More US companies are hiring PHP developers from Ukraine, and for good reason: Ukraine has one of the strongest PHP and WordPress communities in Europe, senior engineers with long agency and product experience, and a work culture used to Western clients. I am one of them — a PHP developer since 2011, who has shipped WordPress themes and plugins, CodeIgniter applications and Laravel APIs for agencies and product teams. You work with me directly: one senior developer, accountable for the result, without an outsourcing company in between.
Typical engagements: building or maintaining a custom WordPress site for a marketing team; custom plugins and WooCommerce work for a store; a Laravel API behind a web or mobile app; taking over a legacy PHP codebase whose original developer left; and white-label development for US agencies that need a dependable senior developer for overflow work.
Ukraine is seven hours ahead of US Eastern time and ten hours ahead of Pacific. In practice that works well: my afternoon and evening overlap with your morning, so we have a shared window for calls and stand-ups, and work I finish while you sleep is waiting for review when you start your day. Agreed meeting times are fixed in advance, and urgent production issues get priority.
We start with a short video call about your project and your codebase. I come back with a written scope and estimate — or, for ongoing work, a proposed weekly hours commitment. Many clients begin with a small, well-defined paid task: fixing a nagging bug, a PHP upgrade or a single feature. It is the fastest way for both sides to see if the collaboration works before scaling it up.
A fair question when hiring from Ukraine is continuity. I have worked remotely for international clients throughout the past years without interruption, with backup power and internet in place. Code lives in your repository from day one, with documentation as I go, so your project never depends on access to my machine.
Senior Ukrainian PHP developers typically charge noticeably less than US contractors with comparable experience. My rate depends on the type of engagement — hourly, part-time or full-time — and I share it after a short intro call, together with a scope estimate.
My working day overlaps with the morning and early afternoon US Eastern time. Regular calls are scheduled inside that window, and I reply to messages during my working hours, usually within a few hours.
Yes. I work as an independent contractor and can sign your NDA and a contract with IP assignment, invoicing in USD. If you prefer a freelance platform for payments and protection, that works too.
Yes. I have worked with English-speaking clients and teams for years — daily stand-ups, written specs, code reviews and client calls are all in English.
Yes, as a long-term contractor working inside your processes: your repository, your tracker, your Slack and your sprint rhythm. Part-time arrangements are also available if you do not need a full-time developer.
His input and experience guided us to delivering a solution which was intuitive and had a solid user experience.
An extremely professional engineer with great attitude to work!
He is competent, high-performance developer, who really cares about quality of his work.