36 PHP engineers available · Replace any time

Hire senior
PHP developers
in 14 days.

Senior PHP developers experienced with Symfony, Slim, PHP 8.3 (enums, readonly, fibers), Doctrine ORM, Composer, PSR standards, PHPUnit, Pest, and modern OOP design. 140+ PHP specialists in-house shipping enterprise APIs, custom CMS, legacy modernization, and WordPress + WooCommerce platforms. Top 2% of applicants.

14-day onboarding From discovery to first PR
Replace any time 5-day swap window
100% source code IP Full ownership in MSA
Your timezone 4-6 hr overlap
PHP / Symfony / Slim Engineers
Senior bench · 7+ yr average
PHP 8.1 / 8.2 / 8.3 Enums Readonly properties Fibers First-class callable syntax
Available now
Faisal H.
Senior Symfony Engineer · 10y
Symfony 7 Doctrine API Platform
Now
Lakshmi G.
Legacy PHP Modernization Lead · 12y
Rector PHPStan Symfony
In 2 weeks
Manish K.
Slim / Microservices Eng · 7y
Slim 4 PHP 8.3 Redis
In 3 weeks
+ 36 PHP engineers available PHP / Symfony / Slim Engineers · ready to onboard
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4.9 · Google
ISO 27001
NDA Day 1
Flexible MSAs
4 time zones across 6 countries
Clutch Top 1%
Our Staff Augmentation

Build with us
like you'd build in-house.

Hire PHP developers who join your team, your repo, and your standups — backed by a 140-engineer PHP organization that ships Symfony APIs, Slim microservices, custom CMS, WordPress plugins, and legacy-system modernization.

On your team, day 1

Engineers join your Slack, your Trello, your sprint board. They pair with your team like senior in-house PHP hires.

Direct git access

They open PRs straight into your repo. You see every namespace, every Doctrine entity, every PHPUnit test, every Composer dependency.

You manage the work

You set product direction. We handle hiring, retention, payroll, benefits, and laptops.

Engagement Models

Three ways
to hire from us.

Same senior PHP bench, different commercial structure.

Most popular

Hire a Dedicated Developer

Hourly · Full-time

One senior PHP developer joins your team end-to-end.

  • Full-time on your team
  • Direct Slack + git access
  • Replace within 5 business days
  • No long-term commitment
  • Hourly billing, monthly invoicing
Hire Engineers
Fixed price

Turnkey Project

Per project · Scoped & fixed

We own scope, design, build, and launch.

  • Discovery → scope → fixed bid
  • Milestone-based invoicing
  • Penalty clauses on miss
  • 30 days post-launch support
  • 3-month warranty included
Hire Engineers
Tech Stack

Hire across every
PHP capability.

140+ vetted PHP engineers across Symfony, Slim, custom frameworks, WordPress, WooCommerce, and legacy maintenance. All in-house. All senior.

 Modern PHP

PHP 8.1 / 8.2 / 8.3
Enums
Readonly properties
Fibers
First-class callable syntax
Attributes
PSR-12 / PSR-7 / PSR-15
Composer 2

 Frameworks

Symfony 6 / 7
Slim 4
Yii 2
Phalcon
Lumen
Mezzio (Zend)
CakePHP
CodeIgniter

 ORM & Persistence

Doctrine ORM
Doctrine DBAL
Cycle ORM
Atlas ORM
MySQL / MariaDB
PostgreSQL
Redis
MongoDB (PHP driver)

 APIs & Auth

API Platform (Symfony)
JWT (lcobucci/jwt)
OAuth2 (League)
REST / OpenAPI
Symfony Messenger
Webhook design
Stripe / Razorpay SDKs
SAML

 CMS & E-commerce

WordPress (custom plugins)
WooCommerce
Drupal
Magento 2
PrestaShop
Sylius
OctoberCMS
Bagisto

 Testing & Tooling

PHPUnit
Pest
PHPStan (level 8)
Psalm
Rector (auto-upgrades)
PHP_CodeSniffer
Xdebug
Deployer / Capistrano
Hiring Process

From "we need a PHP dev"
to onboarded — in 2 weeks.

4-step process. 4 hours to first profile.

01
Day 1-2

Requirement Analysis

We map your stack — Symfony, Slim, WordPress, legacy custom PHP — your PHP version, persistence, and integrations to match the right specialist.

02
Day 3-5

Choose a Resource

3-5 PHP developer profiles in 4 hours, matched to framework and domain.

03
Day 6-10

Start an Interview

Interview the shortlist. We support with a live PHP coding round, a design round (OOP, SOLID, Doctrine modeling), and reference checks.

04
Day 11-14

Onboarding

MSA, NDA, repo access, server credentials. First PR by day 14.

Why Choose WebSenor

10 reasons enterprises pick us
over for PHP over alternatives.

01

5-step vetting

Resume + PHP OOP screen + live Symfony/Slim coding test + SOLID + design + culture fit. <4% acceptance rate.

02

100% source code authorization

You get complete ownership of clean, PSR-12-compliant PHP code. MSA assigns IP on day 1.

03

Modern PHP DNA

PHP 8.3 by default — enums, readonly properties, attributes, strict types. No PHP 5.6 patterns repackaged.

04

Legacy + modernization

We staff for new builds AND ship modernization work — PHP 5.x → 8.x upgrades via Rector, custom-CMS-to-Symfony migrations, WP-to-headless paths.

05

Excellent communication

Clear PR descriptions, well-structured commits, async-first.

06

Replace any time

Free replacement in 5 business days.

07

Save up to 60%

Senior PHP devs at India rates — no agency markup.

08

No middlemen

You talk directly to engineers.

09

Monthly contracts

30-day notice. No multi-year lock-in.

