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Luka C.

Luka C.

Full Stack Web Developer

💻 Full Stack Engineer | PHP (Yii2, Laravel), MySQL, JavaScript, Tailwind | 10+ Years Experience I’m a Full Stack Developer & Team Lead with nearly a decade of experience building high-performance web platforms, CRMs, and e-commerce systems. Over the years, I’ve led teams of 15+ developers and delivered scalable, maintainable solutions used by thousands of customers across health, wellness, and subscription-based industries. 🧠 Core Skills Backend: PHP (Yii2, Laravel, custom frameworks), MySQL, RESTful APIs, queue jobs, payment integrations (Authorize.Net, CyberSource, Stripe) Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript (ES6+), jQuery, Alpine.js, TailwindCSS, Bootstrap, responsive design Architecture: Custom CRM systems, subscription platforms, API integrations, multi-site setups (WordPress + Yii2/Laravel) DevOps & Tools: Git, Bitbucket Pipelines, SiteGround, Linux servers, performance optimization Leadership: Team management, code reviews, process automation, task planning, and mentoring junior developers ⚙️ What I Do Best Design and develop custom CRMs and admin dashboards with strong backend logic and clean front-end execution Integrate third-party APIs for payments, shipping, and automation (e.g., Klaviyo, Tellescope, Cybersource) Lead full-cycle development — from architecture and database design to launch and post-deployment optimization Improve subscription approval rates through better payment logic, tokenization, and retry strategies Manage multi-site ecosystems with shared authentication, role systems, and centralized data layers 🌍 How I Work Independent but collaborative: I can work solo or lead teams efficiently. I’ve shipped large projects from scratch, coordinating with designers, PMs, and executives across multiple time zones. Detail-oriented: My code is organized, well-documented, and built for long-term maintainability. Adaptive: While PHP is my core, I regularly extend into JavaScript, and modern front-end workflows.

🇷🇸Sirig, Serbia$50/hr100% JSS5.00 (13)Since Sep 2016

Earnings and projects

MRR
$5.7k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#4,268 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#42 / 4,015
Revenue, last 30 days
$5.8k

Last 6 months: $34k

World#4,307 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#51 / 4,015
Total earnings
$504k

Billed in all: $514k

World#2,707 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#35 / 4,015
Per project
$126k

$34k in the last 6 months

World#100 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#2 / 4,015
Projects, last 6 months
1
0% fixed100% hourly
World#128,092 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#1,119 / 4,015
Projects in all
4

Across 14 contracts

0% fixed100% hourly
World#283,741 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#3,078 / 4,015

Earnings, last 30 days

$514k+$5.8k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$505k$510k$515kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: #1 in 1 skill of 14

Rarest: top 0.25% in Yii2, of 396. Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. 1Yii2396 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #1Top 0.25%
  2. #34MySQL Programming2,017 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #1Top 2%
  3. #39HIPAA1,315 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #1Top 3%
  4. #52Linux3,038 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #2Top 2%
  5. #76Bootstrap6,899 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #2Top 1%
  6. #87Tailwind CSS6,978 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #3Top 1%
  7. #105jQuery8,973 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #2Top 1%
  8. #183Laravel12,549 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #1Top 1%