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Hire Laravel developers who keep logic out of the controllers
Eloquent models, queues, APIs and the business logic that grows inside them. A dedicated Laravel developer from Latin America who works your hours, structures code so every change stays safe and keeps the framework current.
TRUSTED BY TEAMS WHOSE CLOUDTASK HIRES HAVE STAYED 5 TO 8 YEARS
How it works
How do I hire a Laravel developer?
You do one thing: interview. We handle everything else.
Post the role
5 minutes. The role, the motion, the tools, the comp band. That is all we need to start.
Review your matches
3 to 5 matches in 48 hours.
Interview and hire
We coordinate interviews. On Managed Staffing, we also handle payroll and compliance across LATAM.
WHY TEAMS TRUST CLOUDTASK
What you get with every hire
Dedicated to your codebase
One Laravel developer who learns your code, your conventions and your roadmap. Not a freelancer who closes a ticket and moves on.
Same hours as your team
Latin America and the Caribbean overlap the US working day, so code review, standups and production issues get handled live.
Searched against your stack
Laravel version, front end approach, database and hosting come from your brief, and each profile is checked against them before you see it.
Replacement guarantee
24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire. If the fit is wrong, the guarantee covers the replacement search.
WHY CLOUDTASK
Staffing with numbers behind it
10,000+
hires placed
since 2016
85%
still in seat
past 90 days
24 months
replacement guarantee
on Managed Staffing
12
countries
across Latin America and the Caribbean
TECH STACK
The Laravel stack we screen for
Core Laravel
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Eloquent models and relationships
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Migrations and seeders
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Form requests and validation
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Policies and gates
Front end options
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Blade templates
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Livewire
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Inertia with Vue or React
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Laravel as an API with Sanctum
Background work
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Queues with Redis and Horizon
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Scheduled tasks
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Events and listeners
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Notifications and mail
Quality and deployment
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PHPUnit and Pest
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Larastan static analysis
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Laravel version upgrades
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Docker, Forge or Vapor deployments
PRICING MODEL
Managed Staffing.
Managed Staffing is open to every role we place. We find the person, handle payments and compliance, and stay involved after the hire with check-ins, visibility, and escalation when something is off. You get the person. We keep the machine running. For roles that create demand, outbound SDRs, BDRs, demand generation and full-cycle AEs, Managed Staffing runs on a six-month minimum term.
Pay
One all-in monthly rate
Per person. That is the number, and there is nothing added to it.
In the monthly rate
- Sourcing from the CloudTask staffing and recruiting company
- Screening and vetting
- Matching coordination
- Worker payments
- Compliance and employment administration
- Onboarding support at day 0, 7, 30 and 60
- Ongoing check-ins with the hire and with you
- Time and activity tracking, on by default
- Performance escalation
- 24-month replacement guarantee. Replacements not capped.
- Health benefits available on request
- Equipment benefits available on request
Stays with you
- The work itself
- Priorities and direction
- Who you hire
$299 to start your search. One time, not a subscription. It applies to your buyout or toward your first placement.
Start your searchPRICING MODEL
Direct Hire.
Direct Hire is open to every role we place. We find the person, vet them, and hand them over. You employ them, you manage them, you own the relationship from day one. Roles that create demand usually land here, because live call feedback and daily coaching work best coming straight from your sales leader, and there is no minimum term.
Pay
20% to 30%
Of first-year base salary. One time, quoted per role, paid when they accept.
In the fee
- Sourcing from the CloudTask staffing and recruiting company
- Screening and vetting
- Shortlist of matched candidates
- Interview coordination
- Offer support
- 6-month replacement guarantee. One replacement, same job description.
Yours when they accept
- Employment and payroll
- Compliance and employment administration
- Ongoing management
- Time and activity tracking
- Health benefits and equipment benefits
$299 to start your search. One time, not a subscription. It applies to your buyout or toward your first placement.
Start your searchHow CloudTask compares
Run the numbers. We did.
The same role, three ways to fill it.
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| US Direct Hire | Staffing Agency | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to First Interview | 48 hours | 3 to 6 weeks | 2 to 4 weeks |
| Payroll & Compliance | Included on Managed Staffing | You manage | Included in rate |
| Vetting Process | Human + AI verified | You screen | Recruiter screened |
| Candidate spam | Screened out before you see a profile | Common | Low |
| Tool Verification | Verified per candidate | Self-reported | Rarely verified |
| Free Replacements | 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire | None | Variable |
Testimonials
Trusted by teams that hire with us
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LATAM has been a gold mine for talent. Our CloudTask hires understand our company culture and mission, and they connect with our customers in a way that drives high NPS and CX scores.
David Barrett CEO, Expensify -
At first we were an SF-based team only. Then I met Amir Reiter back in 2018. After visiting Medellín, I knew LATAM would be key to our growth and success.
Tim Zheng CEO, Apollo.io -
After meeting my CX and CS team in Medellín, we immediately loved the culture and the work ethic. As a European-HQ company, we found LATAM to be perfect to service our American clients.
