PHP development services
PHP development services for Laravel and Symfony applications, e-commerce stores and marketplaces, SaaS products, APIs for web and mobile, payment and billing systems, WordPress, WooCommerce and Drupal, and upgrades of older PHP to current releases, with dedicated PHP developers for your team or a PHP project delivered end to end.
What we build with PHP
Laravel and Symfony applications
SaaS products, customer portals and back offices on current Laravel and Symfony releases, with typed properties, enums and strict types throughout, and queues on Horizon or Symfony Messenger for work that does not belong in a request.
PHP e-commerce and marketplaces
Online shops and multi-vendor marketplaces on Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce, Shopware, Sylius, PrestaShop or WooCommerce: catalogue imports, checkout changes, and payment and delivery modules.
APIs for web and mobile
REST and GraphQL APIs on API Platform, Laravel or Symfony, with validation at the edge and an OpenAPI description the web and mobile clients are generated from.
Payments, billing and invoicing
Payment gateway integrations, subscription billing and invoicing with amounts held in integer minor units, idempotent webhook handling and an audit trail on every change to an order or an account.
ERP, CRM and marketplace integrations
SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce, HubSpot, Amazon and delivery services connected through queued jobs with retries and failure alerts, so a slow partner API does not slow down the page.
Custom WordPress and WooCommerce code
Themes, Gutenberg blocks, plugins and WooCommerce extensions written as code under version control with Composer, rather than stacked plugins nobody maintains.
Drupal and publishing platforms
Drupal sites, editorial workflows and headless content APIs for publishers, universities and healthcare providers, with configuration exported as code and every contributed module on a supported release.
Upgrading legacy PHP
PHP 5 and 7 code moved to current PHP 8 releases, with Rector making the mechanical changes, PHPStan or Psalm raised to the strictest level the code can reach, and tests added ahead of each step.
PHP performance and hosting
Slow pages traced with Blackfire or Xdebug to the query or call behind them, OPcache, Redis and FrankenPHP or Laravel Octane where they help, and containers on AWS or Azure with the infrastructure as code.
Hire PHP developers
Dedicated PHP developers
PHP developers who join your team full time, work in your repositories, tracker and meetings, and report to your lead. You interview them; we carry the Ukrainian contract, payroll, invoicing and leave.
PHP project delivery
A team that takes the PHP project from scope to release: estimate, build, tests and deployment, with a technical lead on our side who owns the plan and the quality.
PHP support and take-overs
An existing PHP system taken over from another team or kept running: a read-only review and a written list of risks first, then fixes and new features in order of impact.
The dedicated team page explains how specialists join your team, and the outsourcing page covers project delivery, take-overs and how we charge.
Who works on your PHP project
PHP developers
Laravel and Symfony applications and APIs
E-commerce developers
Magento, Shopware and WooCommerce
WordPress and Drupal developers
Themes, blocks, plugins and modules
Front-end engineers
React, Vue or Angular
QA engineers
Regression suites before each release
How we work on PHP
Current PHP releases with strict types, PHPStan or Psalm in the pipeline, Composer dependencies kept up to date, and every query parameterised. Tests ship with the feature and a failing test blocks the release.
Developers work in your repositories, your tracker and your process. The Ukrainian contract, payroll, invoicing and leave stay with us, and everything they write is assigned to you.
Other languages we work in
Java development
Java development services: Spring Boot microservices, banking and payment systems, e-commerce and SaaS back ends, Kafka integrations and legacy modernisation, with dedicated Java developers or project delivery.
Node.js development
Node.js development services: TypeScript APIs, e-commerce and SaaS back ends, fintech integrations, real-time and streaming features and serverless functions, with dedicated Node.js developers or project delivery.
C and C++ development
C and C++ development services: embedded firmware, Qt desktop software, network and telecom software, low-latency systems, security software and C++ modernisation, with dedicated C++ developers or project delivery.
Go development
Go development services: Golang microservices and APIs, fintech and SaaS back ends, Kubernetes operators, event pipelines and network and security software, with dedicated Go developers or project delivery.
Kotlin and Android development
Android app development services in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose for banking, media, shopping and health apps, plus Kotlin Multiplatform and Ktor back ends, with dedicated Kotlin developers or project delivery.
Rust development
Rust development services: backend services and APIs, blockchain and Web3, systems and infrastructure software, security tooling, embedded firmware and WebAssembly, with dedicated Rust developers or project delivery.
Swift and iOS development
iOS app development services in Swift and SwiftUI: banking, shopping, media and health apps, Apple Watch and Vision Pro apps, Objective-C upkeep and App Store releases, with dedicated iOS developers or project delivery.
Scala development
Scala development services: Apache Spark pipelines, fintech and ad tech back ends, services on Akka, Pekko, ZIO or Cats Effect, Play apps and Scala 3 migrations, with dedicated Scala developers or project delivery.
TypeScript development
TypeScript development services: Angular, React and Vue front ends, Node.js back ends, full-stack apps, monorepos and JavaScript to TypeScript migrations, with dedicated TypeScript developers or project delivery.
Questions about PHP development
Which industries do your PHP developers work in?
E-commerce and marketplaces (online shops, catalogues, checkout and multi-vendor platforms), fintech (payment gateways, lending and billing), SaaS and enterprise software (CRMs, ERPs and back offices), healthcare (booking, patient portals and clinic management), ad tech and marketing (tracking, affiliate and campaign platforms), and media and publishing (news sites and content platforms).
Laravel or Symfony?
Laravel for most new applications, because it is faster to build in and has the larger ecosystem of packages and developers. Symfony when the system is large and long-lived, needs its components individually, or already runs on it.
Can you upgrade our old PHP application?
Yes. The code is brought under static analysis first, tests are added around what is about to change, and Rector moves the PHP and framework versions forward in steps that can each be released on their own.
How quickly can PHP developers start?
When the right PHP developer is available, the start is gated only by your interview and the NDA and IP assignment. Otherwise we run a search, which typically produces candidate profiles within two to three weeks, and nobody starts until you have said yes.
How do we hire PHP developers through BigTree108?
Tell us the work, the seniority and the hours you need. We propose one or two people with their profiles, you interview them the way you would interview your own hire, and you sign one agreement with BIG TREE 108 LLC and receive one invoice a month.
Who owns the work they produce?
You do. Every specialist has a signed contract with BigTree108 that assigns all work product to the company, and our agreement with you assigns it onward. Code, designs and documents are delivered into your own repositories and tools, not kept where only we can change them.
Need PHP developers?
Tell us the framework, the PHP version and the work. You get an answer within one business day: candidate profiles or a plan for the work.