David Hook

Senior Software Engineer | PHP / Laravel / React

20+ years building web applications across agency, in-house, and freelance roles

David Hook

Senior Software Engineer with 20+ years experience building, maintaining, and scaling web applications across PHP, Laravel, React, MySQL, AWS, and modern API integrations.

Currently available for freelance commissions. Website builds, upgrades, maintenance, API integrations, and performance work for businesses that need hands-on delivery.

    Professional Profile

    Full-stack delivery grounded in PHP, Laravel, React, MySQL, and AWS

    Senior Software Engineer with 20+ years experience building, maintaining, and scaling web applications across agency, in-house, and freelance environments.

    Key skill areas

    Career focus

      Website Work

      Selected websites and platforms I have worked on professionally

      These projects reflect the commercial side of my career across agency and freelance work, covering e-commerce, reservations, multilingual sites, search, content management, and performance optimisation.

      Experience

      Career history across product teams, freelance delivery, and agency work

      My recent work spans modern React and Laravel product development, long-term LAMP support for multiple clients, and freelance delivery for businesses needing dependable web engineering.

      Strengths

      What I bring to teams

      GitHub Projects

      Broader public project history

      This section stays close to the repo metadata so the site reflects current work without relying on a heavy runtime integration.

      Education and Interests

      Long-term technical grounding with curiosity for new workflows

      Education

        Interests

          Open to opportunities

          Looking for a senior developer who can modernise, ship, and support real-world web products.

          I am David Hook, a Senior Software Engineer with experience across Laravel, React, PHP, MySQL, AWS, CMS platforms, e-commerce, and API integrations. If you think I could help your team, I would be happy to talk.