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Ronald Vincent Bustillo

Back-End Web Developer·Davao City, Philippines

Back-end web developer with 5+ years of experience building and maintaining web applications. I focus on clean, well-tested APIs, sensible database design, and keeping servers healthy on AWS. I enjoy turning messy requirements into reliable features that hold up under real use.

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01.

Experience

Back-End Web Developer
Spondise Marketplace · Abu Dhabi, UAE
Feb 2023 – Feb 2026
  • Built an intermediary platform linking Sponsors with Creators (e.g. YouTube channels), letting creators pick sponsor listings and integrate promo material into their content.
  • Owned the back-end: designed and shipped API endpoints, optimised slow queries, and refactored legacy code for maintainability.
PHPLaravelMySQLRESTAWS
Back-End Web Developer
The Robot Exchange Ltd · Northern Ireland, UK
Feb 2022 – Jan 2023
  • Extended a multi-tenant web application with Laravel + Tailwind CSS, adding features alongside the product team.
  • Ensured changes were properly tested, scalable, and that bugs were addressed promptly to keep the app robust for end-users.
PHPLaravelTailwind CSSMySQL
Back-End Web Developer
Next BPO Solutions Inc · Davao City, Philippines
Jul 2021 – Jan 2022
  • Built a web app for a Japanese client that generates customised documents and PDFs from user input and applied conditions.
  • Exposed REST APIs so the app integrated cleanly with several surrounding systems.
  • Managed the production server and database on AWS, accessed over SSH.
PHPLaraveljQueryMySQLAWS
Back-End Web Developer
AMZN Expand LLC · New York, USA (remote)
Jan 2021 – Oct 2021
  • Built data visualisations and dashboards against the Amazon MWS API, including scheduled data calculations and SQL reporting queries.
  • Owned cron jobs for automated tasks and refined UI/UX based on QA feedback.
  • Troubleshot and debugged issues end-to-end, coordinating with QA before release.
PHPLaraveljQueryAmazon MWSMySQL
Back-End Web Developer (part-time)
Personal Pulse · United Kingdom (remote)
Jun 2020 – Oct 2020
  • Created and maintained modules integrating the GoogleFit API to surface fitness and activity data to users.
  • Kept the integration secure, efficient, and up to date with the latest GoogleFit capabilities.
PHPGoogleFit APIREST
Back-End Web Developer
IdeaHub IT Solutions Provider Inc · Davao City, Philippines
Aug 2019 – Mar 2021
  • Maintained and extended a real-estate web application, and provided API endpoints for the mobile team.
  • Ran staging/production servers and databases on AWS EC2, and used Python + Selenium cron jobs to auto-populate the DB from third-party sources.
PHPLaravelVue.jsPythonSeleniumAWS EC2
02.

Education

University of Mindanao
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science · Davao City, Philippines
2015 – 2019
03.

Skills

Languages

  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • SQL
  • HTML
  • CSS

Frameworks & Libraries

  • Laravel
  • Vue.js
  • jQuery
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Bootstrap
  • AdminLTE

Databases

  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis

DevOps & Tooling

  • AWS (EC2, RDS)
  • Apache
  • Nginx
  • Linux/Ubuntu
  • SSH
  • Cron
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Bitbucket
  • Jira

Integrations

  • Amazon MWS API
  • GoogleFit API
  • Selenium
  • REST API design

Workflow

  • Mobile-first responsive design
  • Cross-browser testing & debugging
  • Agile / Scrum
04.

Projects

work projects

Projects I contributed to as an employee. The repos are private — I can only link to the live sites.

Spondise Marketplace

A two-sided marketplace linking Sponsors (e.g. businesses) with Creators (e.g. YouTube channels), letting creators pick sponsor listings and integrate promo material into their content. I owned the back-end: API endpoints, query optimisation, and refactoring.

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Propnex

Singapore-based real-estate site. I worked mostly on the back-end and deployment, using Yii 1 (a PHP framework) + jQuery.

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Propnex Admin

A CMS to manage content shown on the main Propnex site. Built with Nuxt.js on top of company-provided APIs, with Bootstrap for the front-end.

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Recon Admin Portal

A system built on the Amazon MWS API, used by our virtual assistants. I focused on data visualisations, DB queries, and design improvements. Laravel + jQuery.

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Recon Client Portal

A client-facing system on the Amazon MWS API (US clients only). I contributed data automation, DB queries, and table structures. Laravel + jQuery.

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Wayleaves Portal

A multi-tenant application managing agreements for access to power lines, cables, water mains, and gas pipelines — used by multiple clients.

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YU Energy Customer Portal

A customer portal managing billings, meter readings, and payments based on consumption.

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personal projects

Most of my personal projects aren't deployed (cloud hosting ain't cheap) — the source for all of them is on GitHub.

UM HRMDev

Capstone project — a UM attendance checker for faculty members. Built with Laravel + Vue and deployed on AWS EC2.

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UMTC Guidance Scheduler

Capstone project — a UMTC guidance exam scheduler (web + API). Used Laravel Passport for API auth consumed by the mobile app.

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Inventory

Practice project exploring Laravel 6. Used Vue + AdminLTE 3 as the layout while experimenting with the new framework features.

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Spirit FM Web Application

Side project for Ateneo de Davao. I contributed the inventory module — the one feature the system was missing.

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Web Scraper

A set of web-scraping experiments across multiple sites. Some are incomplete — they were explorations using Python + Selenium.

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05.

Interests

Away from the keyboard I spend most of my time playing video games, and I keep tinkering with side projects to expand what I know.