Hire PHP developers for your team in Ireland

Your developer should be able to work with the code you have and explain how they will keep changes readable, testable and safe.

• Readable PHPLook for type declarations, namespaces, Composer and PSR coding standards, so another developer can follow the code and manage its dependencies.
• Framework experienceAsk for depth in Laravel or Symfony, alongside the ability to work in plain PHP when an older application has no framework.
• Security practicesPrepared statements, output escaping, CSRF tokens, safe uploads and password_hash each address a concrete part of application security.
• Performance investigationA developer can profile slow pages with Xdebug or Blackfire, inspect database queries and use OPcache or data caching where appropriate.
• Legacy changesTests around existing behaviour give a developer a basis for splitting large files and replacing outdated functions in stages.

You direct the work while we provide development capacity and management. A studio arrangement moves recruitment, payroll, equipment and cover for absence to the studio; a direct hire gives you more control but takes longer to set up.

1. 01

   Join your workflow

   Developers work in your repository, tickets and stand-ups. We agree the hours when your people and ours will be available to each other.

2. 02

   Plan onboarding

   We start with environment setup, a product and codebase walkthrough, and a small real task that touches the main parts of the system.

3. 03

   Review the work

   A lead reviews code and keeps work on track, so you have management alongside the developer doing the implementation.

4. 04

   Adjust capacity

   You can scale the plan up or down, or pause it when your needs change. Keep the backlog current so the available capacity goes towards useful work.

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Banks and insurers commissioning customer portals need to consider what personal data a remote developer can access. We start with individual accounts and the least permissions needed, using staging before production. India does not have an EU adequacy decision, so agree an appropriate transfer safeguard before personal data is transferred; standard contractual clauses must use the module matching the parties’ roles.

A few decisions and documents give your developer real work to start with.

• Rank your backlog or describe an initial set of tasks clearly enough to work from.
• Share the architecture, coding standards, branching and release process, plus instructions for running the project locally. Record any gaps found during onboarding.
• Name the person who will answer questions and agree the working hours and overlap you need.
• Define doneset out the review rules, expected tests, deployment steps and approval process.