Senior Laravel Technical Lead
for AI-driven SaaS Teams
I architect multi-tenant Laravel platforms that scale past 100K monthly users, ship GPT-class automations, and keep uptime at 99.9%. Recent wins include cutting API latency by 70%, hardening AI pipelines across OpenAI and Claude, and mentoring distributed squads to production readiness.
- AI automation playbooks for SaaS founders and product teams
- Full-stack delivery across Laravel, React, Vue, and infrastructure
- Hands-on leadership guiding engineers with TDD and DevOps guardrails
Austin Opia
Senior Laravel Engineer · Technical Lead
“Austin has a rare ability to architect scalable solutions while obsessing over user experience. His professionalism sets the pace for every team he joins.”
“He troubleshoots complex back-end issues fast and explains the fix to non-technical stakeholders. Austin is the collaborator you want on critical SaaS builds.”
“He produces clean, maintainable Laravel code and anticipates issues before they surface. Austin is the go-to developer when enterprise delivery is on the line.”
Portfolio
Featured Laravel & AI Work
Enterprise-grade applications built with Laravel, React, and AI integrations.
Mini Wallet Real-Time Transfers
SaaSLaravel + Vue wallet platform with concurrency-safe transfers, live balances, and Pusher-powered dashboards.
OpiaTranslate Chrome AI Extension
AIChrome extension powered by Gemini Nano for instant multi-language translation with an elegant React UI.
Mactay Consulting Recruitment SaaS
SaaSScaled MyJobMag's Laravel SaaS to automate recruiter pipelines, assessments, and enterprise analytics.
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Expertise
End-to-end engineering,
from API to deployment
Eight years of shipping production software means I can own the full stack — architecture decisions, implementation, and the infrastructure behind it.
Laravel Backend & APIs
RESTful and GraphQL APIs with Sanctum/Passport auth, job queues, webhooks, and full Pest test coverage.
Real-Time Applications
WebSocket-powered apps with Laravel Echo, Reverb, and Pusher for live dashboards, notifications, and chat.
AI & LLM Integration
OpenAI, Claude, and LangChain integrations — RAG pipelines, vector embeddings, and AI-assisted workflows.
Web3 & Smart Contracts
Solidity contracts, dApp frontends, and Laravel bridges to EVM-compatible blockchain networks.
SaaS & Multi-Tenancy
Subscription billing with Cashier, tenant isolation, role-based permissions, and white-label deployments.
DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure
AWS, Forge, Vapor, and Docker deployments with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and horizontal auto-scaling.
Engineering quality
Clean, expressive,
production-ready code
Every project follows SOLID principles, Domain-Driven Design patterns, and rigorous test coverage. Code that's a pleasure to maintain and extend.
- Repository & Service patterns for separation of concerns
- Event-driven architecture with Laravel queues
- Feature & unit tests with Pest PHP
- OpenAPI / Swagger documentation
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<span style="color:#569CD6">use</span> <span style="color:#4EC9B0">App\Events\OrderPlaced</span>;
<span style="color:#569CD6">use</span> <span style="color:#4EC9B0">App\Repositories\OrderRepository</span>;
<span style="color:#569CD6">class</span> <span style="color:#4EC9B0">OrderService</span>
{
<span style="color:#569CD6">public function</span> <span style="color:#DCDCAA">__construct</span>(
<span style="color:#569CD6">private readonly</span> <span style="color:#4EC9B0">OrderRepository</span> <span style="color:#9CDCFE">$orders</span>,
) {}
<span style="color:#569CD6">public function</span> <span style="color:#DCDCAA">place</span>(<span style="color:#4EC9B0">PlaceOrderDTO</span> <span style="color:#9CDCFE">$dto</span>): <span style="color:#4EC9B0">Order</span>
{
<span style="color:#569CD6">return</span> <span style="color:#4EC9B0">DB</span>::<span style="color:#DCDCAA">transaction</span>(<span style="color:#569CD6">function</span> () <span style="color:#569CD6">use</span> (<span style="color:#9CDCFE">$dto</span>) {
<span style="color:#9CDCFE">$order</span> = <span style="color:#9CDCFE">$this</span>-><span style="color:#9CDCFE">orders</span>-><span style="color:#DCDCAA">create</span>(<span style="color:#9CDCFE">$dto</span>);
<span style="color:#4EC9B0">OrderPlaced</span>::<span style="color:#DCDCAA">dispatch</span>(<span style="color:#9CDCFE">$order</span>);
<span style="color:#569CD6">return</span> <span style="color:#9CDCFE">$order</span>;
});
}
}Stack
Technical expertise
8+ years of expertise across the full stack — from database schema to CI/CD pipeline.
Community
Leadership & giving back
Driving technical excellence, mentoring, and knowledge sharing across developer communities worldwide.
Community Initiatives
Building inclusive, growth-focused spaces.
- Founded and lead a 120+ member Discord hub championing “Build in Public” collaboration.
- Host recurring skill challenges spanning MERN, LAMP, and the TALL stack to keep engineers shipping.
- Curate a weekly tech newsletter reaching 200+ builders with actionable insights.
Technical Contributions
Amplifying engineering culture and thought leadership.
- Founder & Host of TechTalkWithAlex, spotlighting practitioners shaping the future of software.
- Regular keynote speaker at Laravel meetups and PHP conferences across multiple regions.
- Mentored 20+ junior engineers into production-ready contributors for SaaS teams.
Let's work together
Ready to scale your digital products?
Let's collaborate on resilient Laravel backends, animated React frontends, or AI-powered experiences that ship fast and stay fast.