Experience — Anthony Terrell

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Engineering leader with 9+ years building scalable SaaS platforms and payment systems in PHP/Laravel ecosystems, leveraging AI-augmented development workflows to accelerate delivery and code quality. Led cross-functional teams delivering commerce features with comprehensive A/B testing frameworks. Passionate about clean architecture, developer experience, and mentoring engineers on AI-assisted development practices while shipping high-impact products.

AI & AUGMENTED DEVELOPMENT EXPERTISE

Daily AI Workflow Integration: Utilize Claude, ChatGPT, and GitHub Copilot as core development tools for code generation, refactoring, and problem-solving
Automated Testing: Generate comprehensive test suites using AI, improving coverage and reducing manual testing overhead
Code Quality: Leverage AI for code reviews, security audits, and architectural recommendations
Productivity Multiplier: Accelerate development velocity through intelligent code completion, documentation generation, and debugging assistance
Team Enablement: Champion AI-augmented development practices, training engineers on effective prompt engineering and tool integration

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Backend:

PHP, Laravel, MySQL/MariaDB, REST API Design, Database Architecture

Frontend:

JavaScript, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Tailwind CSS, HTML5, Vite, Webpack

AI & Development:

AI-Augmented Coding, Claude/ChatGPT Integration, Automated Testing Generation, Code Review Automation

Testing & QA:

PHPUnit, Pest, Jest, Laravel Dusk, A/B Testing Frameworks

DevOps & Tools:

GitHub Actions, CI/CD Pipelines, Sentry, Bugsnag, AWS (QuickSight)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lead Senior Software Engineer | ShelterLuv

2020 - Present

Led team of 4 engineers architecting payment infrastructure and third-party commerce integrations, reducing transaction failures by implementing robust retry mechanisms with AI-assisted code generation for edge case handling
Designed and executed A/B testing framework for critical features, enabling data-driven product decisions across the platform
Built comprehensive analytics dashboards in Amazon QuickSight and Metabase, leveraging AI tools to accelerate data pipeline development and providing product team with actionable insights from large-scale datasets
Developed self-service internal tools using Laravel Nova, reducing support ticket volume and increasing team operational efficiency through AI-generated admin interfaces and automation
Architected secure API integrations handling sensitive transaction and settlement data with full PCI compliance considerations, utilizing AI pair programming for security review and vulnerability detection
Implemented AI-augmented development workflows across the team, reducing debugging time and accelerating feature delivery through automated test generation and intelligent code suggestions

Senior Software Engineer | Help Scout

2019 - 2020

Delivered incremental feature releases for enterprise customer support platform, balancing new development with technical debt reduction using AI tools to identify refactoring opportunities
Maintained large-scale custom Symfony application with Twig-driven frontend, ensuring stability for thousands of active users
Contributed to and maintained open source packages, collaborating with external developers on feature requests and bug fixes with AI-assisted documentation generation

Full Stack Developer | Tighten

2017 - 2019

Built accessible, modular web applications using Laravel, Vue.js, and Tailwind CSS for diverse client portfolio
Maintained client relationships through transparent communication and consistent delivery of high-quality solutions
Released backwards-compatible updates to open source packages, growing community adoption

Senior Software Developer | Questex

2015 - 2017

Architected and scaled multi-tenant SaaS eLearning platform using Laravel 5, supporting multiple enterprise clients on shared infrastructure
Designed modular architecture enabling rapid feature deployment and client customization without code duplication