DevSquad

DevSquad is a bootstrapped, profitable,  ~90-person boutique consulting firm that specializes in strategizing, designing, and developing SaaS products. We build SaaS products for bootstrapper founders, VC-funded fast-growing startups, and big enterprises like ADP, Box, and the US ski team.

DevStats

Founder

mmtoolparts.com

Chief Technology Officer

Komeia Interativa

Founded Komeia, a SaaS for MLMs in Brazil. After launching the product on my blog, the software quickly became the most popular MLM software in the Brazilian market and still is today. After five years running the company, I sold it for a good profit and moved to the United States.

- Gained experience in front-end development, back-end programming and project management.
- Managed a team of 10 developers during the development of multiple versions of the MLM software.

Founder, Software Engineer & Agile Coach

𝐈’𝐦 𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐚𝐒 𝐀𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐨! 

I build products for bootstrapped founders, fast-growing startups, and big enterprises at DevSquad. 

My own SaaS company, DevStats, helps product and engineering leaders measure what matters. 

And with the SaaS Origin Stories Podcast, I uncover those pivotal moments and decisions that turned SaaS companies into major successes.


𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐃:

I’m the CEO and Principal Consultant at DevSquad a boutique consulting firm that specializes in strategizing, designing, and developing digital products. (most SaaS Products). I’ve led the build of 100+ software products. This includes SaaS products for bootstrapper founders, VC-funded fast-growing startups, and big enterprises like ADP, Box, and the US ski team.

𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝑺𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒅: 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒅.𝒄𝒐𝒎/ 


𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐒: 

The success of my consulting firm (DevSquad), is allowing me to bootstrap my second SaaS product. (I sold my first SaaS years ago).

I’m building DevStats to help Product and Engineer leaders measure what matters.

Currently, we are a private beta and I’m super excited with the feedback we are getting from our early users. 

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐚: 𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬.𝐜𝐨𝐦/ 


𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐀𝐒 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓: 

I recently started a Podcast. my goal with this podcast is to learn from SaaS founders so that I can become better at building SaaS products for myself, and my clients, and hopefully have the podcast listeners learn along with me.

𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒘: 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑𝒔://𝒘𝒘𝒘.𝒔𝒂𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.𝒄𝒐𝒎/𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆

Phil Alves

Curotec

Curotec is a company from Philadelphia, USA. On this current occasion, we are subleased to another company that created and maintains software as a service (SaaS) focused on real estate agents. During this period I worked as a Full-stack Developer with the following technologies: Laravel, HTML, CSS (Tailwind), JavaScript (VueJS, NuxtJS), and Docker. Being responsible for creating and maintaining applications based on the agile development process, consuming external APIs, generating features, and fixing bugs. Reviewing codes. Creating automated tests, among other things.

Fullstack PHP Developer

ATS Host

Between 2012 and 2016 I worked for myself, creating applications and offering them as software as a service (SaaS) to solve specific problems for my customers. During this period I worked as a Full-stack Developer (plus: DevOps) with the following technologies: PHP Vanilla, CodeIgniter, Laravel,  HTML, CSS (Bootstrap & Tailwind) Symfony, Docker, WHM, WHMCS (CMS), JavaScript (Vue, Nuxt, React, and NodeJS), and Python. Being responsible for creating and maintaining applications, with external API consumption, generating features and bug fixes. Deployment of structures at OVH and Digital Ocean. Database management (SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, and Redis).

DevSquad is a company from Utah, USA. On this occasion, we created softwares as a services (SaaS) that aimed to solve different problems for different customers. During this period I worked as a Full-stack Developer with the following technologies: Laravel, Livewire, HTML, CSS (Tailwind), JavaScript (VueJS, NuxtJS, React), Docker, and Linux Servers. Being responsible for creating and maintaining applications based on the agile development process, with external API consumption, functionality generation, and bug fixing. Review the codes. Create automated tests, among other things.

PHP Fullstack Developer at DevSquad

Sistema SWL

My experience with SWL was quick and challenging because the environment was complicated and I worked alone, without a team, just me. During this period I worked as a Full-stack Developer (plus: DevOps) with the following technologies: PHP, Symfony, Laravel, HTML, and CSS (Bootstrap & Tailwind), Being responsible for creating and maintaining applications, with external API consumption, generating features and bug fixes. Deployment of structures at AWS. Database management (MySQL, and MariaDB).

Desenvolvedor de software

dothCom

At dothCom, I worked with website news that revolved around different cities. Each city had a news portal, and some even had over 200K pageviews per month. During this period I worked as a Full-stack Developer with the following technologies: CodeIgniter, Laravel, HTML 5, CSS (Bootstrap), JavaScript (Vanilla & VueJS), Docker, and Linux Servers. Being responsible for creating and maintaining applications, generating features and bug fixes. Review codes. Create automated tests.

Hi, I'm AJ! I'm a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience. During this time, I've worked with several programming languages, including PHP, JavaScript, and Python.

I'm an entrepreneur in the SaaS software industry for different purposes. One of my SaaS projects is a WhatsApp notification system with over 1 billion notifications processed, built with PHP and Laravel, and maintained since 2015, with over 600 active customers.

I currently divide my time between working as a contractor for companies in the United States - currently: Curotec, Philadelphia - and also taking care of my SaaS.

In addition, I contribute to the PHP and Laravel communities by offering sponsorships, creating useful libraries - such as TallStackUI, and maintaining Discord communities for networking among developers.

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