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Product Engineering
Scalable web applications, thoughtful APIs, maintainable architecture, and production-ready delivery.
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Software with
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Design with soul.
I'm Allen, a software engineer in Dubai. I turn complex requirements into dependable digital products people actually enjoy using.
Based in Dubai · Building globally
Current role
Software Engineer
Dubai · 2026—Now
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Software engineering ✦ Web products ✦ Laravel ✦ JavaScript ✦
Product thinking ✦ Creative code ✦ Dubai ✦
01 / ABOUT
I connect the dots.
From support desks and network infrastructure to full-stack products, I understand how technology works at every layer.
That range helps me ask better questions, translate business needs into clear engineering plans, and build reliable experiences from conception through delivery.
7+
Years in tech
3
Core disciplines
∞
Curiosity
HOW I WORK / IN MOTION
Ideas become systems.
01 / BUILD
From a blank file to a working product.
02 / CONNECT
Turning complexity into a clear system.
02 / EXPERTISE
What I bring.
A practical mix of engineering depth, product judgment, and clear collaboration.
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Experience Design
Responsive, accessible interfaces that simplify complex workflows and feel natural to use.
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Technical Delivery
Clear planning, collaborative execution, testing, troubleshooting, and steady progress toward outcomes.
PHPLaravelJavaScriptReact.jsNode.jsExpress.jsHTML / CSSTailwindFlutterDockerAWSAPI'sMySQLMongoDBBlockchainNetworks
Payment Integration
03 / SELECTED PROJECT
Work that ships.
A focused look at the systems I build and the problems they solve.
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Payment summary
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Total due
$149.00
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POWERED BY STRIPE
Featured
PAYMENT SYSTEM
Stripe Payment Operations Platform
A secure, webhook-driven payment platform built with Laravel and Stripe Checkout. It creates idempotent transaction records, verifies signed Stripe events server-side, processes payments asynchronously, and atomically posts completed transactions to a balanced double-entry ledger. The platform also includes receipt processing, refund handling, subscription lifecycle events, reconciliation controls, and an administrative payment-operations dashboard.
Laravel
Stripe Checkout
Stripe PHP SDK
Stripe Webhooks
Laravel Sanctum
Laravel Queues
PostgreSQL / Neon
RESTful APIs
Tailwind CSS
Fintech
infrastructure
DIGITAL WALLET & LEDGER
LedgerFlow
A production-oriented digital wallet and financial ledger platform built as a modular Laravel monolith. LedgerFlow processes deposits, withdrawals, wallet transfers, and compensating refunds through atomic database transactions, deterministic row locking, immutable double-entry journals, and ledger-derived balances. It also provides idempotent money-movement APIs, lifecycle audit trails, database-queued projections, daily reconciliation, a customer portal, and a financial operations dashboard.
Laravel 12
PHP 8.2
PostgreSQL / Neon
Double-entry Ledger
Idempotent APIs
Database Queues
Laravel Sanctum
PestPHP
Docker
Ledger verification
Transfer journal
DEBIT
EUR 100.00
Customer wallet · Alice
CREDIT
EUR 100.00
Customer wallet · Bob
DEBITS
100.00CREDITS
100.00DIFFERENCE
0.00
Immutable journalPostgreSQLAtomic commit
Risk command center
Transaction assessment
Risk score
74/100
RULE
Country mismatch
+25 points
VELOCITY
8 attempts / 10m
High activity
Queued analysisAuditedTenant isolated
Fraud
intelligence
FINTECH SAAS CASE STUDY
FinShield
A multi-tenant transaction risk and fraud investigation platform designed as an enterprise FinTech SaaS case study. FinShield ingests signed provider webhooks, queues transaction analysis, evaluates modular and administrator-configurable fraud rules, calculates explainable risk decisions, and coordinates alerts, customer intelligence, investigation cases, audit trails, reports, and scheduled bank-import workflows.
Portfolio demonstration using synthetic data only. FinShield is not a bank, payment processor, fraud guarantee, regulated financial service, or product endorsed by any third-party provider.
Laravel 12
PHP 8.2
PostgreSQL / Neon
Laravel Cloud
Database Queues
Event-driven Pipeline
Configurable Rules
Sanctum API
PestPHP
04 / EXPERIENCE
Built through doing_
A progression from keeping systems running to engineering the products that run on them.
2026 — PRESENT · DUBAI - UAE
Software Engineer
Engineering scalable software and dependable digital products for modern business needs.
2022 — 2026 · DUBAI - UAE
Web Developer
Built and delivered thoughtful web experiences while collaborating across product and engineering teams.
2020 — 2022 · MANILA - PHILIPPINES
Software Developer
Translated client requirements into engineering plans and collaborated across the full development cycle to ship high-quality products.
2019 — 2020 · MANILA - PHILIPPINES
Network Engineer
Supported a telecommunications subcontractor on Ericsson Philippines projects upgrading Smart's 3G network infrastructure.
2018 — 2019 · MANILA - PHILIPPINES
IT Staff
Served as a primary support contact, guiding end users through troubleshooting and keeping critical systems working smoothly.
EDUCATION / CONTINUOUS LEARNING
BS Information Technology
University of Rizal System · 2019 · Dean's Lister
Computer Systems NC II
National Certification · 2018
Flutter & Dart
Mobile Development Bootcamp · 2020
Certificate
Laravel
Professional Development
Certificate
React JS
Professional Development
QUICK ANSWERS / PROFILE
About Allen Christopher.
Clear facts for recruiters, engineering teams, search engines, and AI assistants.
- Who is Allen Christopher Aduan?
- Allen is a Filipino software engineer based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with experience across software development, web development, network engineering, and IT support.
- What does Allen specialize in?
- He specializes in Laravel and PHP applications, RESTful APIs, PostgreSQL-backed systems, payment integrations, financial ledgers, and responsive product interfaces.
- What has Allen built?
- Selected work includes a Stripe payment operations platform, LedgerFlow's double-entry wallet architecture, and FinShield, a multi-tenant transaction risk and fraud investigation case study.
- Is Allen available for opportunities?
- Yes. Allen is open to software engineering roles, ambitious product work, and conversations with thoughtful teams in Dubai and internationally.
05 / LET'S BUILD
Have a hard problem?
I like those.
I'm open to ambitious products, engineering opportunities, and conversations with thoughtful teams.
business.allen.dev@gmail.com ↗
+971 52 665 5217Deira, Dubai,
UAE