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Hire PHP Developers from India
Add Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter and core PHP engineers to your team, or hand us a whole PHP project, from a head office in Navi Mumbai with teams in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi.
Pick a dedicated developer, a part-time one, hourly support or a fixed-scope project.
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Overlap hours are agreed with you at kickoff, updates are written, and the code, repositories and hosting accounts stay yours.
- Head office in Navi Mumbai
- Teams in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi
- One monthly progress report
- 7+Years in digital marketing
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- 250+Projects delivered
- 100+Certifications held
Why The Adroit
You make the final call
We propose developers against your brief, you interview the people proposed, and you decide after speaking with them.
Four ways to hire
A dedicated developer, a part-time developer, hourly time and material, or a fixed-scope project. Figures depend on scope and seniority and are agreed in the proposal.
The code stays yours
Code, repositories, hosting accounts, domains, databases and third-party credentials belong to the client, and the proposal says so in plain terms.
Overlap hours agreed at kickoff
We do not assume a window: the overlap hours are agreed with you at kickoff and written into the proposal.
Reviewed work, staging always open
Pull requests are reviewed, staging is always open to you, and one written report arrives each month.
Capacity that can move
Start with one developer, add another when the roadmap grows, reduce when it does not. Notice terms are written into the contract.
What we build
Dedicated developer
A full-time developer working only on your product, taking direction from your lead.
Compare the modelsPart-time developer
A share of a developer's week, agreed up front, for steady but lighter work.
Hourly (time and material)
Hours are logged and reviewed against a backlog you prioritise. Good for support and unknowns.
Fixed-scope project
A written feature list delivered to an agreed plan, with changes handled by change request.
PHP development servicesLaravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter and core PHP
Tell us the stack and the seniority you need; we match against your brief rather than a fixed menu.
PHP 5 and 7 upgrades
An upgrade does not need anyone in your office. The path is a staircase, not a jump: audit, protect with tests, climb one release at a time.
See the upgrade staircase
How hiring works
Six steps from first message to a developer working in your repository, shown here in four groups. You stay in control at every one of them.
Send a brief, review profiles
Stack, product stage, team shape, preferred overlap hours and a rough start date. We propose developers whose experience fits your stack and seniority needs, with a note on why each was chosen.
Interview, then agree terms
Talk to the people who would work on your product. Then pick the engagement model and confirm NDA, IP, notice terms and reporting in writing before work starts.
Kick off and get access
Repository, tracker, staging and chat access are set up. Overlap hours and the update routine are written down.
Build, review, report
Pull requests are reviewed, staging is always open to you, and one written report arrives each month.
Who you would work with
Add Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter and core PHP engineers to your team, or hand us a whole PHP project, from a head office in Navi Mumbai with teams in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi.
Start with the pillar page for definitions and frameworks, or open the page for the team you would talk to.
Awards and Recognition
To hire PHP developers from India, send a brief, review the profiles we match, interview the people proposed, agree an engagement model (dedicated monthly, part-time, hourly or fixed scope) and start with access, a staging site and an overlap window you have agreed. The Adroit has its head office in Navi Mumbai and teams in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi & Kolkata, works to a clear plan, sends one report a month, and leaves the code, repositories and hosting accounts in your ownership.
Why India
Why hire PHP developers from India instead of hiring locally?
Teams in the US, UK, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and Singapore usually come to India for the same few reasons. None of them is a guarantee, so treat each as a point to check.
A wide pool of PHP skills
Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter and core PHP are all common here. Check that the profile matches your stack, not just the language.
A time zone you can plan around
IST is UTC+5:30 all year. The Gulf, Europe and Asia-Pacific share working hours with it. Agree the overlap before you sign.
Communication
Calls and written updates follow the rhythm your team prefers. Ask to speak to the developer first.
A different cost structure
Salaries and overheads differ by country. Compare the whole cost of an engagement, including management time and rework, not a headline rate.
Capacity that can move
Start with one developer, add another when the roadmap grows, reduce when it does not. Notice terms are written into the contract.
A mature PHP ecosystem
Composer packages, current PHP 8.x features and a large community mean skills carry over from one codebase to the next.
When India is a good fit
- You can work with a few shared hours and written hand-offs outside them.
- You want PHP capacity without building a local hiring pipeline.
- You are comfortable reviewing work on a staging site and in pull requests.
When to think twice
- Your rules require every developer to sit in your country or region.
- You need someone on a live call throughout your whole working day.
- Your data may not leave a given jurisdiction and cannot be masked in test environments.
