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Toptal is a marketplace for top remote PHP developers. Top companies and start-ups in Austin choose Toptal PHP freelancers for their mission-critical initiatives.

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Ivan Novak

Freelance PHP Developer
United StatesFreelance PHP Developer at Toptal Since February 2, 2022

Ivan is a technical founder, principal engineer, and solution architect with 16 years of experience. He has participated in and founded multiple startups and is familiar with the highest highs and lowest lows that owners go through. Recently, he helped grow a startup from a $4 million to $87 million valuation in three years with a successful Series A round. His in-depth understanding and strategic approach has seen him deliver numerous products.

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Alexander Wilczewski

Freelance PHP Developer
United StatesFreelance PHP Developer at Toptal Since August 19, 2021

Alex is a full-stack developer with an array of soft skills and notes of DevOps capabilities. He knows that regular communication is vital to ensure accurate direction and accountability. Having worked among startups, Alex can ramp up quickly to any project. After studying within an enterprise, he is capable of leadership, task breakdown, and drawing out project designs.

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Charles Cook, Ph.D.

Freelance PHP Developer
United StatesFreelance PHP Developer at Toptal Since July 29, 2014

Charles has a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering and spent three years developing custom data processing and analysis programs for NASA. He specializes in scalable, enterprise-level application development and engineering solutions for exceptionally high throughputs. He is also the founder and owner of GreatVocab.com, for which he developed the core system using novel concepts in data analysis and control theory.

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Johnmicah Potter

Freelance PHP Developer
United StatesFreelance PHP Developer at Toptal Since July 27, 2020

Bank of America, Anthem, and Lowe’s are just a few of the companies that Johnmicah has worked at. He has 13 years of experience building web applications from not only both the front and back ends but also the platform and infrastructure sides. Johnmicah is passionate about performance, automation, and containerization. Johnmicah is also capable of fitting into and improving an existing environment or building a new one from the ground up.

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Chady Kassouf

Freelance PHP Developer
CanadaFreelance PHP Developer at Toptal Since February 17, 2017

Chady is a full-stack web and iOS developer. He is fully fluent in Objective-C and Swift, and has a very long record of shipping products with the LAMP stack. He has solid experience with all things front-end and can work very closely with designers and UX teams.

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Andrew Ho

Freelance PHP Developer
United StatesFreelance PHP Developer at Toptal Since January 2, 2023

Andrew has eight years of experience developing high-performance back-end systems from scratch. He has led the development of internal APIs for derivatives trading, genomics and proteomics machine learning pipelines for AI-driven biotech, and infrastructure to support rapid delivery of on-chain data to front-end user interfaces. Andrew is very flexible and has worked both independently and led projects with up to ten people.

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Zackary Wika

Freelance PHP Developer
United StatesFreelance PHP Developer at Toptal Since June 30, 2021

For over a decade and hundreds of projects, Zackary Wika has specialized in all things WordPress. His development process has a strong emphasis on accessibility, SEO, security, optimization, custom themes, custom plugins, custom blocks, 3rd-party API integrations, and WordPress-related conversions. Zackary has helped marketing teams launch new products, businesses go through a brand refresh, development teams establish best practices, and so much more.

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Andrew Beveridge

Freelance PHP Developer
United StatesFreelance PHP Developer at Toptal Since January 28, 2022

Andrew is a forward-thinking technical leader and DevOps specialist with over ten years of industry experience. As an engineer, he's focused, creative, and hard-working, able to build best practice solutions from complex customer requirements. As a technical leader, he's pragmatic, data-driven, and decisive, preferring to demonstrate best practices by leading by example with hands-on work. He's an AWS Certified Solutions Architect with an MEng in software engineering.

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Jacob Abshire

Freelance PHP Developer
United StatesFreelance PHP Developer at Toptal Since January 27, 2020

Hired during his second year in college to work for a large marketing production firm, Jacob embarked on his career in design and development. Since then, he has helped launch startup companies, including DigitalChalk, and served in creative for organizations like Google, Insperity, and UnitedHealthcare. He enjoys creating interface designs and working to resolve WordPress challenges.

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Chris Kottaridis

Freelance PHP Developer
United StatesFreelance PHP Developer at Toptal Since April 12, 2022

Chris has 25 years of experience in Linux environments. Most of those years were spent in operating system development, such as writing device drivers and embedded Linux systems. His most recent tasks have been in the cloud computing world, where he was on IBM Cloud's core development team. He's currently interested in both Linux and FreeRTOS-based embedded systems.

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Amer Khalid

Freelance PHP Developer
United StatesFreelance PHP Developer at Toptal Since April 12, 2022

Amer is a software engineer who loves working with Node.js and Next.js. With almost two decades of experience, he has worked with startups and mega-corporations in various roles—from individual contributor to team lead and architect. Amer is keen on transforming his clients' visions into exceptional products.

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Guide to Hiring a Great PHP Developer

PHP developers specialize in one of the most popular programming languages in the world. They can create websites, web applications, microservices, APIs and more. This guide to hiring PHP developers highlights how to create a suitable job description and pose effective interview questions to help you identify the best candidates for your company.

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A Toptal director of engineering will work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics.
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Within days, we'll introduce you to the right PHP developer for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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