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Hire PHP developers, direct.

Hire senior PHP developers through Probegin, a Dutch nearshore firm with a 400K+ European network. Modern PHP 8 engineers — Laravel, Symfony, APIs — vetted within days, starting within two weeks.

Start within 2 weeks 60-day trial CET ±1 · EN C1
What they do

Modern PHP 8 — typed, tested, and nothing like the PHP of 2010.

01

API & platform engineering

REST and GraphQL APIs on PHP 8 with strict types, proper auth and versioning that doesn't break clients.

02

Framework work

Laravel and Symfony applications structured for the long haul — queues, events, clean domain boundaries.

03

Legacy modernization

Stepwise refactors of aging PHP estates: tests first, then structure, then framework — while features keep shipping.

04

Integrations

Payment providers, ERPs and third-party APIs wired in with retry logic and observability.

Use cases

What teams hire PHP developers for.

PHP 8 is a modern, typed language with Europe's deepest talent pool — pragmatic economics for long-lived systems. Framework-first? Go directly to Laravel or Symfony.

01

Platform modernization

Decade-old PHP estates refactored to PHP 8 discipline without a rewrite gamble.

02

API backbones

REST/GraphQL layers powering apps, storefronts and partner integrations.

03

Long-run product teams

Senior PHP engineers embedded for years, not sprints — the classic Probegin placement.

Stack & seniority

What's on the bench.

The deepest classic bench in our network — from mid-level feature engineers to seniors who have modernized decade-old estates.

PHP 8.3LaravelSymfonyMySQL / PostgreSQLRedisRabbitMQPHPUnitDocker
Works well with

Often hired together.

Laravel Vue.js WordPress

Building AI into this stack? Meet our AI-automatiseringsingenjör profile.

Rates & engagement

Three ways to engage PHP developers.

FT

Dedicated full-time

One specialist, embedded in your team, your standups and your tools — the classic direct model. Most placements run this way for a year or longer.

PT

Part-time fraction

Two or three days a week for maintenance-grade or advisory work — you keep senior capability without paying for idle hours.

POD

Inside a pod

For outcome-scoped delivery, the specialist joins one of our implementation pods — priced on the result, not the hours.

What moves the rate: seniority, ecosystem scarcity (an architect-level profile prices differently than a generalist), and how long the engagement runs. For context, Dutch IT detachering averages about €65–150 per hour (ITRC, 2026); the direct nearshore model usually undercuts comparable local seniority meaningfully, since no layered agencies take margin. Exact all-in rates come with your shortlist in the intro call.

Processen

Från uppdragsbeskrivning till introduktion på fyra steg.

Informera oss

A 30-minute intake: the role, the stack, the team it lands in, the timeline it has to hit.

Träffa dina matchningar

Two to three vetted PHP developers from our 400K+ European network — within days.

Intervjua och välja

Det är du som sköter intervjuerna och fattar beslutet. Ingen press, vi har ingen bänk som måste tömmas.

Börja inom två veckor

Avtal och introduktion sköts av oss. En provperiod på 60 dagar, så risken ligger hos oss.

Vanliga frågor

Hiring PHP developers, answered.

Where they sit

Your PHP developers work from our network across the Netherlands, Ukraine, Hungary, Romania, Poland and Bulgaria — all CET ±1, all fluent English (C1), all contracted and payrolled by Probegin so compliance stays our problem, not yours.

Netherlands · HQUkraineHungaryRomaniaPolandBulgaria
Is PHP still worth hiring for in 2026?

If your product runs on it, absolutely — PHP 8 is fast and strongly typed, and the European talent pool is deep, which means senior quality at sane rates and two-week starts.

Can they modernize our legacy PHP application?

Yes — legacy-to-modern is the most requested PHP engagement: characterization tests first, then incremental refactoring without a rewrite freeze.

Laravel or Symfony?

Both are first-class on the bench. We match on your framework and version, not on what the developer happens to prefer.

How fast can a PHP developer start?

Two to three vetted profiles within days, start within two weeks, 60-day trial period.

Our PHP app has no tests — can you still work on it?

That's normal, not shameful. The playbook: characterization tests around the money paths first, then refactoring under coverage — risk goes down from week one.

How does the 60-day trial period work?

The first 60 days are the proof: if the match isn't right, you say so and the placement ends without long-term obligation — or we replace the profile from the network. Most trials convert; the ones that don't cost you a conversation, not a contract.

Can we scale from one developer to a team?

Yes — that's the normal growth path. Many clients start with a single specialist and expand to two or five as the roadmap demands, keeping one contract and one point of contact at Probegin. Scaling down is equally simple, with reasonable notice instead of penalty clauses.

Who handles contracts, payroll and compliance?

Probegin does. You get one Dutch counterparty and one invoice; employment, payroll and cross-border compliance for the specialist are our responsibility. That structure also keeps you clear of freelance-classification risk under Dutch rules.

Börja den här veckan

Your PHP hire is already in our network.

Tell us the role today, meet your matches this week, have them on the team in two.

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