San Antonio PHP Developer — Senior, Veteran-Led, Available
I am a senior PHP developer in San Antonio, Texas. A PHP developer writes the server-side code that powers most of the web. I work on PHP 8.4 + Laravel 13 with a focus on senior builds and on modernizing legacy PHP codebases. Single-principal delivery, 25 years in computer science, U.S. Army veteran. Houston-anchored, San Antonio buyers served remote with kickoff travel available for engagements that justify it.
San Antonio as a buyer market for PHP developer work
Stone Oak, Alamo Heights, the South Texas Medical Center, downtown / the Pearl, Joint Base San Antonio adjacencies. The dominant verticals are South Texas Medical Center healthcare, Joint Base San Antonio military-adjacent contracting, USAA-adjacent financial services.
What I ship as a San Antonio PHP Developer
PHP 8.4 + Laravel 13 builds, legacy modernization (PHP 5/7 → 8.4), PHPStan + Pint enforcement, Pest 4 test coverage, performance and security review. The engagement shape adapts to which San Antonio vertical the buyer operates in — South Texas Medical Center healthcare, Joint Base San Antonio military-adjacent contracting, USAA-adjacent financial services each have their own compliance posture, deploy posture, and procurement posture.
Who hires me as a San Antonio PHP Developer
Buyers across South Texas Medical Center healthcare, Joint Base San Antonio military-adjacent contracting, USAA-adjacent financial services. The credential stack — 25 years computer science, B.S. CS from the University of Houston, U.S. Army veteran — registers consistently across San Antonio verticals. The single-principal accountability is the load-bearing differentiator: the engineer in the scoping call is the engineer writing the code.
How a San Antonio engagement is scoped
Scoping call (free, 30 minutes). Written specification (1-2 weeks, paid). Two-week sprints with a working demo at the end of each. Pest tests alongside features. Handover with runbook and 30-day post-launch support window. Day-to-day work is remote; kickoff travel to San Antonio for engagements that justify it.
The national PHP developer page
The PHP developer practice across the country, with the full scope detail, lives on the PHP Developer for Hire page. This page is the San Antonio-specific entry — same practice, same engineer, San Antonio-anchored copy.
Are you available for San Antonio engagements?
Yes — one engagement at a time, fully present. Day-to-day work is remote; flying in for a 1-2 day kickoff workshop is workable for engagements that justify it.
What is your hourly rate?
Bespoke, scoped per engagement, written into SOW before contract. Pricing depends on engagement shape — hourly retainer, fixed-scope project, or agency white-label all have different rate cards. The scoping call produces a written total before anything is signed.
Do you work with South Texas Medical Center healthcare buyers in San Antonio?
Yes — that is one of the largest San Antonio verticals I work in. The engagement shape adapts to the compliance, deploy, and procurement constraints specific to South Texas Medical Center healthcare.
How is this different from the national PHP developer page?
Same practice, same engineer, same engagement shape — San Antonio-anchored. This page exists for buyers searching by city; the national page lives at /php-developer with the full role scope detail.
Scope This Engagement
Single principal, plan first, working code on every checkpoint.
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