How hiring works
How do you hire PHP developers from India, step by step?
Six steps from first message to a developer working in your repository. You stay in control at every one of them.
Send a brief
Stack, product stage, team shape, preferred overlap hours and a rough start date. A short note is enough.
Review matched profiles
We propose developers whose experience fits your stack and seniority needs, with a note on why each was chosen.
Interview them
Talk to the people who would work on your product. Bring your own technical questions or a small code review.
Agree model and terms
Pick the engagement model, then confirm NDA, IP, notice terms and reporting in writing before work starts.
Kick off and get access
Repository, tracker, staging and chat access are set up. Overlap hours and the update routine are written down.
Build, review, report
Pull requests are reviewed, staging is always open to you, and one written report arrives each month.
Ready to start? Send us your brief and say which engagement model you are leaning towards.
Engagement models
Dedicated, part-time, hourly or fixed scope: which model should you hire on?
The model decides who carries the risk of being wrong about scope, how change is handled and how spend behaves month to month. We describe the four without prices, because figures depend on scope and seniority and are agreed in the proposal.
Dedicated developer
A full-time developer working only on your product, taking direction from your lead.
Part-time developer
A share of a developer’s week, agreed up front, for steady but lighter work.
Time and material
Hours are logged and reviewed against a backlog you prioritise. Good for support and unknowns.
Fixed-scope project
A written feature list delivered to an agreed plan, with changes handled by change request.
| Model | How it works | Best for | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated developer | One developer is assigned to you each month and works from your backlog, with you or your lead setting priorities. | A live product with a steady roadmap, or a team that needs PHP capacity it can direct. | You supply the priorities; an unclear backlog wastes the capacity. |
| Part-time developer | The same kind of arrangement, for an agreed fraction of the working week. | Maintenance, a small module queue, or a product that does not need a full-time hand yet. | Agree which days or hours are covered so expectations on response time are clear. |
| Hourly (time and material) | Effort is logged and reviewed; you fund what is spent and reprioritise as you learn. | Bug fixing, audits, upgrades with unknowns, and work that arrives unevenly. | Set a review rhythm so totals never surprise you. |
| Fixed-scope project | A written feature list and milestone plan for a set price, with a change request for anything new. | A defined tool, a module, or a first release where requirements are clear. | A vague brief turns into change requests; spend time on the scope. |
Mixing models is normal
Many engagements start with a fixed-scope audit or first release, move to hourly support while you learn what users do, then settle on a dedicated developer. Terms such as notice period and reporting are written into the proposal.
Three questions that pick the model
- Can you list the features and expect the list to hold? Fixed scope.
- Will usage change what you build next? Hourly or part-time.
- Do you need PHP capacity for a year or more? Dedicated developer.
Time zones and communication
How much time-zone overlap will you get with PHP developers in India?
India runs on IST, UTC+5:30, with no daylight saving. The ruler below lays a sample 9:00 to 18:00 working day in each region on the Indian clock, against a sample Indian day of 10:00 to 19:00. Real hours are agreed with you at kickoff, not assumed.
Illustrative, on standard time. Daylight saving moves the US, UK and EU rows by an hour for part of the year. US teams often rely on written hand-offs and staging demos, or ask whether a shifted window is workable; we confirm what is possible in the proposal.
Overlap hours
Agreed at kickoff and written down, so both sides know when calls happen.
Written updates
Progress lives in a shared tracker and pull requests, so you can read it in your own morning.
One monthly report
Work done, work next, open risks and decisions needed.
Onboarding
What does onboarding a PHP developer from India look like?
Five short moves get a new developer productive in your codebase. The order matters more than the speed.
- Kickoff callGoals, priorities, overlap hours, who approves what.
- AccessRepository, tracker, chat and staging, with the least access needed.
- EnvironmentLocal setup written down so another developer could repeat it.
- First small taskA low-risk change that exercises review, tests and release end to end.
- Review rhythmPull-request review, staging demos and the monthly report are scheduled.
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Questions
FAQs
Yes. The Adroit has its head office in Navi Mumbai, with teams in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, and works with clients in other countries through a shared tracker, a staging site you can open at any time, written updates and a monthly progress report. Your location does not need to match ours; overlap hours, access and reporting are written into the proposal.
Send a brief with your stack, goals, team shape and preferred overlap hours. We propose developers whose experience fits, you interview the people proposed, and you pick an engagement model. NDA, IP, notice and reporting terms are confirmed in writing, then access to the repository, tracker and staging is set up at a kickoff call. From there pull requests are reviewed, staging stays open to you and one written report arrives each month.
