Augusto Moreira - Projects & Case Studies

Personal ★ Featured

Professional Portfolio Website

Personal portfolio built to production standards, demonstrating Laravel architecture, DevOps, and CI/CD practices to prospective employers and clients.

Architect & Engineer — Solo Project

Key Impact

✓ Full CI/CD pipeline: test → lint → analyse → Docker build → EC2 deploy
✓ Repository Pattern + Service Layer + DTOs — fully testable architecture
✓ Scalable multi-subdomain platform — Tools Hub hosts 74+ utilities and can grow indefinitely

Completed Feb 2026

PHP 8.5 Laravel 12 MySQL Redis Alpine.js Tailwind CSS 4 Vite Docker Nginx AWS EC2 AWS Route 53 AWS Budgets PHPUnit GitHub Actions Claude AI Cloudflare Git

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Personal ★ Featured

Developer Tools Hub

Production developer utilities platform built to demonstrate product engineering, SEO-driven growth, and zero-infrastructure-cost scaling.

Architect & Engineer — Solo Project

Key Impact

✓ 74+ free browser-side tools — zero server computation, instant results
✓ Full SEO instrumentation: schema.org, OG, XML sitemap on every tool page
✓ Launched at zero additional infrastructure cost on existing cloud resources

Completed Apr 2026

PHP 8.5 Laravel 12 Alpine.js 3.15 Tailwind CSS v4 Vite 7 DOMPurify Redis 7 Docker PHPUnit GitHub Actions AWS EC2

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SME ★ Featured

Legacy PHP Modernization — Cloud Migration

Legacy PHP monolith modernisation for clients in Portugal, with full cloud migration to AWS ECS/RDS.

PHP Architect

Key Impact

✓ Migrated legacy PHP monoliths to AWS ECS/RDS with zero downtime
✓ RedisJson caching eliminated hot-path DB queries, cutting response times significantly
✓ Led technical hiring, onboarding, and end-to-end delivery across full migration lifecycle

Completed Jun 2025

PHP MySQL AWS ECS AWS RDS RedisJson REST API Docker

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Hotel Management System (HMS)

Product engineering on RoomRaccoon's core HMS serving hotels across Europe under strict SOLID/OOP standards.

Senior PHP Back-End Developer

Key Impact

✓ Delivered new HMS modules — reservations, billing, and housekeeping — to production
✓ Refactored legacy PHP reducing technical debt across core billing workflows
✓ Collaborated in international Agile team shipping fortnightly with zero regression incidents

Completed Jan 2024

PHP MySQL Vue.js JavaScript Git MVC

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Enterprise ★ Featured

ERP System & SysAdmin (RPS Group)

Mid-size engineering consultancy (Tetra Tech company) running a legacy PHP/SQL Server ERP for 500+ staff across UK and Ireland offices.

Full Stack PHP Developer & SysAdmin

Key Impact

✓ Delivered PHP 8.2 upskilling programme for 10+ engineers
✓ Automated repetitive IT workflows via PowerShell
✓ Managed Azure AD identity for 500+ staff

Completed May 2023

PHP SQL Server JavaScript PowerShell .NET Azure SQL Azure AD MVC

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Enterprise ★ Featured

Desk Booking System (RPS Group)

Post-COVID hybrid return requiring a scalable, self-serve desk booking solution across all RPS Group offices in Ireland.

Product Engineer

Key Impact

✓ Replaced costly off-the-shelf solution with custom platform
✓ Multi-office floor-plan editor with role-based admin
✓ Passwordless magic-link auth — no password management overhead

Completed Mar 2023

PHP SQL Server JavaScript Bootstrap jQuery MVC

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Scale-up ★ Featured

Travel, Miles & Loyalty Platform (123 Milhas)

High-traffic travel and miles platform processing millions of BRL in transactions monthly; legacy PHP 5.x codebase with no test coverage.

PHP Developer

Key Impact

✓ PHP 5.x → 8.1 migration with zero downtime
✓ P95 API latency reduced 40% via index & query rewrites
✓ Multi-gateway payment layer unifying PIX, Cielo, PagSeguro

Completed May 2021

PHP SQL Server REST API JavaScript Bootstrap jQuery Cielo PagSeguro PIX Livelo API LATAM Pass API Smiles API Load Balancer Cron MVC

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Enterprise

Telecom Internal Systems Suite (Telemont)

Greenfield internal systems and full network infrastructure management for a 1,000+ user telecom company in Brazil.

Full Stack PHP Developer & Network Administrator

Key Impact

✓ Built Helpdesk, IT Asset Control, and Ocomon ticketing from scratch — replaced manual processes
✓ Administered Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Exchange for 1,000+ user network
✓ Automated SLA breach notifications and asset audit reporting via scheduled cron jobs

Completed Jul 2018

PHP SQL Server JavaScript Bootstrap jQuery Cron Active Directory Microsoft Exchange

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