Senior Laravel Developer for Hire
8+ years shipping production Laravel apps — Livewire, FilamentPHP, DDD, queues and REST APIs.
I'm Roman Matviy, a senior Laravel developer from Lviv, Ukraine. Since 2017 I've shipped 67 production Laravel projects — SaaS backends, multi-tenant CRMs, REST APIs powering mobile apps, e-commerce and admin panels. I write clean, tested code with a domain-driven mindset and hand off documentation another engineer can pick up on day one.
Why work with me
Senior-only workload
No juniors, no agency middlemen. You get direct access to a senior engineer who's shipped 60+ Laravel apps.
Domain-Driven Design by default
Service layers, DTOs, events, jobs. The business logic stays out of controllers and Blade files.
FilamentPHP admin panels
40+ resources per project, RBAC via Spatie, real-time widgets with Livewire — production-tested.
REST APIs with OpenAPI
Versioned endpoints, OAuth2 / Sanctum, idempotency, Swagger docs and Postman collections your mobile team can consume on day one.
Delivered on schedule
5.0 / 5 average rating across 67 projects on Freelancehunt. Reviewed by CTOs, founders and engineering managers.
Stack
Selected projects
Distributed digital agency (UA/EU)
A distributed agency outgrew off-the-shelf project management tools. Time tracking, invoicing and client reporting lived in 4 different SaaS subscriptions with no shared identity layer. Account managers were re-entering data daily and revenue leaked through forgotten billable hours.
Consumer mobile startup (250k+ MAU)
A consumer mobile app with 250k users was outgrowing a Firebase backend — query costs were exploding and the team couldn't enforce complex business rules. They needed a versioned, well-documented REST API that mobile clients could consume safely across multiple app versions.
Private clinic network (4 locations)
A private clinic network needed a patient portal with appointment scheduling, medical record history and SMS reminders — but no third-party hosting could meet their data residency requirements.
InvoiceMaker (own SaaS product)
Freelancers in the EU need invoices that respect 12 different VAT regimes, reverse-charge rules, multi-currency, and a public REST API for integration with their own tools — without learning accounting software.
FAQ
- How much does a senior Laravel developer cost?
- My rate for fixed-scope Laravel projects starts at $8,000; hourly senior consulting is $60–$85/hr. Full-time retainer arrangements are quoted per engagement.
- Do you write tests?
- Yes — Pest / PHPUnit feature and unit tests are the default. New code ships with tests; legacy audits include a coverage baseline and a plan to raise it.
- Can you take over a legacy Laravel codebase?
- That's most of what I do. I run a 1–2 week audit, hand back a written report with prioritised refactors, then execute — no rewrites-from-scratch unless there is no other option.
- Do you work with FilamentPHP?
- Extensively. I've shipped Filament admin panels with 40+ resources, custom widgets, multi-tenancy and granular RBAC via Spatie Permissions.
- What time zone do you work in?
- GMT+2 (Ukraine). I overlap 6+ hours daily with EU teams and 3–4 hours with US East Coast.
Discuss your Laravel developer project
Free 30-minute intro call. Honest scoping, no pressure.