PHP Development
Hire skilled remote PHP developers, at the speed you need.
Scale your team with vetted, English-fluent PHP developers working in your timezone. Senior-only, integrated into your workflow in days, not months.
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No upfront fees · Month-to-month
From creationTo launch
Trusted by teams at
Top 1%
of applicants make the cut
7–14 days
to staff your team
from kickoff to a working team
96%
client retention rate
1,250+
projects delivered
PHP Services
Everything you need, in one senior PHP team.
From a single backend engineer to a full platform rebuild, our nearshore PHP developers plug into your stack and your workflow, not a generic template.
PHP Fullstack Development
Splitting front and backend across two vendors slows every release. One PHP fullstack team covers web, cloud, and mobile, built around your domain.
Custom PHP Web Development
Off-the-shelf platforms hit a ceiling the moment your rules get specific. We build secure, scalable web apps and portals on modern PHP frameworks.
PIM & DAM Development
Product data and assets scattered across spreadsheets cost you sales. We build PIM and DAM systems that keep every channel accurate at scale.
API Development & Integration
Systems that do not talk to each other create manual work nobody wants. We build, integrate, test, and optimize APIs for web and mobile.
PHP App Support & Maintenance
Legacy PHP apps quietly break and security gaps go unnoticed. We handle maintenance, bug fixes, and performance tuning so yours keeps running.
Frameworks
Frameworks we work with every day.
No ramp-up time spent learning your stack. Our developers already work in the frameworks your codebase runs on.
Laravel
APIs, queues, and full platforms
Symfony
Enterprise-grade, long-lived systems
CodeIgniter
Lightweight apps that ship fast
CakePHP
Convention-driven business tools
Real Engineers
Meet some of our PHP developers.
Real people, real skill sets, not a resume pool. Every profile below is a real Bluelight engineer.
Marcus Mingorassi
Tiago Fuelber
Afonso Cruz
Paulo Volpin
Lucas Soler
Luigi Fanaro
Why Bluelight
Why companies choose Bluelight over hiring internally or a marketplace.
Bluelight
- Time to find a senior PHP developer0-3 Weeks
- Recruiting feeNone
- Quality guarantee
- Pre-screened candidates
- Deep technical validation
- Termination costsNone
Internal Hiring
- Time to find a senior PHP developer1-4 months
- Recruiting fee15-40%
- Quality guarantee—
- Pre-screened candidates—
- Deep technical validation—
- Termination costsVery High
Marketplace
- Time to find a senior PHP developer1-4 months
- Recruiting feeNone
- Quality guarantee—
- Pre-screened candidates—
- Deep technical validation—
- Termination costsNone
Who We Are
Built for businesses of every size, from startups to iconic brands.
Bluelight started with a simple frustration. Great companies were struggling to find engineers who were truly ready to contribute, not just on paper.
So we built a rigorous 6-step vetting process that surfaces only the top 1% of LATAM talent. Founded in 2019, based in Sacramento, CA.
75%
Senior engineers
Under 7%
Engineer attrition
96%
Client retention
1,250+
Projects shipped
Chase Bolt
Founder & CEO
Chase is the Founder and CEO of Bluelight, a custom software development and nearshore staff augmentation company. Under his leadership, Bluelight has grown into a go-to partner for companies accelerating their digital transformation.
Jason Holderness
Director of Product Engineering
Jason leads Product Engineering at Bluelight, specializing in software, product, and AI. He's focused on shaping technology and processes that solve real-world problems and drive business growth.
Founded 2019 · 7 years in business · 17 verified Clutch clients
Our Process
Hire a PHP developer in 3 simple steps
Talk to an Expert
One call gets you a clear budget, timeline, and team plan instead of a long sales pitch. We'll walk through your goals, talent needs, technology stack, and whichever engagement model fits your project.
Build your Dream Development Team
You get to review and sign off on every engineer before they join your project, with exclusive access to pre-vetted onshore and nearshore talent matched to the roles that matter most.
Scale your Business
Priorities change, and your engagement should be able to change with them. A dedicated Account Manager and month-to-month terms mean your team scales as your roadmap shifts.
Engagement Models
Engagement Models Fit for the Modern IT Workforce
Each model hands you a different level of control. Pick whichever fits how your team works.
Staff Augmentation
- Expand your team on demand
- Have the top 1% of tech talent in your timezone
- Fill specific skill gaps with the best talent
- Integrate engineers into your existing teams
- Manage the team yourself
- Get an entire team working alongside you
- Minimize in-house team involvement
- Reduce management involvement with our Project Managers
Dedicated Teams
- Expand your team on demand
- Have the top 1% of tech talent in your timezone
- Fill specific skill gaps with the best talent
- Integrate engineers into your existing teams
- Manage the team yourself
- Get an entire team working alongside you
- Minimize in-house team involvement
- Reduce management involvement with our Project Managers
Dedicated Project Outsourcing
- Expand your team on demand
- Have the top 1% of tech talent in your timezone
- Fill specific skill gaps with the best talent
- Integrate engineers into your existing teams
- Manage the team yourself
- Get an entire team working alongside you
- Minimize in-house team involvement
- Reduce management involvement with our Project Managers
Your time zone
Real-time collaboration.
No midnight handoffs.
The hidden cost of offshore isn't the hourly rate. It's the 10+ hour gap that stalls every question. Latin America engineers work your hours, so a change that takes an offshore team three days lands the same afternoon.
faster change cycles than offshore teams, on the same sprint.
The whole team shares one working day, from North to South America.
What clients say
Trusted by engineering leaders.
Verified client reviews from Clutch, where Bluelight holds a five-star rating.
“Working with them has been a pleasure thus far.”
Brian Miller
VP & CFO, Tyler Technologies
IT Staff Augmentation · via Clutch
“They delivered on time, and their communication was very good.”
Bob Painter
Senior Web Developer & Designer, smartboost
Web Development · via Clutch
“They are a complete package.”
Anonymous
Partner Operations Manager, Digital Solutions Company
IT Staff Augmentation · via Clutch
Case Studies
Real projects. Real results.
A few of the products, platforms, and systems we've shipped, and the outcomes that came from them.
FinTech · Staff Augmentation
99% cost savings
LendSwift needed a Fullstack Developer to support their lending platform's web development, DevOps, and maintenance. We cut their FTP process costs from $300 to $0.12 a month and hardened platform security along the way.
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HealthTech · AI & Data Engineering
50% faster detection
Vasc-Alert needed an AI model to catch dialysis complications early. We built the data pipelines and machine learning models that made it possible, on GCP and Vertex AI.
Read the full case study
SaaS · DevOps & Cloud
Legacy to modern DevOps
ZamApps needed to modernize legacy infrastructure that couldn't scale. We implemented a full DevOps culture, from automated PR environments to Infrastructure as Code, cutting costs and speeding up releases.
Read the full case studyFAQ
Frequently asked questions
PHP is a server-side scripting language used to build dynamic web applications, and it powers major platforms including Facebook, Wikipedia, and WordPress.
Tell us what you're building.
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