Hire Laravel developers for your team in Australia

A developer should be able to explain how they structure and maintain the application, as well as how they add features. Look for these practical skills in their work.

• Database queriesUse Eloquent relationships and eager loading to avoid a separate query for every row in a loop, and know when the query builder is a better fit.
• Application structureKeep controllers concise, with validation in form requests, permissions in policies and business rules in testable service or action classes.
• SecurityUse Laravel protections for cross-site request forgery, escaped Blade output, mass assignment and password hashing, alongside an authentication option such as Sanctum.
• TestsWrite Pest or PHPUnit feature tests that call routes and check the database when business rules change.
• Database changesTrack migrations and seeders in version control so each environment can be built from scratch.
• DeploymentCache configuration, routes and data in production, and use a deployment tool or pipeline to deploy without downtime.

We provide developers who already work on our client projects, with a lead who reviews code and keeps the work on track. You can choose a full-time, part-time or fixed-hours plan.

1. 01

   Scope

   We agree the work to start with and keep a shared backlog that you control. We review priorities with you regularly, so the next task reflects what your product needs.

2. 02

   Fit

   We work in your repository and tools, following your review process and joining your tickets and stand-ups. We agree the working-hours overlap before work starts.

3. 03

   Onboard

   We set up the environment, walk through the product and codebase, and take on a small real task that touches the main parts of the system.

4. 04

   Document

   Share your architecture overview, coding standards, branching and release process, plus instructions for running the project locally. We write down gaps found during onboarding.

5. 05

   Review

   We give you regular progress updates and demos, with direct access to the team doing the work. Use the demos to review completed work and discuss the backlog.

Australian government agencies and health-service businesses may be covered by the Privacy Act. When a covered organisation gives personal information to an overseas contractor, that is in most circumstances a disclosure, so the overseas-disclosure rules apply. We set up a contract requiring the overseas recipient to handle personal information in line with the applicable privacy principles. For the build, we use individual accounts with only the permissions needed, starting in staging and adding production access once the review process is in place.

Give the developer enough context to begin on useful work and know how it will be reviewed.

• A ranked backlog or an initial set of clearly described tasks.
• The skills and seniority needed, including front-end or back-end work and experience with any legacy system.
• Your working hours, the overlap you need and the person who will answer the developer's questions.
• A definition of done covering review rules, expected tests, deployment and approval.