Software developer available in Lancashire

Hello, I'm

Sam Bradshaw

Delivering scalable web applications and constantly pushing myself to learn, improve, and build better software.

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What I enjoy using, and want to use more!

Backend Development

  • Symfony (Forms, Security, MVC)
  • Laravel (CMS architecture, Eloquent, APIs)
  • Legacy PHP Refactoring
  • SQL (Complex queries & data modelling)
  • REST API Integrations

Frontend Architecture

  • Vue 3
  • Vite
  • Tailwind
  • Bootstrap
  • Stimulus

Deployment Lifecycle

  • Docker
  • VPS Deployment
  • Linux and WSL configuration

System Design & Modernisation

  • Legacy Modernisation
  • Migrating Strategy
  • API Design

My work

See what I have been able to create

Business website

LawnControl

A growth website for small Lawn Care business

The Challenge

Client requested a website that would increase their presence on the web, show their core values and offer a way to get in contact. Designed with a mobile first approach, using easily accessable CTAs for customer contact.

Vue 3 Laravel Hosting

My Experience

2025 September - Present

PHP Developer

A&P Knowhow

Introduced Symfony into the company’s PHP ecosystem, establishing a modern MVC architecture for new projects.

Designed and developed reusable Composer packages and Symfony bundles to standardise shared business logic across applications.

Implemented a full Docker-based development environment, improving local setup consistency and deployment reliability.

Delivered a custom CMS used across multiple company websites, improving content management workflows.

Continued maintaining and refactoring large legacy PHP systems while defining long-term technical improvement strategy.

Led continuous improvement initiatives focused on performance, maintainability, and development standards.

2025 January - 2025 September

Junior PHP Developer

A&P Knowhow

Maintained and enhanced legacy PHP applications serving internal tooling and external users.

Refactored legacy code to improve readability, structure, and long-term maintainability.

Contributed to the development and support of an internal intranet system used by 800+ users.

2024 March - 2024 October

Junior Software Developer

Logma

Maintained and enhanced an ERP system for food stock and sales management.

Contributed to the migration from .NET Framework 4.8 to .NET 8, modernising the application architecture.

Developed new features using Angular and .NET.

Created and optimised SQL views, functions, and stored procedures to improve data performance and reporting.