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.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $34k
Billed in all: $513,695$514k
$34k in the last 6 months
Across 14 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
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.
- Yii2396 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #1Top 0.25%🇷🇸#1 of 3
- #34MySQL Programming2,017 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #1Top 2%🇷🇸#1 of 34
- #39HIPAA1,315 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #1Top 3%🇷🇸#1 of 2
- #52Linux3,038 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #2Top 2%🇷🇸#2 of 38
- #76Bootstrap6,899 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #2Top 1%🇷🇸#2 of 88
- #87Tailwind CSS6,978 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #3Top 1%🇷🇸#3 of 70
- #105jQuery8,973 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #2Top 1%🇷🇸#2 of 122
- #183Laravel12,549 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #1Top 1%🇷🇸#1 of 74