Why augment instead of hire?
Direct recruitment locks you into long cycles, payroll taxes, and HR overhead. With Smartbrain’s PHP outstaffing you plug seasoned creators-payment experts straight into your sprint board within 72 hours. Our bench works remotely under your processes, so you pay only for productive hours while keeping full IP ownership. Scale teams up or down month-to-month, avoid costly severance, and stay focused on roadmap, not recruiting. All engineers pass multi-stage vetting in PHP 8, Laravel, payment APIs, PCI-DSS, and marketplace revenue-share logic—so quality arrives pre-installed. The result: faster releases, lower cost of engineering, and zero compliance hassle.
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What Tech Leaders Say
Laravel + MySQL migration finished two sprints early. Smartbrain delivered a senior PHP dev who automated royalty splits and cleared PCI-DSS review on day one. Our team’s velocity rose 38 % and support tickets fell in half, freeing product to ship new monetization widgets.
Megan Richards
CTO
BrightStream Media Inc.
Our fintech marketplace needed Symfony engineers fluent in Stripe Connect. Smartbrain shortlisted three candidates in 48 h; we hired two. They refactored webhook logic, boosting payout accuracy to 99.98 % and letting my core team focus on growth analytics.
Carlos Bennett
VP Engineering
PayWave Marketplace LLC
The embedded REST API for subscription payouts crashed under load. Smartbrain’s PHP expert introduced Redis caching and unit tests that cut error rate by 87 %. Onboarding took one day—no HR fuss, just results.
Linda McCoy
Head of Platform
EduSpark Online Corp.
Seasonal demand quadruples our creator withdrawals every December. With Smartbrain, we spun up three remote CodeIgniter specialists for 6 weeks. Queue latency dropped from 12 s to 2 s and we saved 40 k in overtime.
Nathan Kim
DevOps Lead
TuneStream Audio Co.
GDPR and SOC-2 tasks stalled release. Smartbrain provided a senior PHP security auditor who resolved encryption gaps, updated Composer dependencies, and passed audit in record time. Hiring internally would have taken months.
Rachel Patel
Security Manager
VisualHub Studios
Our small startup couldn’t afford Bay-Area salaries. Smartbrain’s remote PHP 8 gurus integrated over Slack, delivering payment micro-services at 60 % lower cost and zero drop in quality. Investors were impressed by the burn-rate reduction.
Oliver Hayes
Founder & CEO
ClipJoy Inc.
Industries We Empower
Streaming & OTT
Video platforms rely on PHP-driven micro-services to calculate live-stream ad revenue, manage tiered subscriptions, and trigger automated payouts in multiple currencies. Augmented developers implement token-based authentication, integrate payment gateways, and fine-tune caching so creators see real-time dashboards—key to audience retention and trust.
Influencer Marketplaces
Marketplaces connecting brands with influencers must split project fees, handle escrow, and issue 1099 forms. Outstaffed PHP specialists build content creator payment solution modules with Stripe Connect, Laravel Cashier, and fraud-detection APIs, ensuring timely, compliant disbursements while founders stay focused on user acquisition.
e-Learning Platforms
EduTech portals monetizing courses via pay-per-view need dynamic royalty engines. Our augmented PHP teams integrate SCORM packages, create usage-based billing logic, and expose REST endpoints so teachers can track income instantly—solving the payment solution headache that stalls instructor sign-ups.
Music & Podcast Apps
PHP back-ends aggregate play counts across DSPs, calculate per-stream royalties, and automate ACH transfers to artists. Outstaffed engineers optimize batch jobs with Symfony Messenger and RabbitMQ, preventing payout delays that jeopardize label relationships.
News & Media
Publishers running paywalls in WordPress or Drupal call on PHP experts to orchestrate micropayments, revenue-share for freelancers, and VAT compliance. Augmentation keeps editorial staff free from dev recruitment while the platform scales globally.
Gaming Marketplaces
Indie game stores reward modders and asset creators. PHP devs experienced in content creator payment solution write plug-ins that split purchases instantly, manage chargebacks, and surface analytics. Outstaffing accelerates feature delivery before seasonal launches.
Fintech Wallets
Wallet providers use PHP micro-services to bridge cards, ACH, and crypto rails. Augmented specialists add creator-specific payout flows, KYC checks, and SOC-2 logging—speeding regulatory approval without expanding full-time headcount.
Advertising Tech
Ad networks must reimburse publishers and influencers. Outsourced PHP teams integrate header-bidding stats, calculate CPM-based earnings, and push funds through mass-pay APIs—solving reconciliation headaches for finance teams.
Non-profit Fundraising
Charities partnering with content creators for campaigns need transparent revenue-share. Augmented PHP devs add escrow logic, donor-receipt generation, and creator dashboards, ensuring trust and compliance while keeping overhead low.
Content Creator Payment Solution Case Studies
Influencer Marketplace Split-Pay
Client: VC-backed marketplace connecting 6 000 influencers with global brands.
Challenge: Campaign fees piled up because their legacy system lacked a reliable content creator payment solution.
Solution: A two-person Smartbrain PHP squad refactored payout logic into Laravel 10 micro-services, added Stripe Connect with automatic KYC, and wrote PHPUnit coverage to 92 %.
Result: Failed payouts fell by 93 %, average settlement time dropped from 12 days to 48 hours, and finance saved 15 hrs/week on manual reconciliation.
E-Learning Subscription Revenue Share
Client: SaaS platform hosting 18 000 video courses.
Challenge: Their monolithic PHP 7 app could not scale a growing content creator payment solution for course royalties.
Solution: Smartbrain embedded three senior PHP 8 developers who introduced event-driven payouts, Redis queues, and multi-currency support. Integration took one sprint.
Result: Royalty calculations now finish in 6 minutes instead of 52, boosting tutor retention to 91 %.
Streaming Platform Royalty Engine
Client: US OTT service with 5 M monthly active users.
Challenge: Ad-supported streams required a precise content creator payment solution across 140 territories.
Solution: Four Smartbrain PHP engineers rewrote cron-based batch jobs into scalable AWS Fargate tasks, added GraphQL endpoints for creator dashboards, and automated tax reports.
Result: Payout latency decreased by 82 % and support tickets related to earnings dropped 64 %.
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Services
Payment API Integration
Senior PHP developers integrate Stripe Connect, PayPal Payouts, and ACH rails, giving you a turnkey content creator payment solution without hiring separate gateway specialists. Outsourcing keeps compliance current while product teams stay feature-focused.
Royalty Engine Refactor
We rebuild legacy royalty calculators into PHP 8 micro-services with Laravel Queues, boosting accuracy and maintainability. Outstaffing cuts refactor time in half compared with assembling an in-house squad.
KYC & Tax Automation
Augmented engineers add Onfido, TIN validation, and 1099 generation to your stack, ensuring regulators—and creators—stay happy. You avoid long-term payroll for niche compliance talent.
Dashboard & Analytics
Our PHP experts build creator earnings dashboards using Vue.js + API Platform, surfacing real-time metrics that reduce support tickets. Outstaffing accelerates UI delivery with no extra HR load.
Performance Optimisation
Caching, query tuning, and horizontal sharding cut payout latency. External specialists monitor and optimise so your core devs can ship new monetisation ideas faster.
24/7 Support Coverage
Round-the-clock PHP maintenance keeps the payout pipeline healthy during product launches. Flexible contracts let you dial coverage up or down as traffic spikes.
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