Dmitry Gaponenko

Dmitry Gaponenko — Senior Fullstack Engineer & Tech Lead

I’m Dmitry Gaponenko. I build products with PHP/Laravel and Vue/Nuxt, PostgreSQL, Docker and CI/CD, from APIs and data models to interfaces and deployment. 6+ years of commercial experience, team leadership at DitLabs and Flyvert, and open-source work used by the Laravel community.
Explore my work
  • PHP / Laravel
  • Vue 3 / Nuxt 4
  • TypeScript
  • Inertia / Nuxt UI
  • PostgreSQL / MySQL
  • Redis / Horizon
  • Docker / CI/CD
  • OpenAPI
  • PHPUnit / Pest
  • Stripe / Cashier
  • Filament
  • Laravel Forge

Products, code and people

Dmitry Gaponenko (Дмитрий Гапоненко, pepperfm) is a Senior Fullstack Engineer and Tech Lead specialising in PHP/Laravel and Vue/Nuxt, SQL (PostgreSQL and MySQL), Docker and CI/CD. I build Laravel and Vue products and lead development teams. At DitLabs, I led three developers, reviewed their code and participated in hiring; at Flyvert, I led three frontend developers. I also maintain filament-json and develop Streams Panel.

Work experience

Commercial PHP/Laravel roles, including Vue interfaces, MySQL and Docker. Parallel employment is stated explicitly.

  1. Aug 2024 – May 2026

    DitLabs

    Fullstack Developer

    Built Laravel/Vue products, led three developers and deployed through Laravel Forge.YouMotion and Korupharma: Laravel APIs, Vue/Inertia admin interfaces, payments, search and background processing. Led three developers, reviewed code, participated in hiring and deployed with Laravel Forge.

  2. Aug 2024 – Mar 2025

    TargetHunter

    PHP Developer

    Rebuilt a legacy application on Laravel with TDD, alongside my role at DitLabs.Parallel employment alongside DitLabs. Rebuilt a custom legacy application on Laravel 11 using TDD, PHPUnit/Pest and shared code review and formatting practices.

  3. Aug 2023 – Mar 2024

    qubeek.io

    Web Developer

    Built municipal applications with Laravel and Vue 3, partly alongside Rang Intellect.Parallel employment during part of my time at Rang Intellect. Built municipal projects with Laravel and Vue 3, event-data integrations and user appeal workflows.

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  1. Dec 2022 – Nov 2023

    Rang Intellect

    PHP Developer

    Developed backend logic and APIs for frontend applications, ERP integrations and data processing with Laravel, MySQL and Laravel Nova.

  2. Sep 2021 – Jun 2022

    Game Insight

    PHP Developer

    Integrated Helpshift, AppsFlyer and Flurry with internal ERP systems. Built a Laravel Nova employee service with Jira data imports.

  3. Jul 2020 – Sep 2021

    Vertical

    PHP Developer

    Maintained and refactored an internal Laravel CRM: product catalogues, packaging, boxes and containers, and contract shipment workflows.

  4. Nov 2020 – Jul 2021

    Flyvert

    PHP Developer

    Parallel employment alongside Vertical. Led three frontend developers and built APIs for a React client, authentication and roles, Stripe/Cashier payments and a WebSocket chat.

  5. May 2019 – Nov 2020

    Project work

    PHP Developer

    Maintained and refactored applications, developed APIs for a Vue frontend and rebuilt an administration panel with Vue.js.

Skills — PHP, Laravel, Vue, Nuxt, SQL/PostgreSQL, Docker, CI/CD

  • PHP 8.x / Laravel
  • Vue 3 / Nuxt 4 / TypeScript
  • Inertia / Nuxt UI / SSR
  • PostgreSQL / MySQL / MongoDB
  • Redis / Horizon / background jobs
  • Reverb / WebSocket
  • Docker / Linux / Nginx
  • GitHub Actions / GitLab CI/CD / Laravel Forge
  • REST / OpenAPI / OAuth / Sanctum / Passport
  • Stripe / Cashier / YooKassa
  • Meilisearch / Scout / S3
  • PHPUnit / Pest / TDD / PHPStan / Pint
  • Filament / Nova / MoonShine
  • Team leadership / code review / hiring participation

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