Hire PHP developers for your team in Canada

A useful developer understands both the application in front of them and the risks of changing it. Look for these practical skills when discussing your work.

• Framework experienceWe work with Laravel or Symfony, as well as plain PHP and older applications built without a framework.
• SecurityWe use prepared statements against SQL injection, escape output, add CSRF tokens and handle file uploads and passwords safely.
• TestingWe write automated tests with PHPUnit or Pest and use PHPStan or Psalm to catch type errors before deployment.
• PerformanceWe profile slow pages with Xdebug or Blackfire, address slow database queries and use OPcache and data caching where suitable.
• Legacy changesWe add tests around existing behaviour before splitting large files into classes and replacing outdated functions step by step.

The developers we provide already work on our client projects; we do not find freelancers for your assignment. A lead reviews code and keeps the work on track.

1. 01

   Choose capacity

   We offer full-time, part-time or a fixed number of hours a month, so you can select a plan around the work you have.

2. 02

   Join your workflow

   Developers work in your repository, tickets and stand-ups. We agree the hours of overlap with your team up front.

3. 03

   Plan onboarding

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

4. 04

   Set access

   Start with staging and individual accounts that have only the permissions needed. Add production access once the review process is in place.

5. 05

   Share the working rules

   Give us your architecture overview, coding standards, branching and release process, plus instructions for running the project locally. We record gaps found during onboarding.

A business sending personal information to us for processing abroad needs to tell people, in clear language, that it may be processed in a foreign country and accessed by that country's law enforcement and national security authorities. We set up that wording in your privacy notice and use individual accounts so access is auditable and removable.

For personal information communicated outside Québec, the business must conduct a privacy impact assessment before the transfer, and protective measures must include a written contract with the recipient. We set up the written contract for our work before that information is shared.

A clear starting brief helps the developer begin on useful work.

• Rank the backlog or write a first set of well-described tasks, so there is real work ready to pick up.
• List the skills and seniority needed, including the framework or legacy system experience your application requires.
• Set out your working hours, the overlap you need and the person who will answer the developer's questions.
• Define doneagree review rules, expected tests and how work is deployed and approved.