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Lotto Logic — SaaS engineering

Symfony · PHP · MongoDB · Git CI · AWS

Improved release confidence and backend maintainability inside a live SaaS product with ongoing delivery pressure.

Challenge

The platform needed safer releases and cleaner backend structure without disrupting a live SaaS roadmap.

Result

Releases became more predictable, backend changes were easier to ship with confidence, and the codebase became easier to extend without compounding legacy risk.

What I did

  • Added PHPUnit coverage to key backend paths with the highest regression risk
  • Implemented CI checks around build and release workflows
  • Refactored legacy backend modules into cleaner reusable components
  • Improved performance in slow backend areas that affected day-to-day delivery

Key outcomes

  • Introduced PHPUnit coverage around critical backend flows to lower regression risk during releases
  • Implemented Git-based CI pipelines so deployments were more repeatable and easier to trust
  • Refactored legacy backend code into smaller reusable modules to reduce maintenance friction
  • Improved backend performance in production while preserving delivery cadence