Anvar Tukhvatulin

Software Developer and
AI explorer

With a background in Software Engineering and over 15 years of experience, I’ve worked extensively as a PHP developer — building web applications, maintaining systems and modernizing legacy code. My work has also involved project management, SEO and Linux server administration.

Over the past year, I’ve expanded my skills in Python, data analysis and prompt engineering, diving into AI technologies and working with LLMs. Now, I’m looking for opportunities to combine my web development expertise with my growing focus on data and automation.

Experience

2015–present

Full Stack Web Dev and PM

at zeitgeist group AG

What I do:

  • Develop, maintain and manage legacy code for websites and e-shops using various PHP-based CMS platforms (Kirby, Craft, Statamic, Grav and Perch), frameworks (Laravel, Yii2) and an aging in-house CMS.
  • Technical project management.
  • Linux server maintenance and support.

Selected Projects:

www.hallo-aargau.ch (also live in AR, BE, BL, BS, GL, JU; UR in progress).
One platform, 7 cantons, 22 languages — a simple interface on the outside, with a lot going on behind the scenes.
The project originally ran on an in-house CMS. My role was to rebuild the platform on Craft CMS and replace the old Excel-based translation workflow with a more practical solution, allowing editors and translators to work directly with the content in the CMS. After the launch of the new hallo-aargau.ch, six more cantons joined the platform. Following the spirit of federalism, each canton came with slightly different requirements, all of which had to be considered and implemented along the way.
www.buehne-aarau.ch — recently redesigned with a fresh look and feel. Behind the scenes, a quiet dance of logic merges API data and curated content to power the program page. Built in close partnership with a wonderful team.
www.papierhof.ch — originally launched in 2000 and still going strong. A long-standing, deeply customized shop system with complex business logic — challenging and always a good workout for the brain.
www.henauer-kaffee.ch — a full-featured e-shop built with Craft CMS, crafted with attention to detail. From product presentation to ordering and fulfillment, the system was tailored to fit the needs of a specialty coffee business, balancing a warm, handcrafted feel on the front end with a solid, reliable setup behind the scenes.

2008–present

Freelance Web Developer, Photographer and Maker

on my own

What I do:

  • Full-stack PHP web development.
  • Now and then architectural and casual photography.
  • Canvas bag games.

Education

2014–2017

University of Zürich

M.S. Computer Science, Multimodal and Cognitive Systems (incomplete)

2003–2008

Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Software Engineer Diploma

2000–2003

Physics and Mathematics Lyceum №61, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Ranked among top 200 of school graduates in national testing,
awarded with university scholarship

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Leisure

Last, and above all

I’m a happy husband and father of two curious little humans.

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