responsibilities: Developing web based applications from scratch to End product and leading my team towards right direction as a team leader.
Work and Projects:
2. Gmarket24
URL:http://www.gmarket24.com/
Role:As a team leader responsible for developing dynamic online Marketplace and designing efficient MySQL database structure.
Competitors: souq.ae, awok.com
Tools:Code igniter,Smarty templates, Bootstrap, Jquery/Ajax and Sphinx search (server side).
Description: To create a very user friendly and SEO optimized online marketplace using PayPal payment integration.
Key Features: Mobile friendly, SEO optimized followed by google analytics and map, Customized backend (from scratch without using any CMS), Efficient and fast searching results.
3. Aldrofarm
URL:http://www.aldrofarm.com/
Role:Design and developed
Tools:Magento 1.9, Bootstrap, Pay fort payment integration, Juery/JS
4. Misslyn Facebook Application
URL:https://www.facebook.com/misslynpakistan/app_142750032482394
Role:Design and Developed
Tools:Facebook API,Bootstrap, Custom PHP to create admin panel and MYSQL to save data in the database. Works on all platforms including mobiles and tablets.
5. Beauty UK Facebook Application for Mother’s Day
URL:https://www.facebook.com/BUKcosmeticsPakistan/app_401565006697903
Role: Design and Developed
Tools: Facebook API,Bootstrap, Custom PHP to create admin panel and MYSQL to save data in the database. Works on all platforms including mobiles and tablets.
Arfa Software Technology Park, Lahore, Pakistan (December 2012 to August 2014)
Designation: Senior PHP Developer (Team lead)
Responsibilities: Developing web based applications from scratch to End product and leading my team towards right direction as a team leader.
1. Kickstoro
URL:http:// kickstoro.com/
Role: Developed
Tools:Word press
2. Kickstoro Backend
URL:http://stores.kickstoro.com/
Role: Design in bootstrap & Developed
Tools: Zend framework, Bootstrap foundation library and Facebook API.
3. Kickstoro Facebook Application
URL:https://www.facebook.com/KickStoro?sk=app_310645125719667
Role: Developed
Tools: Zend framework, Bootstrap foundation library and Facebook API.
4. Ethnic Couture
URL:http://ethniccouture.net/
Role: Developed
Tools:Word press Theming
5. Shariah Qurbani
URL:http://shariahqurbani.com/
Role: Developed
Tools: Word press Theming
1. Nigro Skyways
URL:http://nigroskywaysjv.com.pk/
Role: Developed
Tools: Word press Theming
Cog soul, Lahore, Pakistan (as a freelancer)
Designation: Senior PHP Developer
Responsibilities: Developing web based applications from scratch to End product.
1. Cog Soul
URL:http://cog-soul.com/
Role: Developed
Tools: Wordpress Theming
2. Jalpary
URL: http://www.jalpary.com/
Role: Developed
Tools: Wordpress Theming
3. Body Art
URL: http://bodyart.ae/
Role: Developed
Tools: Wordpress Theming, creating plugins and widgets with responsiveness.
Intrologix, Lahore, Pakistan (April 2012 to September 2012)
Designation: Senior PHP Developer
Responsibilities: As senior developer I had a team of 3 internees, guiding them from html to PHP.I was responsible for handling international projects, working on ongoing, new projects and CMS
1. Palmer’s Calculator
URL:http://calculator-palmers.je-hosting.co.uk/cal
Role: Developed and designed using CSS
Tools: Custom PHP, simple MVC based.
2. Harris Lipman
URL: http://www.harris-lipman.co.uk/
Role: Developed
Tools:Implemented Payment gateway of Barclays Card.
3. Salhan Online
URL: http://salhan-online.co.uk/
Role: Developed
Tools: Complete feature of Online will system using Zend with PayPal.
4. Redundancy Calculator
URL: http://calculator-palmers.je-hosting.co.uk/redundancy/
Role: Developed
Tools: Custom PHP, simple MVC based.
Freelance Projects:
1. Skype Contacts
URL:http://www.skypecontacts.eu/
Role: Developed
Tools: Wordpress Plugins
2. Mosque Finder
URL:http://muslim-academy.com/usa-mosque-finder/
Role: Developed
Tools: Google Map API to search for mosques nearby.
3. SGS Security
URL:http://reporting.sgs-ltd.com/login.php
Role: Developed and designed using CSS
Tools: Custom PHP, simple MVC based.
Snrweb Solutions, Lahore, Pakistan (February 2009-December 2011)
Designation:Internee and PHP developer
Responsibilities:I was responsible for a project where people can make their own websites for free.Worked in search API of Google, yahoo and Bing .Integration of social networks.
1. Forpk
URL:http://www.forpk.com/
Role: Developed
Tools: Portal developed in Website baker where user can create their own sites.
Education
· B.Sc. (Hons) in computer science with 2nd Division, Affiliation with University of Punjab
· ICS from APWA College with C grade
· Matriculation in Science subjects with A grade
Achievement
· SEM, managing Facebook pages, creating content etc.
· Testing,evaluation,andimprovementofwebsiteperformance.
· SophisticatedCSSandXHTMLthatworksequallywellinallmodernbrowsers,whichreceiveallofthecontentwithsimplifiedstyle.IE6.0,7.0,Firefox,Chrome
· Proficient organizational and management skills.
· Able to work in a team and as an individual.
· Able to work in fast paced environment.
· Good communication skills.
Personal Interests
Reading blogs, searching for new technologies and passion of working in different languages.
Surfing | Traveling | Music | Reading
References
Will be furnished on demand