10

Production PHP at scale

Symfony APIs at 12k RPS, WooCommerce stores at $40M GMV, custom CMS serving 8M pageviews/day.

WebSenor vs. The Alternatives

Compare your
PHP hiring options.

How WebSenor stacks against in-house, freelancer marketplaces, and agencies for PHP roles.

Factor
In-house hire
Freelance marketplace
Time to hire
3-4 months
7-21 days
Senior PHP talent
Depends
Mostly junior
Vetting
Your process
Self-reported
Replace any time
No, fire + rehire
Re-search
Source code IP
Yours
Read T&Cs
Symfony / Doctrine depth
Depends
Rare
Legacy modernization
Depends
Rare
Contract length
Permanent
Hourly
Sample Profiles

Meet a few of
our our available PHP devs.

Anonymized profiles. Real CVs and portfolio links shared after a 30-minute discovery call.

Faisal H.

Senior Symfony Engineer · 10y

Built a B2B procurement API on API Platform + Symfony 7 — 12k RPS, Doctrine entity inheritance for 14 product types.

Symfony 7 Doctrine API Platform Messenger PostgreSQL
IST · Overlaps EU/US
Now

Lakshmi G.

Legacy PHP Modernization Lead · 12y

Led a 5.6 → 8.3 + Symfony upgrade for a 800k-LOC ERP — strangler-fig pattern, zero customer-visible downtime over 11 months.

Rector PHPStan Symfony Doctrine Strangler-fig
IST · Overlaps US
In 2 weeks

Manish K.

Slim / Microservices Eng · 7y

Designed 9 Slim-based PHP microservices on K8s replacing a monolith — 60% infra cost reduction, p99 35ms.

Slim 4 PHP 8.3 Redis RabbitMQ Kubernetes
IST · Overlaps EU
In 3 weeks
Outcomes

What teams built
with PHP devs from us.

B2B procurement SaaS
Outcome12k RPS, 14 product subtypes
StackSymfony · Doctrine · API Platform · PG

Symfony 7 + API Platform

B2B procurement SaaS · Symfony · Doctrine · API Platform · PG

Read case study
Enterprise ERP
Outcome800k LOC, zero downtime, 11 months
StackRector · PHPStan · Symfony · Doctrine

PHP 5.6 → 8.3 + Symfony migration

Enterprise ERP · Rector · PHPStan · Symfony · Doctrine

Read case study
Logistics SaaS
Outcome60% infra cost cut, p99 35ms
StackSlim 4 · K8s · Redis · RabbitMQ

Monolith → Slim microservices

Logistics SaaS · Slim 4 · K8s · Redis · RabbitMQ

Read case study
Client Voices

What companies say
about hiring from us.

"
★★★★★

API Platform done right by someone who knows Symfony internals. 12k RPS with Doctrine — they tuned everything we hadn't touched in years.

CT
CTO, B2B procurement
"
★★★★★

Eleven-month PHP 5.6 to 8.3 + Symfony migration with no customer-visible downtime. We were skeptical it was possible. Their lead delivered.

VE
VP Engineering, enterprise ERP
"
★★★★★

Slim microservices on K8s cut our PHP infra spend 60%. Their architect knew exactly what to keep on the monolith and what to peel off.

HP
Head of Platform, logistics SaaS
Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need
to know before hiring.

Symfony, Slim, or a custom PHP framework?
Symfony 6/7 for full-featured APIs and business apps. Slim 4 for lightweight microservices and lean APIs. We also maintain legacy custom-PHP and Yii / Phalcon stacks. For Laravel specifically, see our dedicated Laravel hiring page.
PHP 8 features — do your devs actually use them?
Yes. Enums, readonly properties, attributes, named arguments, first-class callable syntax, fibers (where applicable). We enforce PHPStan level 8 or Psalm strict on most new codebases.
Can your team modernize legacy PHP 5.x / PHP 7 codebases?
Yes. Rector for automated upgrades, PHPStan to surface latent bugs, strangler-fig patterns for incremental migration. We've shipped 800k-LOC + ERP upgrades with zero customer-visible downtime.
Doctrine ORM or query builders?
Doctrine for full domain modeling and complex relations. Doctrine DBAL or Atlas / Cycle ORM for query-builder ergonomics. Raw SQL for hot paths. We pick per workload.
What about WordPress / WooCommerce / Drupal?
All three on the bench. WordPress for custom themes / plugins / Gutenberg blocks. WooCommerce for stores. Drupal for content-heavy multi-site. Magento for enterprise e-commerce.
PHPUnit or Pest for testing?
Both. New projects often default to Pest for ergonomics. Established codebases stay on PHPUnit. We aim for 70%+ coverage on business logic.
What does the 14-day SLA cover?
Day 1 discovery to day 14 first PR.
What about IP, NDAs, source code?
100% source code authorization standard. MSA assigns IP to you on day 1.
Get Matched in 4 hours

Tell us the role.
We'll send 3-5 profiles.

Share what you're hiring for — role, stack, timezone, when you need them. We'll come back within 4 hours with 3-5 hand-picked PHP / Symfony / Slim Engineers, full CVs and case studies.

What you'll get

3-5 matched profiles in 48h
Full CVs + portfolio links
Transparent engagement terms
Interview slots within 1 week
5-day trial window
Flexible MSA & NDA templates

Request PHP Profiles

Free · No commitment · 4-hour response
NDA signed before any IP shared · No spam
The Numbers

140+ PHP engineers · 13+ years · 3500+ projects

140+

PHP engineers

900+

PHP apps shipped

60%

Cost vs onshore

14-day

Time to hire
Free · 4-hour profile turnaround

Hire your PHP team
in 2 weeks.

3-5 senior PHP developer profiles in your inbox within 4 hours. Free. No commitment. No sales pitch.