Available remote · International clients

Hi, I'm Hariony.

Fullstack & AI engineer based in Madagascar. Since 2011 I've been designing, building and maintaining web and mobile applications for clients in France, Canada and Luxembourg — Laravel, Vue/Nuxt, AI integrations and SaaS architectures.

14+
Years of experience
50+
Shipped projects
4
Client countries
Hariony Rakotobe
About

Product engineer, code craftsman.

14 years designing, shipping and evolving web and SaaS products — from discovery to production.

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A short story

Computer engineering degree (telecommunications option, ASJA, Highest Honours). Working remotely from Madagascar with clients in France, Canada and Luxembourg. Co-founder of Genius at Work — I've contributed to 50+ projects: SaaS platforms, e-commerce, business apps, institutional sites.

My playground: combining a Laravel or Node.js backend and a Vue/Nuxt front-end with the APIs of large language models (OpenAI and equivalents) to ship AI products that solve real problems — chatbots, content generation, workflow automation and AI-native SaaS.

Industries

  • Travel & Tourism
  • Public transport
  • E-commerce
  • Banking & Finance
  • Logistics & delivery
  • Media & Communication
  • Marketing
  • Social networks

Interests

  • Product-applied AI
  • Software architecture
  • Lean Management
  • Open source
  • Technical mentoring
  • Automation

End-to-end ownership

From discovery to deployment — APIs, UI, infrastructure, mobile and observability.

Product-applied AI

Chatbots, content generation, AI workflows and AI-native SaaS, wired to OpenAI / LLMs.

Software architecture

Scalable platforms, relational and NoSQL databases, REST / SOAP / GraphQL APIs.

Agile methodologies

Scrum, Kanban, Lean — distributed-team collaboration with international clients.

Multi-stack mastery

Laravel, Zend, WordPress, Prestashop on the PHP side. Vue, Nuxt, Node.js, TypeScript on JS.

Client service mindset

Autonomy, rigor and clear communication — long-lasting client relationships.

Skills

A battle-tested fullstack toolkit.

Technologies I've shipped to production for years on projects for international clients.

Backend

6
🐘 PHP🔺 Laravel Zend🟢 Node.js🔌 REST GraphQL

Frontend

6
🟢 Vue.js NuxtTS TypeScript🌬️ TailwindCSSB Bootstrap$ jQuery

DevOps & Tooling

6
🐳 Docker Git / GitFlow🐧 Linux DebianN Nginx🔁 CI/CDS SVN

Databases & APIs

5
🐬 MySQL🐘 PostgreSQL🍃 MongoDB Oracle🔗 API Design

CMS & E-commerce

3
W WordPress Headless CMS🧩 Plugin Dev

AI & Automation

4
OpenAI API🤖 LLM Integrations Automation n8n

Mobile & Desktop

4
📱 Apache Cordova⚛︎ Electron Java (Android) iOS Build

Methods & Project Management

9
Agile Scrum Kanban Lean Management UML Merise Trello RedmineZ Zoho CRM
Experience

14 years delivering for international clients.

A timeline of my main engagements — France, Canada, Luxembourg, Madagascar.

  1. Fullstack Developer

    ·Meelo

    France · Remote

    2022 — 2025

    Built and maintained APIs and business apps for major French groups — fraud detection and banking services.

    Missions

    • Maintained and evolved a fraud-detection API
    • Built customer-servicing applications
    • Worked in Agile Scrum within a distributed team
    • Designed and exposed REST APIs

    Achievements

    • Fraud-detection API delivered for Boulanger Location
    • Servicing apps for CA-CF (Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance)
    • 3 years of stable contributions, fully remote
    LaravelVue.jsREST APIMySQLAgile Scrum
  2. Fullstack Developer

    ·Ctrlweb Inc.

    Quebec, Canada · Remote

    2020 — 2025

    Designed and maintained ~20 custom websites and intranets for the Canadian market — bespoke modules, headless CMS, dashboards.

    Missions

    • Built custom modules for client websites
    • Integrated back-offices (Laravel Nova, Voyager, Themosis)
    • Continuously maintained ~20 client sites
    • Designed corporate intranets

    Achievements

    • Notable projects: TNM, INNOVHQ, GLP Controlmax, Cascades Flufftuff, Vivre Bromont, Ton-Quartier
    • End-to-end mastery of the hybrid Laravel + WordPress stack
    • Long-lasting remote client relationship over 5 years
    LaravelLaravel NovaVoyagerThemosisWordPressVue.js
  3. Co-founder & Fullstack Developer

    ·Genius at Work

    Madagascar

    2011 — Present

    Co-founded and technically led a development team specialized in web and mobile, serving local and international clients.

    Missions

    • Designed software architectures
    • Project management and technical lead for the team
    • Drove 50+ client projects to delivery
    • Built SaaS platforms, e-commerce sites and business applications

    Achievements

    • 50+ projects shipped (France, Canada, Luxembourg, Madagascar)
    • Recurring clients and durable relationships
    • Website: genius-at-work.com
    LaravelVue.jsNuxtNode.jsWordPressPrestashop
  4. Fullstack Developer · Mission via Genius at Work

    ·DGI Madagascar — Direction Générale des Impôts (Tax Authority)

    Antananarivo, Madagascar

    Multi-year engagement

    Designed and built SQVF (Tax Audit Quality Tracking — Suivi de la Qualité des Vérifications Fiscales), an internal application for Madagascar's national Tax Authority. Mission delivered with the Genius at Work team.