Four: a dedicated developer on a monthly basis, a part-time developer for an agreed share of the week, hourly time-and-material work against a backlog you prioritise, and a fixed-scope project with a written feature list and milestone plan. Fixed scope suits clear requirements, hourly suits support and unknowns, and dedicated suits a live product with a steady roadmap. Many clients start with one model and move to another as the product matures.
There is no honest single figure, because the cost follows seniority, skills, the engagement model and how long you commit. We do not publish rates on this page. After a short conversation about your needs we send a proposal with the assumptions listed, so you can compare it line by line with other quotes. When you compare, look at the whole cost, including management time and rework, not only the headline rate.
India Standard Time is UTC+5:30 all year with no daylight saving. Clients in the Gulf, Europe and Asia-Pacific normally share a useful part of the working day, while US clients share little or none on standard hours and rely on written hand-offs and staging demos, or ask whether a shifted window is workable. We do not assume a window: the overlap hours are agreed with you at kickoff and written into the proposal.
Day-to-day work happens in a shared task tracker and in pull requests, so you can read progress in your own morning. We hold calls in the overlap window you agree. Formal reporting is one written report each month covering work completed, work planned next, open risks and the decisions we need from you. Calls and written updates are scheduled around your day, and you have a named point of contact.
You can ask for Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter and core PHP developers, plus skills around them: REST and GraphQL APIs, MySQL and PostgreSQL, Redis and queues, e-commerce and custom CMS work, automated testing with PHPUnit or Pest, security hardening, and moving older code to PHP 8.x. We match developers against your brief rather than a fixed menu, so describe the stack and the seniority you need and we will say honestly whether we can cover it.
We match on stack fit, seniority and role, and communication and overlap, then propose developers with a note on why each was chosen. You can interview the people proposed and bring your own technical questions or a small code review before deciding. Ask any company the same questions you ask the developer: who writes my code, what happens if they become unavailable, and what do I receive at the end.
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You do. Source code, repositories, hosting accounts, domains, databases, backups and third-party credentials belong to the client, and the proposal states this in plain terms. Hosting and domain accounts should be registered in your name from the start. Exact legal wording is set in the contract, so have your own counsel review it, and tell us early if data-protection rules such as GDPR apply to your data.
Yes, an NDA is agreed before code or plans are shared, and intellectual-property terms are written so that the work product belongs to you. Access is limited to what each person needs and removed when the engagement ends. Secrets are kept out of the repository and passed over a secure channel. Confidentiality, IP and data-protection terms depend on where you are, so they are set out in the contract rather than assumed.
Yes, an upgrade does not need anyone in your office. We audit the PHP version, dependencies, hosting and deployment first, add tests around the flows that matter most, then move up one release at a time, fixing deprecations while they are still warnings and shipping each step to staging. The target is a currently supported PHP 8.x branch that your framework and packages also support. How long it takes depends mostly on how old the dependencies are.
Use a currently supported PHP 8.x branch, and the newest one that your chosen framework and packages support. Support status changes over time, so check php.net/supported-versions.php for which branches still receive fixes rather than relying on a number written on a web page. Older branches no longer receive security fixes, which is a risk for any public-facing application.
A freelancer can suit a small, well-defined task if you can vet and manage them yourself. An in-house hire gives the most control and continuity if you can recruit, employ and keep someone in your own country. Hiring through a company such as The Adroit suits teams that want PHP capacity without recruitment, with a team behind the developer and terms for replacement and notice in one contract. The comparison table on this page sets out how they typically differ.
Usually yes. Developers can work in your repository, task tracker and chat if you prefer, taking direction from your lead, and we agree the access and review rules at kickoff. If you want one party accountable for outcomes rather than just capacity, a fixed-scope project or a team arrangement may suit better. Say which you want in the brief and we will tell you which arrangement fits.
Replacement, notice and exit terms are discussed and written into the proposal before work starts, so that neither side is guessing later. We do not publish a standard promise here because the right terms depend on the engagement model and length. Ask for them in writing, along with what handover you receive if the engagement ends, whatever company you choose.
We keep calls and written updates clear and on a rhythm that suits your team. You have one named point of contact for the engagement, and you can speak to the developer who will work on your code before you decide.
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Which PHP skills and roles can you hire?
Which PHP skills and roles can you hire?
Roles and skills
Tell us the stack and the seniority you need. These are the areas PHP hiring requests usually cover; we match against your brief rather than a fixed menu.
Where does a hired PHP developer spend the day?
