builds production systems that ship.

Full-stack engineer based in the Philippines. I build case management systems, citizen records platforms, and AI-powered tools for government agencies, law firms, and product teams.

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Location Surigao del Sur, Philippines
Email vistalchris@gmail.com
Working hours PHT (UTC+8) · async-friendly
Open to Remote · Contract · Full-time · Part-time
Availability Open · June 2026
5+
Years building
production systems
3,000+
End users on
systems I've shipped
9
Live products across
gov, law, gaming
100%
Offline AI —
zero cloud dependency
01 Featured Work
// case studies
case management · aws
ATA Law Firm

Designed and built a complete case management system on AWS — case tracking, document automation, and a secure client portal used in active legal practice.

Impact: Replaced spreadsheet-based workflows for an entire firm.
Laravel Vue.js AWS MySQL
ai · ctranslate2 · python
Offline AI Transcriber

Local-first speech-to-text with real-time waveform feedback. Runs entirely on-device — no audio ever leaves the machine. Built for sensitive legal/medical contexts.

Impact: Zero cloud dependency. Faster than cloud STT on modern CPUs.
Python CTranslate2 Whisper PyQt
02 More Projects
// 6 more
NEMSU Data Hub
University data + faculty records
Laravel · Vue
Dragonica Spidpex
Live gaming platform with player accounts & community
Laravel · Vue
GSIS Deduction System
Government insurance computation engine
PHP · SQL Server
Real-time RPS
Multiplayer game with live socket sync
Node.js · Socket.io
Dental Care System
Clinic management with custom SVG charting
Laravel · Vue
Bicycle Rent Timer
Rental timing + sales tracking app
Java
03 Experience
// 2018 — present
2023 — present

Freelance Software Engineer

Self-employed
  • Built ATA Law Firm's case management system on AWS — case tracking, document automation, and a secure client portal used in active legal practice.
  • Built an offline AI transcription tool with CTranslate2 and Python — local speech-to-text with real-time waveform feedback, zero cloud dependency.
  • Launched Dragonica Spidpex, a live gaming platform with player accounts and community features, built with Laravel and Vue.js.
  • Launched 10+ community gaming websites for Flyff — a popular online RPG — filling a gap before the game's official platform existed, each with player registration, item shops, and active user bases.
Jan 2021 — Dec 2023

Software Engineer

Province of Surigao del Sur
  • Built the province's E-PDS system and tourism analytics dashboard — digitizing civil servant records and tracking visitor data for provincial planning.
  • Diagnosed and fixed performance bottlenecks in legacy government applications, improving response times on high-traffic reporting views.
  • Introduced Git/GitHub and modern dev tooling to the team — standardizing workflows and cutting integration friction across ongoing government projects.
  • Mentored team members on Laravel fundamentals and production deployment — server environments, CI pipelines, and live release procedures.
  • Built and delivered a suite of internal government tools — including insurance deduction processing (GSIS), tax reporting integration (BIR), an SMS notification service, and a mobile app for employee records and 201 files — reducing manual paperwork across provincial offices.
Jul — Aug 2018

Intern Developer

NEMSU
  • Built a faculty evaluation web app with Python NLP sentiment analysis, used by 3,000+ students and staff.
  • Turned evaluation data into sentiment reports used by faculty to identify and address teaching gaps.
  • Collaborated with the university's in-house developer — introduced Laravel as a framework for rapid development, demonstrated its advantages, and co-ideated features that went from whiteboard to production during the internship.
  • Coached students on their research projects — guided capstone teams through system design, tech stack decisions, and implementation, helping them turn academic requirements into working software.
04 Skills & Stack
// what i reach for
Backend PHP / Laravel, Node.js, MySQL, SQL Server, REST APIs, Socket.io
Frontend Vue.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, Inertia.js, HTML / CSS / JS
AI & ML Python, CTranslate2, Whisper, NLP, Speech-to-Text
DevOps & Tools Git, AWS, Docker, PHPUnit, Linux
Other Languages Java (Android), Go, C# (.NET)
05 Hire Me
// freelance & contract

Bring me in for the hard parts.

I take on full-stack projects end-to-end — from spec to deployment — and I'm especially useful when there's a legacy system to modernize or AI to integrate without leaking data to the cloud.

01
Full-stack web apps

Laravel + Vue, end-to-end. From spec to deployment.

02
Government / enterprise systems

Records management, case tracking, internal tools.

03
AI integration

Offline / on-prem speech, NLP, and inference pipelines.

04
Legacy modernization

Rescuing slow PHP systems. Profiling, refactoring, scaling.

05
DevOps & deployment

AWS setup, CI/CD pipelines, server hardening.

06
Code review & mentoring

Team upskilling, workflow standardization, technical docs.

Have a project in mind? Tell me about it — I usually reply within 24 hours.
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