PHP Experts in Austria
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Chrisabel Prischl
Last position:
AI Systems & Product Strategy Expert at Webmeisterin
I build. I advise. I think in systems. After years leading digital transformation at scale — Accenture, BP, Lidl — I made a deliberate choice: trade platform dependency for structural independence. My focus is at the intersection of AI systems, product strategy, and venture thinking. I work with operators and founders who want to move fast without losing control — of their data, their stack, their direction.
Thomas Grill
Last position:
Senior UX Designer, Consultant & Team Lead at UXfocus e.U.
Strategic & UX work at UXfocus
- UX consultant and teamlead with strong experience in UX management, UX strategy, UX methods and processes
- Moderation of customer and user workshops and team mentoring
- Led qualitative and quantitative user research activities and UX design activities
- Developed user and customer journeys, user flows, wireframes up to the development of click prototypes for clients such as Indeed and Varian – Siemens Healthineers, Tecan and Energie AG
- Worked on digital products like responsive and mobile applications and complex industrial products like console applications and dashboards
- Developed design systems and design libraries using Figma, Design Tokens, Storybook, etc.
- Facilitated workshops and usability evaluations (user testing and expert evaluation) providing deep insights for advancing product development
- Experience with UX tools (Figma, Sketch, Invision), Design Systems, Requirements Engineering (Confluence, Jira, IBM Doors, etc)
Damir Dudakovic
Last position:
Senior IT Consultant at Dudakovic e.U.
- Consulting in national and international projects in various roles and sectors (banking and finance, public sector, telecommunications, data management, software development)
- Engaging in project management, requirements management, business analysis, process management, IT consulting and coaching
- Delivering sustainable value quickly and efficiently due to high complexity and diversity of projects and expertise
- Emphasizing collegiality and integrity and fostering a positive team atmosphere
Matthias K.
Last position:
Business Architect at E5GTEC
- Analysis of extended requirements related to existing controllers in an industrial plant
- Creating concepts for storing and visualizing sensor data
- Communication with PLCs
- Microservice architecture
- Unified architecture
- AI-based evaluations of sensor data
- Technologies used: .NET 8, Minimal API, Postgres, MQTT, RabbitMQ
Christian Werner
Last position:
EHF.at
- Further development and ongoing maintenance of the existing WordPress site for EHF.at to revamp the responsive design and improve usability on mobile devices.
- Integration of WooCommerce into the existing site for full e-commerce functionality and digitization of the team sports apparel sales process.
- Implementation and configuration of an automated newsletter system to strengthen customer loyalty through regular updates and personalized offers.
- Ongoing maintenance including regular updates, performance optimizations, and security checks to keep the site up-to-date and functional.
- Project-related technical activities: PHP, CSS, and JavaScript.
Markus Kleiber
Last position:
Document Development at Insurance Company
- Replacement of original Dopix documents and modules into the Quadient document environment
- Extension of document logic
Jürgen Eckel
Last position:
Chief Executive Officer at Riddle&Code GmbH
- Pivoted the company into data-driven and AI-powered energy optimization solutions for microgrids, energy communities, and grid operators.
