Puvaan Raaj

Hi, I'm Puvaan πŸ‘‹

I’m a full-stack developer from Malaysia with a backend brain and a cloud heart β€” and my core strengths lie in Laravel, Docker, and building developer-first REST APIs.

With Laravel, I specialize in building robust backend applications using service-layered architecture, policies, jobs, events, queues, and API-first workflows. I believe in writing clean, reusable code and maintaining developer-friendly structure across all layers.

I also have strong experience in Docker β€” from containerizing Laravel apps and RabbitMQ workers to setting up local environments and production-ready multi-container setups with Docker Compose. My infrastructure mindset ensures everything I build is reproducible and scalable.

I'm actively exploring cloud-native CI/CD workflows using GitLab Pipelines, Argo CD for Kubernetes deployments, and AWS Serverless tools like Lambda and API Gateway.

On top of that, I’ve touched on card payment processing and have a basic working knowledge of ISO 8583 message formats β€” especially in validating transaction types and interpreting response codes in a financial API context.

Outside of work, I contribute to open-source tools, write dev logs, and prototype SaaS ideas for internal developer tools. I’m always curious, always building.

If you're building anything related to backend architecture, automation, infrastructure, or developer productivity β€” let's connect and build something awesome together.

πŸ”§ My Core Tech Stack

Laravel Laravel β˜…
Node.js Node.js
TypeScript TypeScript
Python Python
Go Go
Vue.js Vue.js
Next.js Next.js
AWS AWS
Docker Docker β˜…
Terraform Terraform
Argo CD Argo CD
GitLab CI/CD GitLab CI/CD
Redis Redis
RabbitMQ RabbitMQ
Git Git
GitHub GitHub
REST API REST APIs
AWS Lambda AWS Serverless
ISO 8583 ISO 8583