Hire Senior
PHP Developers
Looking to hire senior PHP developers without agency overhead or ramp-up theatre? You've found the team. Experienced PHP developers with 35+ combined years delivering production systems across FinTech, iGaming, MedTech, Transportation, B2B SaaS, AI & Agentic systems.
- Deep backend architecture, microservices & payment integrations
- European base — US & AU timezone overlap
- Architecture ownership, not ticket-taking — first PR in 1 week
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Real track record across FinTech, MedTech, Marketing and B2B SaaS. Book a 15-min intro call — tell us where you're stuck.
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Why Our Team
| Typical offshore / agency | DMexec | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Mid/junior mix. Seniors review only — rarely hands-on. | ✓ 100% senior. Architecture ownership, not ticket-taking. |
| AI tooling | Ad-hoc or policy-blocked. No measurable velocity gain. | ✓ Daily use of Claude Code, Cursor & Copilot. +30% faster delivery. |
| Cost vs. US market | 10–30% savings. Junior-heavy teams inflate headcount. | ✓ 40–60% less than US market. Senior-only. No padding with juniors. |
| Hiring cost | Recruiter fees 15–25% of salary. Weeks of interviews before any output. | ✓ $0 recruiting cost. Direct engagement — contributing from week one. |
| Contract overhead | Benefits, payroll taxes & equipment add 30–40% on top of base salary. | ✓ Fixed monthly rate. 0 extras — no benefits, no payroll taxes, no equipment. |
| Compliance | Add-on or afterthought. Requires separate QA pass. | ✓ GDPR-aware by default. Proven in FinTech, insurance, payments. |
| Time to first PR | 2–4 weeks ramp-up. Onboarding theatre before output. | ✓ First production commit in 1 week. No ramp-up theatre. |
FAQ
Our PHP developers work primarily in Laravel and Symfony, with deep experience in Yii2, WordPress/WooCommerce, and custom MVC architectures. We cover PHP 7.x through PHP 8.3 and can modernize legacy codebases to current standards.
First production pull request within 1 week of contract signature. We read your codebase before day one — no onboarding theatre, no trial sprints.
Fixed monthly rate per engineer — no recruiter fees, no payroll taxes, no equipment costs. The rate varies by seniority and engagement scope. Reach out and we'll give you a straight number.
Yes — inheriting and stabilizing legacy PHP systems is a core part of what we do. We audit the codebase, identify the risk areas, and modernize incrementally without breaking what's in production.
Yes. We've shipped PHP backends for FinTech, iGaming, and MedTech platforms handling millions of transactions — with GDPR and PCI-DSS compliance baked into architecture, not bolted on after.
Marketplaces match you with vetted individuals. We give you a PHP team that has shipped together — same code standards, same review culture, zero integration risk between engineers.
Month-to-month. No lock-in, no minimum beyond the first month. We'd rather earn your continued engagement than hold you to a clause.
