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 the UK, DACH, Benelux, and Scandinavia.

Let’s Talk

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
  • You’re tired of staff augmentation that ships junior work under senior invoices

Four ways to work with us

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

1

Laravel takeover

We don’t take over blind. Every takeover starts with a paid 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.

2

Maintenance & Growth retainer

Dedicated Laravel capacity with a named person, not a rotating pool. From €2,500/month as an entry threshold, scaling up to a full-time senior engineer on retainer. Minimum 6 months, 3-month notice.

3

Team augmentation

Senior Laravel engineers embedded into your team. Your PM, your repo, your Slack, our engineers. Minimum 3 months. Direct communication with the people writing the code.

4

Honest conversation about rebuilds

Sometimes the right answer is “don’t refactor, rewrite.” When an audit shows the codebase isn’t worth stabilising, we say so – and help you scope the alternative. We’d rather lose the engagement than talk you into a sinking ship.

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. The retainer is a commitment to show up, not a cage.

Integrity

If we’re not the right fit, we say so on the first call. If a takeover looks bad, we tell you before the contract. Real reasons, real plans. No corporate theatre.

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, Vue – 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?

Six months, with three months’ notice to end. That’s long enough for a dedicated engineer to learn your codebase and deliver real value, and short enough that you’re not trapped if things change. We can start smaller with team augmentation or a one-off audit.

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?

Rarely, and only when the scope is genuinely fixed – which in custom Laravel work is almost never. For most engagements we use time-and-materials with a monthly cap, or a dedicated-engineer retainer. Both give you cost predictability without pretending we can forecast the unforecastable.

How do you price team augmentation?

Monthly retainer for dedicated capacity, or day rate for more variable engagements. Pricing depends on seniority and commitment length. The entry threshold starts at €2,500/month and scales up to a full-time senior engineer on retainer. 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, Blade, and Vue. 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?

You give notice per the contract – three months for retainers, one month for augmentation. We use the notice period to hand off: documentation, knowledge transfer to whoever takes over, final cleanup. No abandoned projects.