Mahendran
Balaji

Senior Software Developer & Freelancer

Designing production-ready web systems with clean architecture and scalability.

Mahendran Balaji

Building systems that ship and scale.

Location Coimbatore, India
Focus Backend & infrastructure
Links GitHub · LinkedIn

Senior Software Developer with hands-on experience building, deploying, and maintaining scalable web applications and cloud infrastructure.

  • Strong focus on backend development with PHP & Laravel
  • Experienced in VPS & production server management
  • Open-source contributor — Laravel packages & browser tools
  • Clean architecture, multi-tenant SaaS, and REST APIs

Tech stack

Tools and practices I use to design, build, and run production systems.

Backend

  • PHP / Laravel
  • REST API development
  • MVC architecture
  • Multi-tenant applications
  • Authentication & authorization

Databases

  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Database optimization
  • Query performance tuning

Cache & Queue

  • Redis
  • Queue jobs
  • Background workers
  • Rate limiting

Frontend

  • HTML5 / CSS3
  • JavaScript (Vanilla)
  • Bootstrap
  • Vue.js

Security

  • CSRF / XSS protection
  • Content Security Policy
  • Server hardening
  • HTTPS & SSL setup

DevOps & Hosting

  • Linux VPS management
  • Nginx / Apache
  • CI/CD (Git-based)
  • Docker · Cron · Monitoring

Projects & products

A selection of systems and tools I’ve built for clients and the open web.

Let’s build something solid.

Open to freelance projects, backend systems, and production infrastructure work.