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Kim Benedict
Santiago

Full Stack Developer with 10+ years building web applications across startups and enterprise — from ERP systems and multi-tenant SaaS to international marketing platforms. Currently working as Technical Migrations Consultant at Pantheon. Laravel at the core, open to whatever stack gets the job done best.

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About

Building things that work,
at scale.

I'm a full stack developer who's been in the trenches since 2016 — from small CMS sites to complex multi-tenant SaaS platforms. I care about clean code, reliable systems, and shipping things that actually solve problems.

These days I'm working as a Technical Migrations Consultant at Pantheon, helping teams move and modernize their web infrastructure. I'm still open to freelance projects and collaborations on the side.

My comfort zone is Laravel on the backend paired with modern JS frameworks on the front. I've shipped production apps with NuxtJS, ReactJS, and NextJS. I pick the right tool for the job.

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Backend-First Thinking
Laravel & PHP at the core — clean architecture, TDD, multi-tenancy, RESTful APIs, and queue-driven systems.
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Modern Frontend
Comfortable with NuxtJS, VueJS, ReactJS, and NextJS. CSS that doesn't make you cry.
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DevOps-Aware
Docker, CI/CD pipelines, DigitalOcean, Redis, and cloud deployments — I can own the full stack end to end.
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Migration Specialist
Currently helping clients navigate technical migrations at Pantheon — moving platforms without breaking things.

Tech Stack

Tools of the trade.

Technologies I've used across production projects. Highlighted ones are what I reach for first.

Backend
Laravel PHP Phalcon ExpressJS GraphQL RESTful APIs SOAP APIs Multi-Tenancy TDD PHPUnit Selenium
Frontend
NuxtJS VueJS TailwindCSS HTML5 CSS3 / SCSS JavaScript Webpack NextJS ReactJS Bootstrap Element UI jQuery Backbone
Databases & Storage
MySQL MongoDB Redis Amazon S3
DevOps & Infrastructure
DigitalOcean Netlify Google Cloud Platform Ubuntu MacOS Docker Github Actions Forge Horizon Jenkins Ansible Rundeck Vagrant / VirtualBox SendGrid Twilio
CMS & Platforms
Pantheon Drupal WordPress Hostinger Adobe Experience Manager Joomla
Tools & Workflow
GIT GitHub PHPStorm WebStorm Composer NPM Bitbucket VSCode JIRA Trello Google Analytics Google Tag Manager SEO & SEM OneTrust CookieBot

Experience

10+ years in production.

From CMS builds to enterprise platforms — a career of solving real engineering problems.

Jan 2023 — Present 3 yrs 5 mos · Full-time
Remote · San Francisco, CA
Technical Migrations Consultant / prev. Lead, Managed Migrations
Pantheon Platform
Leading technical platform migrations at Pantheon's WebOps platform. Transferred from Lead, Managed Migrations (Jan 2023) to Technical Migrations Consultant (Mar 2024) — helping organizations move, modernize, and stabilize their web infrastructure at scale.
In 2025-2026, leveraged AI to independently design and build two internal tools now used across the entire migrations team: VRT — a visual regression testing tool that crawls and compares source sites against their Pantheon counterparts during migration; and PMT (Pantheon Migration Tool) — a bulk migration platform with a polished UI that can handle simultaneous migrations from multiple hosting providers, running fully in the background with minimal manual intervention.
Drupal WordPress Pantheon Platform Migrations
Jun 2021 — Dec 2022 1 yr 7 mos · Part-time
Remote · Scottsdale, AZ
Lead Software Architect / prev. Full Stack Developer
My Biz Niche
Started as Full Stack Developer building an e-commerce JAMstack LMS web application for an Arizona-based company, then promoted to Lead Software Architect. Led the R&D team, drove architecture decisions, acted as Scrum Master, and conducted training for the web team.
NuxtJS VueJS Laravel TailwindCSS Docker CI/CD Redis DigitalOcean Twilio SendGrid
Jan 2019 — May 2022 3 yrs 5 mos · Remote
Netherlands / Finland
Full Stack Developer
MicroSourcing
Two consecutive engagements via MicroSourcing. First with WinLED Oy Ltd (Finland) — designed and developed a multi-tenancy internal web application for a luminaires manufacturer, acting as Scrum Master. Then with DPDK (Netherlands) — maintained 30+ international websites, led projects for 15+ clients, and acted as release manager across a mixed Dutch/German team.
Laravel NextJS ReactJS Drupal GraphQL Multi-Tenancy TDD Docker Jenkins Ansible SEO/SEM
Jun 2017 — Dec 2018 1 yr 7 mos · Remote
Seoul, South Korea
Web Developer II
Concentrix — Amorepacific
Managed and updated international cosmetics and hair-care websites for major Korean brands including LANEIGE, Sulwhasoo, IOPE, RYO, HERA, and Amorepacific. Coordinated with project managers, coordinators, and brand managers across Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, and Indonesia.
Adobe Experience Manager HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript jQuery Bootstrap
Apr 2016 — May 2017 1 yr 2 mos · On-site
Metro Manila, PH
Full Stack Developer
Digiflash Concept Corp.
Designed and developed ERP school web applications with online/offline functionality for grade schools, high schools, colleges, and universities across the Philippines. Also built an internal automation tool for the Marketing and IT departments. Regularly demonstrated the ERP platform to school owners and boards of directors nationwide.
PHP MySQL HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript jQuery Bootstrap
Apr 2014 — Aug 2014 5 mos · On-site
Metro Manila, PH
Web Developer
Shinra Software Solutions (FYDesigns, Inc.)
Trained and worked as a Web Developer building client websites from scratch using the Drupal CMS. Managed and updated existing client sites and coordinated across a small cross-functional team.
Drupal Joomla PHP HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript jQuery

Contact

Let's build something.

Open to freelance projects, consulting, and full-time opportunities. If you have something worth building, let's talk.

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