++Nearshore PHP developers
Hire nearshore PHP developers who work inside your team.
You get a dedicated PHP developer, or more PHP capacity, working as a full member of your existing engineering team. The developer is employed by tre plus and works from our own office in Pristina, within the same European working day as you.
We handle recruitment, local employment and the workspace. You keep your product, your roadmap and your technical direction. The setup is Dutch-led, so you always have one point of contact who thinks along with you.
No obligation. You speak with Rens directly.
Finding experienced PHP capacity takes time you do not have.
Most teams that reach out to us do not have a technology problem. They have a people availability problem. Sound familiar?
- Finding an experienced PHP developer in your own market takes longer than planned.
- Your current team absorbs the work nobody picks up.
- Maintenance, refactors and integrations keep slipping.
- Filling one role costs a lot of internal time and calendar weeks.
- Your dependency on one or two backend people keeps growing.
What we see in the Dutch developer market: in August 2026 we analysed 957 open developer roles at 385 companies. Of the 110 vacancies with a traceable publication date, 63% had been open for more than 60 days. That is our own prospect market and not PHP-specific research.
The PHP work we actually recruit for.
The roles we fill for clients now and recently give the best picture of the work we select developers on. Not a framework list to impress you, but the work we really see.
Backend and data
- Modern PHP in existing codebases, with Laravel or Symfony
- Designing, extending and securing REST APIs
- GraphQL where the product is built on it
- Data models and migrations on PostgreSQL or MySQL
Integrations and platform
- Integrations with accounting software, payment providers and subscription platforms
- E-commerce and payment flows that handle real volume
- Docker in the daily development setup
- AWS environments where the client runs on them
Quality
- Automated tests as a habit, not an afterthought
- CI/CD pipelines and reviews inside your standard
- Working in existing code, not only greenfield
- Explaining and documenting trade-offs
We do not have a published client case specifically about PHP. What we can show is the roles we are filling right now and how we select for them.
Laravel and Symfony.
Most PHP teams that come to us work with Laravel or with Symfony. We recruit and employ developers around both environments, and we test that where it matters: in code close to your type of project, not on a certificate.
Both appear in the roles we currently fill. Symfony in a booking system and in an e-commerce environment with payments, Laravel in CRM and operational platforms with many integrations. Where your stack sits decides where we search.
Hire Laravel developers
If you need Laravel capacity, we recruit on the work that shows up in Laravel projects every day: extending existing applications, Eloquent models and migrations, queues and background jobs, APIs for your own frontend or app, and integrations with external services. We test that in code close to your type of project.
In the roles we currently fill, Laravel sits in CRM and operational platforms with many integrations. With your own team and an existing codebase, the developer joins that work while you keep the architecture and the reviews.
Hire Symfony developers
Symfony work is more often a long-running application with a strict domain model: services and dependency injection, Doctrine, bundles, more complex business rules and APIs used by several parties. We select on experience in existing code rather than greenfield work.
In our current roles Symfony appears in a booking system and in an e-commerce environment with payments. If you need several roles or broader responsibility, we look at a small team with a tech lead who thinks along.
One developer or more PHP capacity.
The difference is not the technology. It is how much capacity you need and how much you steer yourself.
Developer as a Service
One dedicated PHP developer who works fully inside your team, your sprints and your codebase. You set the work and the priorities.
Team as a Service
Several complementary roles when one developer is not enough. The composition depends on what your product needs, so we decide that together.
Many clients start with one developer and expand later in the same rhythm. It does not have to be fixed up front.
Curious how that collaboration works in practice? At DutchDrops, outside help became part of their own team. To be clear: that is a Shopware case about collaboration and integration, not evidence for PHP, Laravel or Symfony.
How it works.
The same steps as for any role, so you know what to expect and when.
01
Align on role and stack
In a 30-minute call we go through the role, your PHP environment and the team someone joins.
02
Profiles within 7 business days
We recruit locally in Kosovo and show the first matching profiles within 7 business days, with the reasoning behind each one.
03
You select
You speak to the profiles and make the call. We check technical level, English and fit beforehand.
04
Onboarding in 2 to 4 weeks
Onboarding is possible within 2 to 4 weeks. The actual start date depends on your own interviews and decision moment.
05
A structural part of your team
From there the developer works in your processes, your meetings and your repository, like a permanent remote colleague.
General minimum engagement: 6 months. That gives someone time to ramp up and build real value.
What it costs.
From-prices per full-time developer per month:
Junior
from€2,495per month
Medior
from€3,795per month
Senior
from€5,495per month
Expert
from€6,795per month
Tech lead
from€7,795per month
The final monthly price depends on profile, experience, technology and scarcity. We agree that price up front and transparently, with no hourly margins and no hiring fee.
In our representative 2026 Dutch employer-cost scenario this means 35 to 45% lower employer cost for medior and senior developers. That comparison uses the same medior and senior reference scenario and is not PHP-specific.
What this is not.
Worth being explicit, because the market uses the same words for very different things.
- Not a freelancer marketplace where you do the filtering.
- Not an anonymous developer pool that rotates per assignment.
- Not a fixed-scope project we build outside your team.
- Not changing people on the same role.
The developer works structurally inside your team, and you keep ownership of your product and your code.
++FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can you find both Laravel and Symfony developers?
What kind of Laravel work do your developers pick up?
And Symfony?
Can I start with one PHP developer?
How quickly do we receive profiles?
Does the developer work from Kosovo inside our own processes?
What is the minimum engagement?
Want to talk through the PHP role you need?
I am happy to think along with you about the profile, the stack and what is realistic in terms of timing.
You speak with Rens, founder of tre plus.