james@portfolio:~
$ whoami
James

James

Engineering Manager

$ cat about.txt

A responsible and well-motivated individual who takes great pride in his work. A person who likes to learn through self-exploration and enjoys new challenges. Able to work under pressure to meet deadline.

$ ls -la experiences/
Engineering Manager
Borong (formerly known as Dropee)
2022–present
  • Led the technical strategy for core web platforms and microservices, ensuring seamless integration with complex third-party ecosystem APIs.
  • Mentored and coached a cross-functional engineering team, conducting regular code reviews and providing architectural guidance to elevate the team’s technical standards.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers and UI/UX designers to prioritize feature releases and manage resource planning, ensuring technical output aligns with user-centric goals and business objectives.
  • Championed technical excellence by establishing comprehensive documentation standards for system architecture, APIs, and internal workflows.
  • Architected multi-cloud environments across AWS, AlibabaCloud, and DigitalOcean.
  • Streamlined server operations and deployments by leveraging RunCloud to manage PHP stacks and cloud instances efficiently.
  • Conduct regular performance reviews for the engineering team, providing actionable feedback to support career growth and technical skill development.
  • Orchestrate the full sprint lifecycle using Lark, implementing custom automation to streamline task assignments and project tracking.
  • Monitor and analyze team performance metrics across every sprint, identifying bottlenecks to continuously improve velocity and output.
  • Standardized local-to-production parity using LXD & LXC, ensuring consistent network routing and service dependency management.
Full Stack Developer
MilkADeal Sdn. Bhd.
2019–2021
  • Led the full-stack architectural overhaul of the company website, migrating from legacy Yii 2 to a modern Laravel and Vue.js framework.
  • Decoupled system architecture into a scalable three-tier model (Web, API, and Database layers), significantly improving security and maintenance workflows.
  • Optimized web performance and storage scalability by migrating legacy image assets to AWS S3 and refactoring the application to serve content via S3.
  • Orchestrated cloud migration to AWS, configuring Load Balancers to optimize traffic distribution and ensure high availability.
  • Engineered data redundancy by implementing MySQL Master-Slave replication, providing a robust failover and backup strategy.
  • Managed 3rd-party integrations, successfully connecting external APIs to expand the platform's core functionality.
  • Audited and enhanced outsourced projects, performing code reviews and technical updates to ensure external deliverables met internal quality standards.
PHP Developer, Lead
M-Mode Berhad
2014–2019
  • Architected and maintained server environments using AWS, Linux, LXC, and Nginx, including full setup and configuration of PHP-based stacks.
  • Optimized network performance and security by implementing iptables, Loadbalancers, and TINC (VPN), ensuring high availability for hosted applications.
  • Developed web applications using pure PHP, Laravel framework & CodeIgniter framework.
  • Managed complex data ecosystems across various database technologies including Percona MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL, Redis, and SSDB.
  • Modernized legacy infrastructure by successfully migrating VB.NET and ASP.NET systems over to PHP, improving system performance and long-term support.
  • Integrated diverse 3rd party payment APIs, ensuring secure and seamless transaction flows for end-users.
  • Automated system monitoring by developing custom notification alerts via Telegram, Discord, and Signal to ensure rapid response to server events.
  • Streamlined email operations by configuring Postfix/Dovecot servers and executing complex Gmail migrations using Imapsync.
$ cat skills.json
PHP • Laravel • CodeIgniter • JavaScript • jQuery • AJAX • Node.js • HTML • CSS • Bootstrap • MySQL • MariaDB • Percona MySQL • MongoDB • Redis • ApsaraDB • SSDB • Linux • Ubuntu • Debian • CentOS • Nginx • AWS • Alibaba Cloud • DigitalOcean • Cloudflare • LXC • LXD • Loadbalancer • Iptables • Git • GitHub • GitLab • Shell Scripting • API Development • WordPress • Dovecot • PhantomJS • Runcloud • Lark • Lark Automation • Vibe Coding
$ cat education.log
BSc H Computing
SEGi College
2012-2014
Dip in Computer Studies
SEGi College
2009-2012
$ grep -r "languages" config
Mandarin
English
Malay
$ curl -L social-links
$ wget resume.pdf
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📄 Last updated: April 2026

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