    Missions

    • Functional and technical design of the SQVF application
    • Modelled the tax-verification workflow
    • Built the business modules (tracking, audit, reporting)
    • Production rollout and onboarding of the DGI teams

    Achievements

    • SQVF in operation internally at the Madagascar Tax Authority
    • Standardised the quality tracking of tax verifications
    • Flagship public-sector mission delivered through Genius at Work
    Zend FrameworkMySQLjQueryBootstrap
  5. Web Developer

    ·Stratège Média

    Canada · Remote

    2018 — 2019

    Maintained and built new modules for the community site liveyourretirement.com — a platform dedicated to retirees in Canada.

    Missions

    • Built new functional modules
    • Continuous application maintenance
    • Front-end optimisations and integrations
    • Remote collaboration with the Canadian team

    Achievements

    • Contributed to the evolution of liveyourretirement.com over 2 years
    • Community modules shipped to production
    PHPjQueryBootstrap
  6. Architect / Fullstack Developer

    ·MagicStay SA

    France · Remote

    2014 — 2017

    Designed the software architecture and database for fr.magicstay.com — a B2B platform for business-travel accommodation.

    Missions

    • Designed the software architecture and database
    • Built the platform's main modules
    • Integrated a Channel Manager
    • Continuous contribution for over 3 years

    Achievements

    • Production-grade B2B platform shipped and industrialised
    • Channel Manager interconnecting hotel partners
    Zend FrameworkjQueryAPIMySQL
Selected work

Real projects, real impact.

Web platforms, business apps and critical systems I designed or contributed to for clients in France, Canada and Madagascar.

B2B SaaSTravel

MagicStay — Business-travel rentals

French platform for business-travel accommodation. I designed the architecture, built the main modules and integrated a Channel Manager.

Zend FrameworkjQueryMySQLAPI
Public sectorTax audit

SQVF — Madagascar Tax Authority (DGI)

Internal application for Madagascar's Direction Générale des Impôts: tracking the quality of tax audits (Suivi de la Qualité des Vérifications Fiscales). Designed and delivered with the Genius at Work team.

Zend FrameworkMySQLjQueryBootstrap
TransportMobile

TaxiBrousse.mg — Transport platform

Madagascan public-transport platform with native Android and iOS apps — booking, payment and tracking for long-distance journeys.

LaravelNative mobileMySQL
LogisticsSaaS

ChronoLivraison.mg — Delivery & logistics

Delivery management platform: order intake, dispatching, real-time tracking and operational dashboard.

LaravelVue.jsMySQL
CultureCMS

TNM — Théâtre du Nouveau Monde

Official website of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Quebec — ticketing, programming, editorial management and a polished UX.

LaravelWordPressVue.js
NGOInstitutional

Transparency.mg

Official site of Transparency International Madagascar — bespoke development for an NGO fighting corruption.

Custom PHP
BankingFinance

Sipembanque.mg — Banking system

Banking-management system for a Madagascan financial actor — accounts, operations and reporting modules.

Zend FrameworkMySQL
Services

How I can help your team.

Engagements tailored to founders, product teams and agencies who need a senior, autonomous, delivery-focused partner.

Fullstack development

End-to-end product delivery with Laravel and Vue/Nuxt — from MVP to scale.

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APIs & integrations

Robust REST / SOAP / GraphQL APIs, CRM and Channel Manager integrations.

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SaaS architecture

Multi-tenant platforms, usage management, scalability and cost control.

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Product AI integrations

Chatbots, content generation, AI workflows and AI-native SaaS wired to OpenAI / LLMs.

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E-commerce & CMS

Performant WordPress and Prestashop sites, custom modules, headless CMS.

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Dockerization & DevOps

Reproducible environments, GitFlow, continuous deployments on Linux Debian.

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Automation & internal tools

Internal tools, data processing, classification, summarisation, enrichment.

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Tech stack

The toolbox I rely on.

Languages, frameworks, infrastructure and AI — battle-tested across 14 years of production projects.

Languages
🐘PHP
TSTypeScript
JSJavaScript
🗃SQL
Frameworks
🔺Laravel
Zend
Vue.js
NNuxt
🌬TailwindCSS
BBootstrap
Databases
🐬MySQL
PgPostgreSQL
🍃MongoDB
Oracle
DevOps & Tools
🐳Docker
Git / GitFlow
SSVN
NNginx
🐧Linux Debian
Mobile & Desktop
📱Cordova
⚛︎Electron
Java (Android)
Methods & Project Management
Agile / Scrum
Kanban
Lean
UML
Merise
Trello
Redmine
ZZoho CRM
AI & Automation
OpenAI
n8n
Zapier
Education & awards

Degrees, certifications and recognition.

An engineering degree, complementary certifications and an international award.

Computer engineering degree — Telecommunications option

ASJA Antsirabe · Highest Honours · 2010

Computer Science Diploma (DUT)

ASJA Antsirabe · Highest Honours · 2008

Lean Management

Green Belt training — Fabien Razafialitera · 2021

Winner — Media Innovation Award (CFI Médias)

4M Conference, Paris · NIOUZ team leader · 2016

Contact

Let's build something great.

Open to freelance engagements, senior fullstack roles and SaaS partnerships — remote-first, international clients welcome.

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