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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