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Binod L.

Senior Platform Architect | Drupal, Headless CMS, Next.js & AI Systems

✔️ Decade+ Experience, 32K+ Upwork Hours ✔️ AI-Powered Code Audits & Reviews ✔️ SaaS Development Using AI ✔️ Legacy Platform Modernization ✔️ CI/CD Pipelines & DevOps Workflows ✔️ Drupal, WordPress, Laravel, PHP & Next.js I help companies build, modernize, and stabilize production web platforms — combining 10+ years of senior engineering experience with AI-assisted development to deliver faster without sacrificing architecture, security, or maintainability. My background is deeply rooted in Drupal, WordPress, Laravel, PHP, SaaS, and complex web platforms. Today, I also work extensively with AI-assisted engineering, Next.js, React, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and modern DevOps workflows. AI has dramatically accelerated software development. But generating code quickly and operating a reliable production system are two different things. That is where I bring the most value. What I Can Help You With AI-Powered Development & Code Audits Building with modern AI development tools and reviewing AI-generated or existing codebases for architecture, security, performance, correctness, and maintainability before small problems become expensive production issues. SaaS & Custom Platform Development Designing and building SaaS products, business applications, APIs, integrations, subscription systems, dashboards, and complex workflows using AI-assisted development backed by senior architectural oversight. Legacy Platform Modernization Modernizing Drupal, WordPress, Laravel, and legacy PHP applications onto secure and maintainable foundations — including Drupal 7 migrations, major CMS upgrades, API-first architectures, and headless implementations using Next.js and React. Technical Architecture & Development Leadership Helping teams make the right architectural decisions, review implementations, solve difficult production problems, and turn incomplete or AI-generated applications into reliable production systems. CI/CD, Cloud & DevOps Designing deployment pipelines, Docker environments, AWS infrastructure, monitoring, hosting architecture, and production workflows so teams can ship quickly and reliably. Security, Accessibility & Compliance Security-focused development informed by my Master's in Cybersecurity, along with ADA/WCAG accessibility implementation and development practices supporting HIPAA, SOC 2, and GDPR requirements. Experience You Can Rely On I've spent more than a decade working on production systems and have completed 30,000+ hours of work through Upwork, including engagements with Upwork Enterprise clients. My experience includes work for organizations such as New York University, the University of New South Wales, and ADRC Wyoming, along with SaaS companies, nonprofits, agencies, and businesses operating complex digital platforms. I hold a Master's degree in Cybersecurity from Utica College, which brings an additional security and risk-management perspective to the systems I architect and review. Technical Stack Backend & CMS: Drupal, WordPress, Laravel, PHP, Python/Flask Frontend: Next.js, React, Vue.js, JavaScript, TypeScript Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Docker, CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Platform.sh, Pantheon, WP Engine, Linux/Nginx Engineering: REST APIs, MySQL, Git, architecture reviews, code audits, performance optimization, technical SEO, accessibility, security If you're building something new, modernizing something old, or have an AI-assisted application that needs an experienced engineer to take it the final 20% into production, let's talk.

🇺🇸Maspeth, United States$75/hr100% JSS4.87 (132)Since Jul 2015

Earnings and projects

MRR
$6.1k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#3,722 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,370 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$4.1k

Last 6 months: $37k

World#7,895 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#2,288 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$1.40M

Billed in all: $1.50M

World#244 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#129 / 62.1k
Per project
$6k

$2.8k in the last 6 months

World#28,827 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#4,741 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
13
23% fixed77% hourly
World#12,441 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#2,014 / 62.1k
Projects in all
233

Across 254 contracts

38% fixed62% hourly
World#7,667 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,382 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$1.5M+$4.1k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$1.5M$1.5M$1.5M$1.5MOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 0.86% in WordPress

Top 1% in 3 of 15 skills, ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #7Security Analysis357 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 2%
  2. #9Drupal1,033 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #3Top 0.87%
  3. #20Twilio API710 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #5Top 3%
  4. #104RESTful API6,064 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #20Top 2%
  5. #112Angular6,816 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #16Top 2%
  6. #121SaaS6,440 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #33Top 2%
  7. #130HTML514,581 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #32Top 0.89%
  8. #158Laravel12,549 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #32Top 1%