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, EdTech, Marketing and B2B SaaS. Deep backend architecture and microservices expertise, proven payment integrations, and full-stack capability when needed. European base. US & AU timezone overlap. No ramp-up theatre — first PR in 1 week.

35+
Years combined PHP experience
9
Industries shipped to production
10+
Payment gateways integrated
US · AU
Timezones overlap
1 weekk
To first PR in your codebase

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senior PHP developers?

Real track record across FinTech, iGaming, Marketing and SaaS. Book a 15-min intro call — let's solve your bottlenecks.

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Technical Stack
Core
PHP Symfony Laravel Phalcon Microservices RESTful APIs GraphQL Docker CI/CD Redis RabbitMQ
Databases
PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB ClickHouse Elasticsearch Doctrine ORM
Infra
Jenkins GitHub Actions AWS Google Cloud Hetzner Azure Nginx NewRelic Sentry
Frontend
React TypeScript Vue.js Node.js HTML5 / CSS3 Twig
Payments
Stripe Braintree CoinsFlow HitPay PayAlma Crypto & Fiat
Domain Experience
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FinTech
Consumer lending, credit registries, compliance-first APIs, Stripe & Braintree integrations.
🎰
iGaming / Betting
Casino & sportsbook backends, PragmaticPlay API, crypto + fiat wallets, high-concurrency at scale.
🎓
EdTech
Language learning SaaS, e-learning, OneRoster LMS integrations, GraphQL APIs. US market.
🛒
E-commerce
Multi-vendor marketplaces, subscription billing, real-time inventory, async queue architecture.
⚙️
B2B SaaS & Automation
Insurance broker platforms, supply chain SaaS, multi-tenant automation.
✈️
Travel
Passenger rights automation, booking engines, airline data aggregation & web scrapers.
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Marketing Tech
Email marketing SaaS, millions of sends/day, Elasticsearch delivery, AWS Lambda workers.
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Transportation
Fleet management, real-time ride dispatch & driver tracking — 100k+ rides/day at peak load.
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MedTech
Medical facility tracking system — workflow analysis, risk rate statistics and reports.
Projects
01
iGaming Platform
iGaming
Microservices backend, multi-payment gateway (crypto + fiat), PragmaticPlay casino API integration, NewRelic performance monitoring, memory leak identification
LaravelLumenSymfony PostgreSQLClickHouseRabbitMQJenkinsNewRelic
02
FinTech Lending Platform
FinTech · Consumer loans
Long-term consumer loans · Monolith-to-microservices migration, async queue processing, credit registry integrations, full TDD coverage, health monitoring
SymfonyLaravelRabbitMQ RedisKibanaGrafanaSentry
03
Marketing Automation SaaS
MarTech · Team Lead / CTO role
Multi-brand email marketing platform · System architecture & technical roadmap, Elasticsearch-powered delivery engine, AWS Lambda serverless workers, CI/CD pipelines
LaravelVue.jsPostgreSQL ElasticsearchRedisAWS LambdaDocker
04
Language Learning Platform
EdTech · Interactive courses
Interactive courses + native speaker sessions · System architecture design, GraphQL & REST APIs, MongoDB schema design, AWS cloud integrations, test-driven development
PHP 8SymfonyMongoDB GraphQLRedisAWSCI/CD
05
Flight Compensation Platform
Travel · Passenger rights automation
Passenger claims automation · Full-stack microservices, DB query optimisation, custom parsers for airline data aggregation, Vue.js frontend, RabbitMQ inter-service messaging
SymfonyVue.jsMySQL RabbitMQDockerJenkins
06
E-Learning System
EdTech · Solution Architect role
National K-12 e-learning platform · Solution Architect & senior developer, 100% backend test coverage, OneRoster LMS integrations, microservices, React frontend
LaravelPimcoreMicroservices PostgreSQLElasticsearchReactDocker
Why This 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.
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