Senior PHP
Engineering Team

A battle-tested PHP team with 20+ combined years delivering production systems across FinTech, iGaming, EdTech and B2B SaaS. Strong backend architecture and microservices expertise, proven payment integrations, and full-stack capability when needed. European base. US timezone. No ramp-up theatre — first PR in 1 week.

20+
Years combined PHP experience
6
Industries shipped to production
10+
Payment gateways integrated
US · AU · EU
Timezones overlap
1 week
To first PR in your codebase

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your future engineering team?

Two senior PHP engineers. Real track record across FinTech, iGaming and SaaS. Book a 30-min intro call — no pitch, just a conversation.

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Technical Stack
Core
PHP 8.xSymfonyLaravelMicroservicesRESTful APIsDockerCI/CD
Databases
MongoDBClickHouseElasticsearchDoctrine ORM
Messaging & Infra
JenkinsGitHub ActionsAWS / S3NginxNewRelicSentry
Frontend
Vue.jsNode.jsjQueryHTML5 / CSS3Twig
Payments
BrainTreeOAuth2
Domain Experience
💳
FinTech
Long-term lending, credit registries, secure financial APIs, compliance
🎰
iGaming / Betting
Casino backends, sports betting, PragmaticPlay API, crypto + fiat
📚
EdTech
Language learning platforms, distance education, student testing
🛒
E-commerce
Online stores, EAV models, S3 storage, real-time notifications
🏢
B2B SaaS
Insurance broker platforms (CH), furniture supply management (UK)
✈️
Travel / Platforms
Flight compensation, booking systems, custom data aggregation parsers
Projects
01
Eventbet — Betting & Casino Platform
Indian market · Microservices backend, multi-payment gateway (crypto + fiat), PragmaticPlay integration, NewRelic performance monitoring
LaravelLumenSymfonyPostgreSQLClickHouseRabbitMQJenkins
02
FinTech Lending Platform
Consumer long-term loans · Monolith-to-microservices migration, async queue processing, credit registry integrations, full TDD coverage
SymfonyLaravelRabbitMQRedisKibanaGrafana
03
Language Learning Platform
Interactive courses + native speaker sessions · System architecture, GraphQL & REST APIs, MongoDB, cloud integrations
PHP 8SymfonyMongoDBRedisAWSCI/CD
04
Flight Compensation Platform
Passenger claims automation · Full-stack microservices, DB query optimisation, Vue.js frontend, RabbitMQ inter-service messaging
SymfonyVue.jsMySQLRabbitMQDockerJenkins
05
SOBRADO — Swiss B2B Insurance Broker
Broker ↔ insurer platform · Zend Framework, MongoDB + MySQL, NewRelic performance tuning, agile PI planning
ZendMongoDBMySQLNewRelicDocker
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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