Mateo
Full Stack Developer
ReactNode.jsPythonTypeScriptNext.jsMongoDBAWSAIAPIs
Shakers for companies
Work with a senior PHP Developer
A certified PHP Developer for the system that already runs: APIs and services with Laravel or Symfony, applications on WordPress and the rescue of legacy code nobody dares to touch. One specific person, chosen for their stack.
Senior tech talent for your PHP backend, starting within days and a budget closed by scope. No orphan system: continuity when the engagement ends.
- Certified talent in AI and agent skills
- Meet up to 3 AI Builders in 72 h
- Flexible collaboration models
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The talent mix your company needs
At Shakers you will find AI Engineers, PHP Developer and specialists across Tech, Product and Data
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PHP Developer: what this role brings to your project
A PHP Developer builds and maintains the backend of the web's most widespread ecosystem: APIs and services with Laravel or Symfony, applications on WordPress and legacy systems in production. Their work reaches maintenance: updating, migrating and documenting.
Their boundary with the backend developer is the ecosystem: where that one covers any server language, this one is an expert in PHP and its frameworks. WordPress is its majority application, with a row of its own; the screen, the frontend's.
PHPLaravelSymfonyWordPressWooCommerceMySQLJavaScriptHTML/CSSBladeLivewirePHPUnitREST APIsGitDockerPrestaShopDrupalJoomla
One provider. One contract. Full traceability
How Shakers works for your company
Post your project
Tell us about the project, its scope, the expertise you need and when you want to get to work.
You get three options
We match your brief against certified talent and introduce the three AI Builders who fit best.
The last word is yours
Meet the three specialists and choose who you collaborate with; we handle the rest.
Why work with Shakers
The advantages of adding this profile with Shakers
Profiles proven, not promises
We certify identity, experience and skills with tests on real PHP projects: Laravel, Symfony and legacy code.
Rescue of legacy code
The PHP application nobody dares to touch: inherited, sorted out and handover documented, with maintenance that has an owner.
The measured stack: Laravel and Symfony
The market publishes the double title PHP / Symfony or Laravel: the specialist joins knowing which framework holds your system.
APIs that hold the business
Services and integrations in PHP for what already runs: the logic the CMS does not ship, with tests and documentation.
Continuity, not an orphan system
If the specialist moves on, the code is not left alone: the scope is documented and another PHP Developer picks it up.
Capacity without growing headcount
A PHP Developer by project, no hiring process: certified talent that joins on top of your repository and your database.
What does a PHP Developer do on a real project?
APIs and maintenance with Laravel or Symfony, applications on WordPress and the rescue of legacy code. Their product is the system that runs: PHP is the language, the engagement the application.
Is PHP still used in 2026?
Yes, and it leads: 559 active tech job ads in Spain mention PHP, the most cited skill of the ecosystem measured by Shakers. The market answers the doubt about its currency, not the forum.
Is Laravel frontend or backend?
Backend: a PHP server framework; Blade and Livewire only brush the screen. The market's double title, PHP / Symfony or Laravel, sums it up: the framework is the stack, the role is the PHP Developer.
Do I need a PHP Developer or a WordPress one?
WordPress is PHP applied: if the engagement is the site, that is the row. If the API, the internal system or the legacy with no CMS arrives, this role. Two faces of the 201 WordPress job ads.
How much does a project with a PHP Developer cost?
Scope sets it: a project with Laravel, the rescue of a legacy or maintenance hours. Cheap gets expensive when the legacy is left undocumented: the budget closes per engagement.
Is a PHP Developer the same as a backend developer?
PHP is the language; backend, the layer. This role sustains the ecosystem's frameworks, APIs and CMS. When the engagement asks for a server with no language tied, the backend row is the elder sister.
What gets delivered in the first weeks
The diagnosis of what runs: which framework holds the system, which part is undocumented legacy and what breaks on update. The first deliverable prioritises what hurts.
A market that still asks for PHP
559 active tech job ads in Spain mention PHP (Shakers market analysis, n=31,162, September 2026), the most cited skill of the ecosystem. Laravel shows up in 142 and Symfony in 136: the double title PHP / Symfony or Laravel.
WordPress is the application; PHP is the terrain
The 201 job ads that mention WordPress are PHP applied to the web: the sister row covers them. What lands here is the custom API, the internal system and the legacy with no CMS.
A personal site or a talent channel
The search returns personal sites with no way to verify level. The certified talent channel brings proven profiles and someone who picks the engagement up later.
Connect with AI specialists to build your next project
Find specialists in Tech, Product, Data to complement your team
WordPress Developer
The majority application of PHP: the site, its themes and its maintenance. If the engagement is the live site, that is the row; the language is shared.
Backend Developer
PHP is a language and backend is the layer: when the engagement asks for a server with no ecosystem attached, this row covers any stack, Node and Go included.
Full Stack Developer
Job ads mix Laravel with React in the same post: when the brief brings screen and server of the same trade, this profile covers both layers.
QA Engineer
The rescued legacy gets delivered with its suite: PHPUnit over what changes and regression over what gets touched. Updating without breaking is their craft.
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