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Our PHP/Laravel developers are specialists in building scalable, maintainable web applications using PHP and the Laravel framework. They have extensive experience in developing e-commerce platforms, content management systems, APIs, and enterprise web applications with modern PHP practices.

4+ years
Average Experience
20+ PHP/Laravel Developers
Available Developers
35+ PHP projects
Completed Projects
$20-28/hr
Hourly Rate

Meet the engineer

Who you'll be working with

Not a faceless resource pool — the engineers who build your system and stay on it.

Muhammad Shabir — Senior Full-Stack Engineer | PHP, Laravel & Web Platforms
10+
Years experience
25+
Websites delivered
6
Years in web consultancy

Muhammad Shabir

Senior Full-Stack Engineer | PHP, Laravel & Web Platforms

Pakistan10+ years experienceBS Computer Science, Virtual University of Pakistan

Senior Full-Stack Developer with over 10 years of experience across the web stack, including PHP and Laravel for business and enterprise solutions. Has built RESTful APIs and backend services focused on scalability, integrated third-party services, authentication systems, and payment gateways, and delivered CMS platforms — alongside a decade of .NET, Angular, and cloud architecture work.

PHP & Web

PHPLaravelWordPressRESTful APIsPayment GatewaysBootstrap

Frontend

AngularReact.jsVueTypeScriptRxJSNgRXNgXSVuexPrimeNGMUISASSTailwind CSSBootstrap

Databases & ORM

MSSQLPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisEF CoreADO.NETTypeORMPrismaLINQT-SQL

APIs & Communication

RESTful APIsgRPCSignalRGraphQLWebSocketsSocket.io

Testing & Quality

CypressJestJasmineNUnitxUnitSeleniumPlaywrightTDDSonarQube

Cloud & DevOps

Azure App ServicesAzure FunctionsAzure Service BusAWS LambdaS3EC2RDSEKSDockerKubernetesTerraformJenkinsGitHub Actions

Selected work

PHP & Laravel Enterprise Applications

Developed and maintained web applications in PHP and Laravel for business and enterprise clients, with RESTful APIs, third-party service integration, authentication systems, and payment gateways.

PHPLaravelREST APIs

E-Commerce Platforms & Payments

Built e-commerce platforms with full shopping cart and payment gateway integrations via Stripe, PayPal, and other third-party services, alongside product catalogue and checkout systems.

E-CommerceStripePayPal

CMS Delivery for Non-Technical Teams

Implemented WordPress-based content management systems letting non-technical clients manage and update their own sites, across 25+ custom websites and web applications.

WordPressCMS

Role-Based Access Control System

Designed a robust RBAC system managing distinct admin, manager, and employee roles and their permissions across an enterprise application.

RBACAuthorization

ElasticSearch Integration

Integrated ElasticSearch for advanced search functionality and performance optimisation in enterprise applications.

ElasticSearchSearch

Real-Time Analytics Dashboard

Created a real-time analytics dashboard with Dapper, LINQ, and Chart.js, giving business leaders direct data-driven insight into operations.

Chart.jsLINQDapper

Legacy-to-Angular Frontend Migration

Overhauled the frontend by migrating legacy components to Angular, producing a 50% boost in user engagement, built with RxJS, NgRX, Angular Material, and SCSS.

AngularRxJSNgRX

80%+ Test Coverage Programme

Strengthened test coverage with unit and integration testing in xUnit, driving overall effectiveness past 80% SonarQube coverage, backed by TDD with Jest, NUnit, and Playwright.

xUnitTDDSonarQube

Containerized Microservices Platform

Orchestrated containerised microservices deployments with Docker and Kubernetes, improving system reliability and horizontal scalability.

