Laravel Development

Laravel development, built like we own it

Senior Laravel engineers for teams that need to ship, scale, or inherit a codebase

Long-running Laravel platforms need owners, not contractors. We specialise in retainers, team augmentation, and takeover of legacy codebases – with the same discipline and transparency we’d apply to our own product.

Laravel + React. Based in Poland. Working across Europe.

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Three kinds of people usually land here

If you’re one of them, keep reading.

  • You’re a CTO or engineering leader who needs reliable backend capacity without full-time hiring overhead
  • You’re a fractional CTO or IT consultant looking for a technical subcontractor you can trust, white-label
  • You inherited a Laravel codebase built by someone who’s no longer around
  • You want senior engineers who read the codebase before touching it

Four ways to work with us

Pick the one that fits, or tell us what you had in mind.

1

Project-based

Defined scope – we estimate, build, deliver. Clear price, clear timeline. Works best when you know what you need: a migration, an integration, an MVP. We can run a discovery phase first if the scope isn’t nailed down yet.

2

Retainer

Ongoing access to our team – maintenance, support, small features, bug fixes, consultations. A pool of hours per month with a named person, not a rotating pool. No minimum commitment, 30-day notice. We scale from a few hours a month to a full-time senior engineer on retainer.

3

Team augmentation

Senior Laravel engineers embedded into your team. Your PM, your repo, your Slack, our engineers. No minimum commitment, 30-day notice. Direct communication with the people writing the code.

4

Dedicated team

Your product, our team, we own delivery. We assign the people, manage the work, and take responsibility for outcomes. You say what you need – we figure out how to get it done. Same people, same context, month after month.

Already have a Laravel codebase?

A large part of our work isn’t building from scratch – it’s taking over, stabilising, and evolving products that already exist. If your previous team left, your codebase has outgrown its architecture, or something is broken right now – this is where we come in.

Takeover

We don’t take over blind. Every takeover starts with a code audit – a written report on what’s there, what’s at risk, and what it would take to stabilise. You own the report whether we continue or not. From there, we build context, stabilise what’s urgent, and take full ownership.

Legacy modernisation

The product works but it’s showing its age – outdated Laravel versions, security gaps, performance issues, code nobody wants to touch. We modernise incrementally: refactoring critical paths, upgrading where it makes sense, improving test coverage along the way. We don’t push for a full rewrite unless it’s genuinely the right call – and we’ll tell you honestly which approach makes more sense.

Firefighting

Sometimes you don’t need a plan – you need help now. A critical production issue, a security vulnerability, infrastructure costs spiralling. We step in fast, diagnose the problem, and fix it. These engagements are short and intense – but they often turn into longer relationships once the fire is out.

Our brand promise, applied to Laravel

We’ll treat your project like our own, and still be here when you need us next year. Here’s what that looks like in practice.

Ownership

We read the whole codebase before we touch it. We refactor where it pays off and leave it alone where it doesn’t. Every line we ship, we’d defend in code review.

Transparency

Weekly written updates. Shared access to our estimates and the assumptions behind them. When we’re wrong, you hear it from us first – not from a broken deployment.

Quality in the details

Code review on every PR. Automated tests where they change outcomes. A pre-production checklist that catches what discipline alone would miss. No heroics.

Flexibility

Pause the engagement. Ramp up for a launch. Step back to one day a week. Change scope mid-quarter. We offer a commitment to show up, and adjust.

Integrity

If we’re not the right fit, we say so on the first call. If a takeover looks bad, we’ll tell you what needs fixing before we commit to anything. Real reasons, real plans.

What we actually use in production

A pragmatic stack shaped by real engagements, not buzzwords.

  • Laravel 6 through 11, PHP 8.x on new work, legacy versions handled with care
  • React, Next.js, Inertia.js, Livewire, Blade – whatever your team already runs
  • PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch when it earns its place
  • Laravel Horizon for queues, Reverb or Pusher for real-time features
  • Pest and PHPUnit for tests that catch real bugs, not coverage numbers
  • Docker for local and staging parity, zero-downtime deploys on your existing CI/CD
  • Sentry or Bugsnag for errors, structured logging that’s actually searchable
  • AI integration experience: we’ve shipped a production Laravel + Claude system that lets non-technical users contribute pull requests through conversation

If your stack is different from any of the above, tell us. We’ve worked with older Laravel versions, older PHP, and codebases that predate Composer. No snobbery.

Questions we get asked

The ones that come up the most.

What’s the minimum commitment for a Laravel retainer?

There isn’t one. New engagement usually starts with no minimum commitment and 30-day notice – low risk on both sides. That said, the engineers who stick around longest are the ones who deliver the most value, because they know the codebase. Most clients stay because the relationship works, not because a contract says they have to.

Can you take over a Laravel codebase built by someone else?

Yes, and we do it often. We never take over blind. Every takeover starts with a paid code audit – one to three weeks depending on size – that gives you a written report on what’s there, what’s at risk, and what it would cost to stabilise. You decide what happens next.

Do you work on a fixed-price basis?

Yes, when the scope can be clearly defined. We’ll help you get there – through a discovery phase, technical assessment, or a series of conversations until the requirements are solid. For ongoing Laravel work, most clients prefer a team augmentation or dedicated team because scope evolves as the product does. We’ll recommend whatever fits the situation honestly.

How do you price team augmentation?

Pricing depends on seniority and hours, not the engagement model. The difference between augmentation and a retainer is how the work is managed, not what it costs. We share exact numbers on the first call.

Which Laravel versions do you support?

We work with Laravel 6 through 11 in production. New builds go on the latest stable version. For legacy work, we handle upgrades from older versions – including the ones everyone is nervous about.

Can you upgrade a legacy Laravel app?

Yes. We’ve done upgrades from 5.x through 11, and PHP upgrades from 7.x to 8.x. Expect a scoped upgrade plan, a staging environment test, and a rollback strategy before anything touches production.

Do you work with Laravel + React, or other frontends?

Laravel + React is our most common pairing. We also work with Next.js, Inertia.js, Livewire, and Blade. We’ll match what your team already runs unless there’s a good reason to change.

Where is your team based? What timezones do you cover?

Poland. Our working hours overlap comfortably with the UK, DACH, Benelux, Scandinavia, and the rest of the EU. We’re used to async-first collaboration with English-speaking clients.

Do you work white-label for consultants and fractional CTOs?

Yes. We’re comfortable staying behind the scenes, reporting to you instead of your client, and delivering under your brand. We’ve done it before and it works well when the commercial terms are clean from day one.

What happens if we need to end the engagement?

Thirty days’ notice. We use the notice period to hand off: documentation, knowledge transfer to whoever takes over, final cleanup. No abandoned projects.