Stefan Kohl
Last position:
Fullstack Developer (Freelancer) at Sciuto Software GbR
- Implementing a real-time procedural 3D/AR eyelash configurator using Three.js and MediaPipe
- Building a full-stack web application with React.js and Python
- Consulting on app and web development
Tobias Franek
Last position:
CTO & Founder at bitminds
Selected projects:
Kiosk platform – hospitality
- Led a 3-person team while hands-on architecting an edge computing infrastructure for over 15 self-service kiosks in Alpine hotels with unstable connectivity
- Designed a Nomad-based cluster with a WireGuard mesh network for fully automated OTA updates, even during local network outages and offline operation
- Integrated physical peripherals (hotel key card readers, thermal printers) into a containerized deployment pipeline
- Reduced on-site maintenance visits by ~40% through a resilient offline-first architecture and Prometheus-based hardware monitoring
- Tech: Nomad, Consul, WireGuard, NestJS, NextJS, Prometheus, Custom Hardware Provisioning
Multi-tenant SaaS platform – insurance claims processing
- Built and operated the Kubernetes infrastructure for a market-leading claims processing platform (acquired by an S&P 500 company) – with strict compliance and availability requirements
- Designed a multi-tenant EKS cluster with tenant isolation, enabling cost-effective single-instance hosting for multiple customers
- Implemented dynamic spot instance node pools, reducing infrastructure costs by ~20%
- Set up fully automated deployment pipelines (Terraform + GitHub Actions) for uninterrupted releases during business hours
- Tech: EKS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Prometheus/Grafana/Loki, PHP, GraphQL
Legacy ERP integration – construction photo documentation
- Led a 2-person team in designing and implementing a real-time sync bridge between a legacy Microsoft Access ERP (without an API) and a modern mobile photo app for quality control on construction sites
- Developed a PostgreSQL pipeline with real-time listeners that extract data from 1990s Access databases – without disrupting existing workflows
- Built a resilient upload architecture with a circuit breaker pattern for unstable site connections (S3, NFS, Synology NAS)
- Saved each project manager 2–4 hours per week through automated photo sync instead of manual USB/SD card transfers
- Tech: NestJS, PostgreSQL, React Native (Expo), S3, Synology API, offline-first architecture
Jörg Pallanich
Last position:
Freelance IT Project Manager / Business Analyst at A1 Telekom Austria AG
Project: Infrastructure Selling Tool
Joint development and documentation of the target process for infrastructure sales to business customers
Cross-functional coordination to find solutions
Overseeing implementations in the CRM system
Coordination of a field trial
Project: FTTH expansion program
Analysis and documentation of the project environment
Process definition in the FTTH expansion program
Specification of IT requirements from the B2B business unit in the form of epics and user stories
Project management with regard to IT implementations in a business context
Project: Product launch "Cyber Defense Business"
Definition of the sales to activation process
Specification of IT requirements for implementation in the A1 Marketplace and interface to ServiceNow
Project management with regard to IT implementations
Manuel Merzinger
Last position:
Azure Training
- Prepared and delivered a five-day seminar via Microsoft Teams
- Key topics: building, running, and managing Docker containers; Kubernetes cluster basics and Kubernetes networking basics; Terraform basics and best practices for Terraform environments in Azure
Maximilian Götz-Mikus
Last position:
Solo Developer / Founder at InvAPI
- Privacy-first, stateless e-invoice API providing AI-powered extraction, bidirectional format conversion (UBL/CII/ZUGFeRD), batch processing, and validation for German/Austrian e-invoice compliance
- Technologies: Nuxt 4, Vue 3, Nitro, TypeScript, Cloudflare (D1, R2), Stripe, OAuth, AI/LLM integration
David Lynn
Last position:
Senior Full Stack Engineer at Fractual
- Built and maintained a full-featured React Native mobile app and companion web portal supporting multi-role access and real-time collaboration for service teams.
- Developed a robust NestJS backend using TypeScript, adhering to scalable microservices patterns to support a dynamic task management system.
- Designed and optimized PostgreSQL schemas, using advanced indexing and normalized data models to support patient tracking, tasks, and outcome reporting.
- Integrated Socket.IO to support real-time team communication, task status updates, and instant notifications across mobile and web platforms.
- Developed secure authentication workflows using AWS Cognito, including multi-role login, token refresh, and session timeout handling.
- Leveraged AWS S3 for secure document uploads (patient records, resource materials) with signed URLs and access control policies.
- Connected AWS SNS and SES to automate notifications for escalations, missed follow-ups, and appointment reminders.
- Engineered an admin analytics dashboard using React + Zustand for tracking user activity, case completion rates, and compliance metrics.
- Designed and implemented AI-driven features for task prioritization and patient risk classification using external API integrations.
- Established a robust CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions and Docker, achieving automated testing, linting, and environment-based deployments.
- Followed Agile ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, retros) while collaborating with QA, BAs, and PMs to deliver high-velocity features.
- Led data protection efforts ensuring full GDPR compliance, including encrypted storage, session control, and user-consent management.
- Delivered a fully responsive UI using DaisyUI-style components for mobile and tablet-first designs, achieving high Lighthouse scores.
- Reduced support tickets by 40% by implementing detailed audit logging and a self-service helpdesk system in the admin interface.
Roland Malik
Last position:
Freelance Project Manager at Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs
- Managed the rollout subproject for the launch of the electronic file system at diplomatic missions worldwide
- Led a project to introduce EU-certified encryption for IP communication between headquarters and missions
- Led a project to implement a modern IAM (Identity and Access Management) solution
Timo Casanova
Last position:
Freelancer (SAP and AI) at Timo Casanova e.U.
