PHP developer

PHP developer designs, builds and maintains server-side web applications using PHP. They analyze requirements, architect database schemas, write reusable functions, integrate APIs, handle authentication, manage sessions, sanitize input to block vulnerabilities, optimise queries and caching for speed, write unit tests, use Composer for dependency management, Git for version control, document code, deploy to staging and production, and monitor logs to debug and improve They collaborate with teams
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Advantages of outstaffing %title%

Instant access to specialized PHP expertise
Faster project kick-off and reduced time-to-market
Flexible scaling of team size as project needs change
Lower overall development and recruitment costs
No long-term payroll, benefits, or legal commitments
Seamless integration with existing in-house workflows
Knowledge transfer and upskilling of internal team members
Ability to leverage global, round-the-clock development cycles
Reduced HR, hiring, and administrative overhead
Option to convert augmented developers to full-time roles if desired

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Dev-Platforms

Requested 4 items but the list must include 5 most popular tools.

Portfolios

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Magento Commerce Accelerator

Scalable storefront foundation for omnichannel retail.
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WordPress Enterprise CMS

Robust content platform for global publishing teams.
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Laravel Microservices API Gateway

High-throughput gateway orchestrating distributed services.
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Symfony Financial Reporting Dashboard

Real-time insights for regulated fiscal data.
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WooCommerce Subscription Engine

Automated recurring billing for digital products.

Reviews

Smartbrain filled two senior PHP developer positions in 12 days—our last recruiter needed 6 weeks. Their Laravel/MySQL pros integrated with our patient-portal codebase overnight, clearing a 3-sprint backlog. HR paperwork automated, dev velocity up 28%, QA pass rate 98%, my workload dropped 10 hrs a week.

Melissa Grant

HR Director

Crescent Health Systems

After Smartbrain embedded a contract PHP programmer versed in Symfony and API integration, we cut carrier onboarding from 4 weeks to 10 days. He committed clean code day one thanks to their streamlined ramp-up kit. Stand-ups shortened, feature throughput up 30%, bug count halved, freeing me to focus on architecture not recruiting.

Jordan Phillips

Dev Team Lead

Beacon Logistics Solutions

Smartbrain sourced an entire full-stack PHP/Laravel squad in 5 days. Within 48 hours they synced with GitHub, wrote PHPUnit tests, and tuned MySQL, lifting page speed 42%. Their smooth onboarding portal kept paperwork minimal; my managers regained evenings instead of screening resumes.

Stephanie Cordova

Owner

Maple Grove Retail Tech

Bringing Smartbrain on was like flipping a switch. Their senior PHP developer with CodeIgniter and RESTful backend chops joined mid-sprint and delivered dashboards in a week. Time-to-hire fell from 2 months to 8 days, backlog burn rate doubled, PMs save 15 hrs weekly on onboarding; test coverage now 95%.

Robert Ellis

CEO

Atlantic Insurance Analytics

We had high turnover on our WordPress-PHP production team; Smartbrain presented pre-vetted engineers in 72 hours. The new developer mastered our custom plugins, merged code day two, and increased release frequency from monthly to bi-weekly. Paperless onboarding shaved my tasks by 70%, support tickets dropped 40%, and cost-per-hire fell 18%.

Diane Moore

HR Manager

Silverline Media Group

Tech Stacks

LAMP Stack

LAMP remains the historical cornerstone for PHP coders. Linux supplies a stable server operating system, Apache handles robust HTTP serving with .htaccess flexibility, MySQL offers relational storage with familiar SQL syntax, and PHP glues everything together for dynamic page rendering. The components are all free, widely documented, and packaged by almost every hosting provider, making deployment trivial. Developers appreciate mature tooling, vast community knowledge, and predictable performance. Modern LAMP variations integrate PHP-FPM for efficiency and use MariaDB as a drop-in database replacement. Whether launching a quick prototype or scaling campaigns, LAMP delivers dependable versatility without proprietary lock-in, avoiding costly surprises.