DockerKubernetesMicroservices

Experience

Senior Fullstack Engineer

Jan 2022 – Present

LawHQ

  • Built scalable C# .NET Core applications for e-commerce and SaaS platforms, delivering across HR, eCommerce, and Healthcare within microservices and micro-frontend architectures
  • Spearheaded architecture of a large-scale HR management system on .NET Core and Azure DevOps, and automated payroll in T-SQL cutting manual effort by 90%
  • Reduced query execution time from 4m30s to 30s through a database optimisation strategy, and cut API response times 30% by migrating REST to gRPC
  • Migrated legacy frontend components to Angular (RxJS, NgRX, Angular Material, SCSS) for a 50% boost in user engagement
  • Secured distributed auth with IdentityServer4, OAuth2, and OpenID Connect, and ensured HIPAA/GDPR compliance via end-to-end encryption for third-party insurance integrations
  • Raised test coverage past 80% SonarQube with xUnit, and automated reporting with Azure Functions saving 30 hours weekly

Senior Software Engineer

Feb 2019 – Dec 2021

Ibex Pakistan

  • Architected a SaaS platform on .NET Core, T-SQL, EF Core, and Amazon RDS, reducing inter-departmental paperwork by 80%
  • Developed high-performance financial services in C#, .NET, MSSQL, and Entity Framework handling real-time transaction processing under security compliance
  • Created and managed 5 production frontends in Angular with a shared component model, plus reusable TypeScript component libraries
  • Migrated the notification service to real-time WebSockets with SignalR, improving user experience by 60%
  • Applied TDD with Jest, xUnit, NUnit, and Playwright; resolved 100+ software issues and ran CI/CD for 10+ components on Azure

Full Stack Engineer

Apr 2016 – Nov 2018

Asiansol Pakistan

  • Developed and maintained 10+ backend systems, RESTful APIs, and microservices using .NET Framework, ADO.NET, and LINQ across SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Broke monolithic applications into microservices, improving scalability and release cadence
  • Designed a role-based access control system managing admin, manager, and employee permissions
  • Built e-commerce sites in ASP.NET MVC and C# with product catalogues, shopping carts, and payment gateway integrations
  • Implemented Redis caching to improve responsiveness of time tracking and reporting features

Fullstack Engineer

Mar 2018 – Sep 2019

Zech Technologies

  • Developed scalable full-stack applications using ASP.NET Core and Angular 8
  • Worked on blockchain and cryptography-based solutions focused on secure, distributed systems
  • Built and maintained RESTful APIs and backend services for enterprise applications
  • Integrated ElasticSearch for advanced search and performance optimisation, and containerised applications with Docker

Fullstack Engineer

Mar 2017 – Dec 2018

Authbytes

  • Developed and maintained web applications using PHP and Laravel for business and enterprise solutions
  • Built RESTful APIs and backend services focused on scalability and performance
  • Worked on Android application development and integrated mobile apps with backend APIs
  • Integrated third-party services, authentication systems, and payment gateways

Web Developer

Jun 2013 – Mar 2016

Freelancer.com

  • Designed, developed, and maintained 25+ custom websites and web applications across industries
  • Delivered front-end interfaces with Angular.js and responsive CSS frameworks, working directly with clients on requirements and wireframes
  • Built e-commerce platforms with Stripe, PayPal, and other payment gateway integrations
  • Implemented WordPress CMS solutions enabling non-technical clients to manage their own sites
  • Wrote unit and end-to-end tests with Jest, Cypress, and NUnit across all projects

Core expertise

.NET Ecosystem Architecture (ASP.NET Core, EF Core, SQL Server, Blazor)

Enterprise Angular & Frontend State Management (RxJS, NgRX, NgXS)

Cloud-Native Microservices on Azure & AWS (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform)

Identity & Access Management (IdentityServer4, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, RBAC)

Healthcare & Fintech Compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, end-to-end encryption)

Developer overview

Comprehensive overview of our php/laravel developer and their capabilities.

What we offer

PHP and Laravel experts building robust web applications and content management systems.

Our team consists of highly skilled professionals with extensive experience in their respective domains, following industry best practices and staying current with the latest technologies and methodologies.

Core skills

PHPLaravelMySQLComposerEloquent ORMRESTful APIsBlade TemplatesArtisanPHPUnitRedis

Why choose our PHP/Laravel Developer?

Proven Track Record

Successful delivery of complex projects with measurable results

Fast Delivery

Agile development approach ensuring quick time-to-market

Latest Technologies

Always up-to-date with cutting-edge tools and frameworks

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