Specialized in SAP architecture, SAP Basis, S4, SAP Migration - R3 and IT infrastructure (on-premise and cloud)
Leading complex SAP S/4HANA implementation and migration projects
Consulting on and optimizing SAP landscapes for large enterprises
Developing custom IT infrastructure solutions for SAP environments
Managing projects from concept to go-live, including post-implementation support, ensuring best practices
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Statistics of experts using PHP
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
18 years
Position duration
3 years
Positions per freelancer
9
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
82%
Master's degree or higher
64%
Doctorate
5%
Certifications per freelancer
1
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Austria are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Austria using PHP
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
PHP in practice
PHP is a server-side language used to build websites, web apps, APIs, and business tools. It powers both new projects and long-running systems that need careful maintenance. Many teams still know it as PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.
Common project types
- Content sites and publishing systems
- E-commerce and checkout flows
- Internal tools and admin panels
- REST APIs for web and mobile apps
- WordPress, Drupal, and Laravel work
Ecosystem and tooling
Strong PHP experts work with Composer, PHPUnit, PHPStan, Psalm, Docker, and common frameworks such as Laravel and Symfony. They also know how to handle database layers, caching, queues, and deployment pipelines. Good specialists choose tools that fit the codebase, not the trend.
When freelance help fits
Companies bring in PHP freelancers for feature work, upgrades, bug fixing, performance tuning, and rescue projects. In Austria, this is common when teams need help with local commerce sites, content-heavy portals, or backend services that must keep running while product work continues. Remote work is common, but onsite sessions can help with sensitive systems or older code.
What strong experts deliver
A strong PHP specialist reads existing code quickly and spots risky patterns before they spread. They write clean controllers, services, and tests, and they can work in older code without breaking release plans. They also communicate clearly with product, design, and operations.
How to judge fit
Look for proof of real production work, not just framework names. Good experts explain how they handled upgrades, security issues, caching, or slow queries, and they can describe trade-offs in plain language. For PHP work, clarity and code discipline matter as much as speed.
Frequently asked questions
Key details about PHP, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
PHP is used for server-side web work, especially content sites, e-commerce, portals, and business applications. It also appears in APIs, background jobs, and many WordPress or Drupal projects. Teams choose it when they need reliable backend logic tied to a database and a browser-based front end.
PHP is often chosen for web-focused systems where fast delivery and broad CMS support matter. Compared with JavaScript on the server, it is usually easier to keep separate from front-end complexity; compared with Python or Java, it often fits existing web stacks and hosting setups more directly. The best choice depends on the codebase, team skills, and long-term maintenance needs.
A strong PHP specialist usually knows at least one major framework, often Laravel or Symfony, and is comfortable with Composer, PHPUnit, and static analysis tools. Many also work with WordPress, Drupal, Docker, Redis, and SQL databases. The exact stack matters less than the ability to ship maintainable code in the stack already in use.
A small PHP site fix may only need a focused specialist who understands the existing code and deployment setup. A larger upgrade, platform rebuild, or security review needs someone who has handled production systems, tests, and backward compatibility. The more legacy code and integrations you have, the more important deep practical experience becomes.
Bring in PHP freelance help when internal teams are busy, a release is blocked, or a legacy system needs urgent attention. Freelancers are also useful for migrations, performance work, and one-off feature delivery where permanent hiring is too slow. This is a practical fit for companies in Austria that need flexible support without long onboarding.
Most PHP work can be done remotely because the tasks are code, tests, and deployment focused. On-site time can help when the project involves sensitive access, older infrastructure, or close coordination with business teams. For many Austrian companies, a mixed setup works best.
A good PHP expert can explain past work in concrete terms: what changed, why it changed, and how they checked it was safe. Look for test coverage, clear naming, sensible architecture, and a calm approach to legacy code. Strong specialists also notice security, performance, and maintainability issues early.
PHP can still be a very good choice for new applications, especially when the project needs fast web delivery, solid CMS support, or a familiar hosting model. It is not the right answer for every system, but modern PHP is far from the old stereotype. The key is to pair it with a clean framework, tests, and disciplined code review.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used PHP in their recent projects is 108 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 865 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used PHP in their recent projects, 82% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 64% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used PHP in their recent projects have 18 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used PHP in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (20%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used PHP in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Banking and Finance (48%), and Professional Services (40%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used PHP in their recent projects are Information Technology (96%), Product Development (88%), and Project Management (64%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used PHP
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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