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Hire an Experienced Developer, Not an Account Manager

Ten years of production Laravel, PHP, React and Node.js. Available project-based, on a monthly retainer, or part-time for ongoing support — working directly with you, in your time zone, with no agency layer in between.

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Experience
10+ years
Engagement
Project, retainer or part-time
Time zone
IST, flexible for overseas
Engagement models

Three ways to work together

Pick whichever suits how your work actually arrives. You can switch between them later.

Project based

Fixed scope, fixed price

Best when the scope is clear and you want a defined outcome for a defined number.

  • Written scope agreed up front
  • Fixed price, milestone payments
  • Warranty period after delivery
  • You own all code
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Monthly retainer

Agreed days per month

Best for ongoing product work where priorities shift and you want continuity.

  • Agreed days per month
  • Priorities set by you each sprint
  • Direct access on WhatsApp and calls
  • Rolls month to month, no lock-in
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Part-time support

Fixed hours per month

Best for maintaining an existing system and handling changes as they come up.

  • Fixed hours each month
  • Bug fixes and small features
  • Deployment and monitoring included
  • Escalation path for urgent issues
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Capability

What you get access to

Laravel & PHP 8

  • Multi-tenant SaaS
  • REST APIs
  • Queue and job architecture
  • Legacy upgrades
  • Filament & Livewire

React & Frontend

  • React 19 and Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Dashboards and data tables
  • Design system components
  • Performance tuning

Node.js & Realtime

  • Express and NestJS
  • Socket.io
  • Microservices
  • Queue workers
  • MongoDB and PostgreSQL

Infrastructure

  • AWS and DigitalOcean
  • Docker deployments
  • CI pipelines
  • Nginx and Cloudflare
  • Backup and monitoring
Honest comparison

When an independent developer is the right call — and when it is not

Hire me when the project is well-defined enough for one strong developer, when you value talking directly to the person building it, when you want the code documented and handed over properly, or when you need someone to stabilise a codebase another team left behind.

Hire an agency instead when you need five people working in parallel to hit a fixed launch date, when you need designers, copywriters, ad managers and developers under one contract, or when your procurement process requires a vendor with a certain headcount.

I will tell you which of those you are in during the first call. Taking on work that needs a team is how projects fail slowly, and I would rather lose the enquiry than the reputation.

How a retainer runs

  1. You set priorities

    A short call at the start of each sprint to agree what matters most.

  2. Work happens on a branch

    Pushed to staging as it is completed, reviewable any time.

  3. Weekly summary

    What shipped, what is in progress, what is blocked and on whom.

  4. Deploy on your say-so

    Nothing goes to production without your approval.

FAQ

Hiring questions

Do you work in our time zone?
Indian clients share my working hours, so that is a non-issue. For overseas clients in the UK, UAE, USA and Australia, I schedule calls in your working hours and keep at least a few hours of daily overlap. Written updates cover the rest, so you are never waiting a full day for an answer.
Will you sign an NDA?
Yes, routinely, and before any detail about the project is discussed if you prefer. I can work under your standard agreement or provide a simple mutual NDA.
Can you work with our existing team?
Yes. That might mean taking a defined module while your team handles the rest, reviewing their code, or acting as the senior developer for a junior team. I use whatever tools you already have — Git, Jira, Slack, Trello — rather than asking you to adopt mine.
What if we need to scale up mid-project?
I will tell you honestly rather than stretch. For projects needing more hands I can bring in developers I have worked with before and continue leading the technical side, or hand over to an agency with a properly documented codebase so nothing is lost in the transition.
How do you handle code quality and reviews?
Version control from day one, meaningful commit messages, a documented branching approach and a README that lets any developer run the project locally. Tests are written around the parts where a failure costs money. Your team is welcome to review everything as it is written.
What are your payment terms for a retainer?
Retainers are billed monthly in advance, with the first month payable before work starts. There is no lock-in period — one month of notice on either side. Unused hours do not roll over indefinitely, but I will always flag it if a month is running light rather than quietly billing for idle time.

Need a developer who will still be there next year?

Tell me what your team is building and where the gap is. If I am the right fit you will know in one call, and if I am not I will say so.

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