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Laravel 11+ with Octane, Eloquent + raw SQL where the ORM fights, queue workers (Redis / SQS), Horizon dashboards, scheduled tasks.
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Senior engineering · PHP / Laravel
Senior PHP / Laravel engineering for production systems.
Modern PHP 8.3+ and Laravel for production web applications — Octane, Livewire, Inertia, queues, and the operational discipline most PHP shops still skip.
- In production
- 2018+
- Senior bench
- 20+ G6/G9 engineers
- Floor
- G6+ on client work
- Engagement
- Outcome-led, not hourly
Why senior, not contractor
PHP / Laravel in production is a different problem than PHP / Laravel on a laptop.
PHP gets dismissed because most PHP code in the wild is shared-host era — global state, no tests, no types, brittle deploy. Modern PHP 8.3+ with Laravel 11 + Octane is a serious production framework: typed properties, readonly classes, strong DI, queue workers, scheduled tasks, and observability that defends an SLO. Prosigns ships PHP as production substrate — typed where it matters, tested in CI, deployed via container with rolling updates, and observed end-to-end.
Senior floor
G6+ minimum
Bench depth
20+ G6/G9 engineers
In production
2018+
Engagement
Outcome-led SOW
Where PHP / Laravel ships
6 sub-areas, grounded in shipped engagements.
Specific applications of PHP / Laravel we’ve built and operate. Every example below maps to a real engagement, not a bullet on a stack-card.
01 02 Inertia / Livewire / Filament
Inertia + Vue/React for SPA UIs without an API layer, Livewire for server-rendered interactive UIs, Filament for admin panels.
03 API platforms (Laravel, Symfony)
REST + GraphQL APIs with Sanctum / Passport auth, OpenAPI contracts, idempotency keys, per-route SLOs, distributed tracing.
04 WordPress engineering (selectively)
Custom plugins, headless WP via REST/GraphQL, ACF Pro, Bedrock + Sage. Where WordPress fits — content-led sites — we ship it well.
05 Legacy PHP modernization
PHP 5.6 / 7.x → 8.3+, framework jumps (CodeIgniter / CakePHP / Zend → Laravel / Symfony), removing global state and bringing types.
06 Performance + Octane
Octane (Swoole / RoadRunner / FrankenPHP) for sub-50ms responses, Redis caching layers, opcache tuning, Horizon for queue-throughput dashboards.
Stack depth
The PHP / Laravel ecosystem, owned.
Frameworks, libraries, and runtime tools the bench has shipped in production. Not a CV-skim — a working depth.
Frameworks
- Laravel 11+
- Symfony 7
- Octane
- Livewire
- Filament
- Inertia
Runtime + perf
- PHP 8.3+
- Swoole
- RoadRunner
- FrankenPHP
- Opcache
- Redis
Data + persistence
- Eloquent
- Doctrine
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- DynamoDB
Queues + workers
- Laravel Horizon
- Redis
- SQS
- RabbitMQ
- Beanstalkd
Quality + ops
- Pest
- PHPUnit
- PHPStan
- Larastan
- Rector
- Sentry
Engagement models
Three ways to engage PHP / Laravel engineers.
We don’t bill hourly contractors. Engagements run against outcomes — choose the shape that matches the work.
See engagement models- 01
Fixed-scope
Defined deliverable, fixed price
When the deliverable is clear and the scope is bounded — an MVP, a migration, a discrete platform build. Senior engineering against a written outcome, not against a body count.
- 02
Embedded squad
Senior product team, ongoing
When the work is product-shaped and the cadence is continuous. A senior pod (engineering + design + PM as needed) embedded into your team, with the practice lead co-piloting from HELM.
- 03
Managed services
Steady-state operations
When the system is running and needs ongoing engineering ownership — operations, SLO defense, release management, security and compliance evidence. Monthly retainer against a published SLA.
Selected work
PHP / Laravel engineering that shipped.
Education
Laravel 11 + Octane replatform off legacy CodeIgniter for a global ed-tech provider.
Sub-80msp95 response timeReplaced a 9-year-old CodeIgniter monolith with Laravel 11 + Octane (Swoole). Inertia + Vue for the SPA layer. Horizon-managed queues for video processing pipelines. Migrated 12M users with parallel-run reconciliation.
Duration · 8 months
Brief us
Reply < 4 business hoursHave a PHP / Laravel workload? Send a brief.
Five fields. Goes straight to the practice lead — not an SDR. We’ll reply with a senior engineer’s read on fit, scope, and the engagement model that suits the work.
FAQ
Questions buyers ask.
Everything below also appears in the proposal and the SOW — no surprises after signing.
Why PHP in 2026?
PHP 8.3+ with Laravel 11 is a genuinely productive, well-typed runtime for web applications. The language has changed substantially — typed properties, readonly classes, enums, attributes, JIT. For workloads that fit (content-led, transactional web apps, admin tooling), it's faster to ship and cheaper to operate than equivalent Node or Python in many cases.
Octane — production-ready?
Yes, with discipline. The persistent-worker model means stateful bugs that don't show up in classic PHP-FPM. We test for those explicitly. RoadRunner and FrankenPHP are increasingly the production picks; Swoole is mature for the right workloads.
Is this staff-aug, or is it engineering-led delivery?
Engineering-led delivery. We don't bill hourly contractors against your JIRA board. Every engagement runs against a defined outcome with a senior engineer accountable from kickoff to operating cutover. If you genuinely need staff-aug — discrete bodies, your management, hourly rates — we'll be honest and route you to a partner that fits.
What seniority floor are we talking about?
G6 minimum (six-plus years in their craft) on every billable hour. Department leads are G9 or G10. We don't flex juniors onto the bench mid-sprint, we don't subcontract to delivery centers, and we don't dilute senior rates with mixed staffing. The bench in the proposal is the bench in production.
How does pricing work?
Three engagement models published at /engagement-models/. Fixed-scope for defined deliverables, embedded squads for ongoing product work, managed services for steady-state operations. Rates depend on seniority, engagement length, and region. Discovery + scoping conversation is free; SOWs are written against deliverables, not bodies.
Where are your engineers based?
Senior-only across Dallas, Doha, Lahore, and Islamabad. We staff against the engagement's needs (timezone, language, regulatory frame), not against arbitrary regional preferences. Most engagements run with a US/EU-aligned core and a follow-the-sun extended bench when the workload warrants it.
Will the engineers I see in the proposal be the engineers shipping the work?
Yes. We name the engineers in the SOW, attach their profiles, and they're on the kickoff. We don't bait-and-switch with senior reviewers and junior execution. If a named engineer needs to roll off the engagement (rare), we surface a replacement from the same seniority tier with explicit handoff.
Talk to a PHP / Laravel lead
Senior PHP / Laravel engineering, accountable from kickoff.
Bring the workload — we’ll bring a senior engineer plus the practice lead most relevant to the work. 30 minutes, no obligation, no junior reps.