Carl Carell CRO and Co-founder, GetAccept
SKILLS
Top skills to look for in a Laravel developer
Laravel is easy to start with and harder to run well. These are the skills that decide whether your app stays clean after the first year.
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Eloquent without N+1
Eager loads relationships, adds indexes and reads the queries behind a slow page instead of adding cache everywhere.
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Logic in the right place
Keeps controllers thin and puts business rules in actions, services or models that can be tested on their own.
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Validation and authorization
Form requests and policies on every endpoint, so bad input and unauthorized access are stopped by design.
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Queues done right
Moves slow work to queued jobs that can retry safely, and watches failed jobs instead of letting them pile up.
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API design
API resources, consistent errors, pagination and token authentication that front end and mobile teams can rely on.
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Feature tests
Tests that hit real routes and the database, so a refactor or upgrade does not quietly break a flow.
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Framework upgrades
Keeps Laravel and its packages current, one major version at a time, instead of letting the app fall years behind.
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AI output, reviewed
Uses coding assistants for boilerplate and tests, and reviews every generated query and policy before it ships.
HIRING GUIDE
How to hire Laravel developers
Early Laravel code is quick to write and often needs a stronger engineer later, when business logic has piled up in controllers. This guide covers what a Laravel developer does, what to test, the red flags and when a dedicated Laravel developer is the wrong hire.
What does a Laravel developer do?
Builds and maintains applications on Laravel: Eloquent models and migrations, routes and controllers, queued jobs, APIs, notifications and the admin screens your team uses.
Day to day that means shipping features, reviewing code, keeping Laravel and its packages current and fixing the slow pages and failed jobs that show up in production.
A Laravel specialist or a PHP generalist?
If your application is built on Laravel, a developer who knows its conventions, its ecosystem and its upgrade path ships faster and leaves cleaner code than a PHP generalist learning the framework on your time.
If your code is custom PHP, Symfony or a legacy application, hire for PHP and refactoring experience instead. Say which in the brief.
Blade, Livewire, Inertia or an API
Laravel can render the interface with Blade or Livewire, pair with Vue or React through Inertia, or serve an API to a separate front end. Each needs different skills.
Tell us which approach you run, so the profiles you see already know it.
Structure as the app grows
The most common Laravel problem is business logic that accumulates in controllers and models until every change carries risk.
Ask the candidate how they organize logic in a growing app: actions, service classes, form requests, policies. You want a reason for each choice, not a pattern applied everywhere.
What to test in a Laravel developer interview
Give a small task close to your real work: an endpoint with validation, a policy, a queued job and a feature test. Read where they put the logic and how they handle failure.
Then show them a controller that has grown to hundreds of lines and ask what they would change first. A strong answer protects behavior with tests and moves one piece at a time.
Red flags in Laravel developer candidates
Everything in the controller. If their interview task puts validation, business rules and queries in one controller method, expect that across your app.
N+1 queries by default. Loading relationships inside loops works in development and slows every page in production.
No authorization. Endpoints without policies or gates mean one user can reach another user's data.
Packages for everything. Pulling in a package for each small need grows the upgrade problem with every major Laravel release.
Generated code they cannot explain. Ask them to walk through code they wrote with an AI assistant. If they cannot say what queries it runs, nobody has reviewed it.
When should you not hire a dedicated Laravel developer?
When the app is small and stable and changes a few times a year. A full-time developer will not have enough to do.
It is also the wrong hire when nobody on your side can review code or set priorities. A single developer with no technical lead and no product owner tends to build what is interesting instead of what the business needs.
How much does it cost to hire a Laravel developer?
It depends on seniority, the scope of the work and the country the person works from, and any single number describes one scenario and calls it a price.
What is worth understanding is the shape. On Managed Staffing it is one all-in monthly rate per person, with payments, compliance and replacement cover inside it. On Direct Hire it is a one-time fee of 20% to 30% of first-year base salary and the person goes on your payroll. We quote your number before you interview anyone.
Why hire a Laravel developer in Latin America?
Overlap. Development runs on code review, standups and incidents, and Latin America and the Caribbean share most of the US working day, so those happen in real time instead of overnight.
The second reason is communication. Your developer writes pull request descriptions, technical notes and status updates in English, and we screen English live on a call.
How does CloudTask hire for this role?
You send the Laravel version and front end approach you run, your database and hosting, the kind of work and the hours you need covered. We source against that brief and come back with 3 to 5 matched profiles within 48 hours, each one screened on a live call and checked against the stack you named.
You interview and choose. On Managed Staffing we handle payments, compliance and onboarding and stay involved with check-ins. On Direct Hire the person joins your payroll from day one. Both carry a replacement guarantee: 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire.
FAQ
The fine print, in plain terms.
What is the difference between a Laravel developer and a PHP developer?
Can a Laravel developer upgrade our app to a newer Laravel version?
Do Laravel developers work with Vue or React?
How fast can a Laravel developer start?
What is the $299 for?
Why is there no number on the monthly rate?
Who is the legal employer?
How does tracking work, and can I turn it off?
What happens if the person does not work out?
Is there a platform or subscription fee?
Ready to hire?
3 to 5 matches in 48 hours. Start with a quick role brief to get your shortlist.