Shortlist

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Ivan Petrov

Senior PHP Developer

Seasoned PHP engineer with thirteen years of battle-tested LAMP experience and a modern mindset. Ivan scaled traffic-heavy news portals from zero to fifty million monthly visits, designing service-oriented architectures on Symfony and Laravel while mentoring thirteen developers. He writes expressive, PSR-compliant code, champions SOLID principles, enforces static analysis with PHPStan level max and introduces automated mutation testing to guarantee business logic resilience. Daily toolkit includes Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, MySQL, Redis, RabbitMQ and ElasticSearch. Comfortable profiling queries, tuning indexes and writing migration scripts for billions of rows. Contributor to Composer core, speaker at PHP Russia and author of an open-source feature-flag library downloaded two hundred thousand times. Ivan fosters DevOps culture, sets up blue-green deployments, promotes Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and writes clear README files that cut onboarding time by seventy percent. Product-oriented mindset: measures impact, slices MVPs, validates hypotheses with A/B tests and closes feedback loops with data. Fluent English, intermediate German. Ready for hands-on leadership or individual contributor roles in distributed teams, prefers asynchronous communication and well-documented processes. Available within four weeks, open for relocation or remote, salary expectations aligned with senior-level European market. Enjoys hackathons, contributes to coding podcasts, and keeps sprint retrospectives constructive and fun.
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Ivan Petrov

Senior PHP Developer

Seasoned PHP engineer with thirteen years of battle-tested LAMP experience and a modern mindset. Ivan scaled traffic-heavy news portals from zero to fifty million monthly visits, designing service-oriented architectures on Symfony and Laravel while mentoring thirteen developers. He writes expressive, PSR-compliant code, champions SOLID principles, enforces static analysis with PHPStan level max and introduces automated mutation testing to guarantee business logic resilience. Daily toolkit includes Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, MySQL, Redis, RabbitMQ and ElasticSearch. Comfortable profiling queries, tuning indexes and writing migration scripts for billions of rows. Contributor to Composer core, speaker at PHP Russia and author of an open-source feature-flag library downloaded two hundred thousand times. Ivan fosters DevOps culture, sets up blue-green deployments, promotes Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and writes clear README files that cut onboarding time by seventy percent. Product-oriented mindset: measures impact, slices MVPs, validates hypotheses with A/B tests and closes feedback loops with data. Fluent English, intermediate German. Ready for hands-on leadership or individual contributor roles in distributed teams, prefers asynchronous communication and well-documented processes. Available within four weeks, open for relocation or remote, salary expectations aligned with senior-level European market. Enjoys hackathons, contributes to coding podcasts, and keeps sprint retrospectives constructive and fun.

Dev augmentation service

Cost-Efficient Talent Pool

Augmentation lets you hire PHP experts only for the hours or project phases you need, avoiding the long-term salary, benefits, and infrastructure costs of full-time employment.

Cost-Efficient Talent Pool

Augmentation lets you hire PHP experts only for the hours or project phases you need, avoiding the long-term salary, benefits, and infrastructure costs of full-time employment.

Domain expertise

E-commerce & Online Retail

Online stores, marketplaces and retail brands rely heavily on PHP-based platforms such as Magento, WooCommerce and Laravel stacks. They constantly hire PHP developers to build product catalogs, payment gateways, cart logic, and to optimize high-traffic storefronts.

Why hire with us

Immediate access to vetted PHP talent
Scalable team size to match project demands
Reduced recruitment and onboarding costs
Faster development cycles and time-to-market
Ability to focus internal resources on core business tasks
Flexible engagement terms with minimal long-term commitment
Continuous coverage across multiple time zones
Lower operational risk through shared accountability
Knowledge transfer and upskilling of in-house staff
Access to industry best practices and the latest PHP innovations

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PHP developer plans, codes and maintains the server side of web products built in PHP. First they study specifications with stakeholders, break features into user stories and design database schemas: tables, indexes, relations. During implementation they follow PSR conventions, use Composer for dependencies, write object-oriented classes, traits and interfaces, and expose functionality through REST or GraphQL endpoints. Security is routine: filtering input, escaping output, validating tokens, preventing SQL injection, XSS and CSRF. They integrate third-party APIs such as payment processors, CRM, mail services, caching layers or message queues, and orchestrate them by writing tests in PHPUnit, running static analysers and configuring CI pipelines. Performance duties include profiling with Xdebug, tuning OPcache, optimizing queries and adding Redis or Memcached. They also build presentation with templating engines or output JSON for front-end frameworks. Finally they document code, review merge requests, refactor legacy projects, manage Docker images, orchestrate deployments and monitor production logs.