Most of it in the framework and application layers, plus the data layer beneath them. Server, hosting and release work sits above, and should have a named owner on either side so nothing falls between teams.
If your need is mainly WordPress rather than a PHP framework, see hire WordPress developers. For the wider service, read PHP development services.
Can a hired PHP developer move our old PHP 5 or 7 code to 8.x?
Can a hired PHP developer move our old PHP 5 or 7 code to 8.x?
Legacy upgrades
Yes. An upgrade does not need anyone in your office. The path is a staircase, not a jump: audit, protect with tests, climb one release at a time, then stay on a PHP branch that still receives fixes.
The four moves
- 1. Audit. PHP version, dependencies, hosting and deployment, before anything changes.
- 2. Add tests. Cover the flows that make money or hold data, so breakage shows up early.
- 3. Climb a step at a time. Fix deprecations while they are warnings and ship each step to staging.
- 4. Land on a supported 8.x. Choose the newest branch your framework and packages support.
How are PHP developers matched to your project, and how can you check them?
How are PHP developers matched to your project, and how can you check them?
Vetting and matching
We propose developers against your brief, and you make the final call after speaking with them. Three things drive the match.
Stack fit
Framework, PHP version, database and tooling you actually run, not only the word PHP on a CV.
Seniority and role
Whether you need someone to build features, lead a module, review other people’s code or untangle an inherited app.
Communication and overlap
Clear written communication, comfort with your tools and working hours that cover the overlap you asked for.
Ask the developer you interview
- Which PHP and framework versions have you shipped on, and how did you upgrade them?
- Show or describe a pull request you reviewed and what you asked for.
- How do you test, and what do you do when there are no tests?
- Where do secrets and keys live, and who can see them?
- What would you check first in an inherited codebase?
Ask the company
- Who exactly will write my code, and can I speak to them before I sign?
- What happens if the developer becomes unavailable?
- What do I receive at the end, and who owns what?
- How will I see progress without being on every call?
- Can I read independent reviews, for example on Clutch?
Who owns the code, the servers and the data when you hire PHP developers from India?
Who owns the code, the servers and the data when you hire PHP developers from India?
Security and ownership
You do. Code, repositories, hosting accounts, domains, databases and third-party credentials belong to the client, and the proposal says so in plain terms.
Agreed in writing before work starts
- An NDA covering your code, data and plans.
- Intellectual-property terms that put the work product with you.
- Access limited to what each person needs, and removed when the engagement ends.
- Secrets kept out of the repository and passed over a secure channel.
- Code review before anything is merged, and work shown on staging first.
Contracts and compliance
Confidentiality, data-protection and tax terms depend on where you are and what data is involved, so they are set out in the contract rather than on this page. Have your own counsel read them, and tell us early if rules such as GDPR apply to your data so test environments can be planned accordingly.
Hire through a company, hire a freelancer or hire in-house: how do they compare?
Hire through a company, hire a freelancer or hire in-house: how do they compare?
Compare your options
None of the three is always right. This table is a fair summary of how they typically differ; your own situation decides.
| What matters | Through The Adroit | Freelancer | In-house in your country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Continuity | A team stands behind the developer; replacement terms are agreed in the contract. | One person; if they are unavailable, work usually pauses. | Strong while they stay; turnover lands on you. |
| Management load | You direct the work; a named contact handles the administration. | You manage everything yourself. | You manage the work and the employment. |
| Time to start | Profiles are matched from the existing team after your brief. | Depends on who is free and how well you can vet them. | Recruitment cycle plus notice periods. |
| Scaling up or down | Capacity can change within the notice terms you agree. | Usually one-off; adding people means finding more freelancers. | Every change is a hiring or redundancy decision. |
| Working hours | Indian day, with overlap agreed at kickoff. | Varies by person and location. | Your own time zone. |
| Accountability | One contract covers the work, the NDA and the hand-over. | Personal agreement; terms vary widely. | Employment contract and your own policies. |
| How cost behaves | Set by the engagement model; no payroll overhead on your side. | Per project or per hour, set by the individual. | Salary plus overhead, whether or not the backlog is full. |
Which way should you go? Start from your situation.
Which way should you go? Start from your situation.
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Where can you read more about PHP work with The Adroit?
Where can you read more about PHP work with The Adroit?
Read more
Start with the pillar page for definitions and frameworks, or open the page for the team you would talk to. Our head office is in Navi Mumbai, with teams in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi.
Tell us the role you need
Send a brief with your stack, goals, team shape and preferred overlap hours.
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