Hire developers / PHP
Hire PHP developers
PHP engineers for custom web platforms and legacy upgrades, working your hours with clear scope and a replacement guarantee.
- Fixed price and date, in writing
- 100% code and IP yours
- 30-day launch support
- Experience
- 3 to 15 years
- Time zone overlap
- 4 to 8 hours
- Start in
- 5 working days
- From
- $14 per hour
(01) Skills
What our PHP engineers cover.
Modern PHP
Current PHP releases, typed code, Composer packages and PSR standards.
Frameworks
Laravel first, plus Symfony and plain PHP codebases that need care rather than a rewrite.
Legacy upgrades
Move PHP 5 and 7 applications to current versions, with tests added before each change.
Databases
MySQL and PostgreSQL schema design, slow-query fixes and safe migrations.
Integrations
Payment, shipping and CRM integrations, webhooks and scheduled imports.
Security and performance
Input validation, dependency updates, caching and profiling for slow pages.
(02) Engagement
Hourly, monthly or fixed.
- MOST CHOSEN
Monthly dedicated
A full-time PHP specialist on your backlog, working your hours. Cancel on two weeks notice.
- FLEXIBLE
Hourly
A set block of PHP hours each month for support, reviews or a short burst of work.
- PREDICTABLE
Fixed cost
A scoped piece of PHP work with a written price and date, delivered by our team.
(03) How hiring works
From brief to first commit.
DAY 1
01
Brief
Tell us your PHP version, framework, hosting and what needs building or fixing, plus your hours.
DAYS 1-3
02
Shortlist
We share PHP engineer profiles with notes on Laravel, legacy code and database experience.
DAYS 3-5
03
Interview
You interview the engineers and ask how they would approach your codebase. Interviews are free.
DAY 5+
04
Onboard
The engineer joins your repository and tools, then ships a small, tested fix or feature.
PHP rates depend on seniority, overlap hours and how much legacy work is involved. We quote each engagement in writing before it begins.
(04) Profiles
The kind of engineers you meet.
Senior PHP engineer, 8 years
- PHP
- Laravel
- MySQL
PHP architect, 11 years
- Legacy upgrades
- Security
- Caching
Web developer, 5 years
- PHP
- JavaScript
- REST APIs
(05) FAQ
Questions, answered.
Can you take over a PHP site built by someone else?
Do you only use Laravel?
Can you upgrade an old PHP version safely?
Can I interview the PHP specialist before I commit?
What if the person is not the right fit?
Who owns the work?
Can they work on legacy PHP without a framework?
Can they upgrade PHP 5 or 7 code?
Do they build custom platforms or only fix bugs?
Can they help with performance problems?
(06) Request profiles
Tell us who you need.
Start a project