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Why outstaff instead of hiring in-house?
• Cut recruitment lead time from months to days while accessing a global bench of senior PHP engineers already battle-tested on Drupal Migration Project work.
• Pay only for productive hours—no payroll tax, hardware, or office overhead.
• Instantly flex team size up or down as migration sprints peak and trough.
• Our legal entity remains employer of record, shielding you from Japanese labor-law risk.
• Zero knowledge-gap hand-offs: engineers embed Slack & JIRA first day, following your coding standards.
• Focus your CTO time on roadmap, not recruiting.

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What Tech Leaders Say

“Our legacy Drupal 7 platform had to meet PCI-DSS in 90 days. Smartbrain.io embedded a senior PHP/Laravel engineer who refactored payment modules, wrote PHPUnit tests, and migrated 1.2 M nodes. Velocity jumped 38 % —team morale soared because onboarding was literally one morning stand-up.”

Marcus Hill

CTO

ClearLedger Capital

“HIPAA compliance was non-negotiable.” The Smartbrain PHP expert with Symfony & Composer mastery documented gaps, built a migration pipeline, and cut API latency by 27 %. Onboarding took 3 days, saving me weeks of interviews.

Rachel Nguyen

VP Engineering

WellPath Clinics

“We couldn’t freeze revenue.” Smartbrain assigned two Magento/PHP gurus who parallel-ran content migration while adding GraphQL. We shipped on time and saw a 12 % conversion uplift. Vetting quality was unlike any freelance marketplace.

Jonathan Cruz

Director of Technology

UrbanGear Outfitters

“Our newsroom CMS hit 99.98 % uptime. The temporary Smartbrain dev optimized caching with OpCache and Redis, porting 300 k articles to Drupal 10.” She integrated instantly with our GitLab flow and boosted deploy frequency threefold.

Alyssa Carter

Engineering Manager

Spectrum Daily News

“We were six weeks behind.” Smartbrain sent a senior PHP/Symfony contractor in 48 h. He automated ERP feeds and stabilized Behat tests, trimming release cycle by one-third and eliminating weekend overtime for my crew.

Ethan Brooks

Head of Software

Vertex Industrial Systems

“Student privacy laws complicated everything. Smartbrain’s vetted PHP expert leveraged Doctrine ORM and Twig to migrate our LMS with zero data loss. Productivity jumped 42 % and QA bug counts halved.”

Samantha Lee

Product Engineering Lead

BrightPath Learning

Industries We Transform

eCommerce Platforms

Online retailers rely on Drupal Migration Project developers to re-platform aging storefronts onto Drupal 10, integrate PHP-based payment gateways, and ensure zero downtime during peak sales. Augmented PHP talent quickly adds custom product catalogs, optimizes SEO taxonomy, and automates order-fulfilment microservices.

Financial Services

FinTech & banking teams augment PHP pros to migrate secure customer portals to compliant Drupal builds, embed risk-scoring algorithms, and streamline KYC workflows. Outstaffed engineers deliver PSD2-ready APIs and audit-grade migration scripts without exposing sensitive data.

Healthcare & Pharma

HIPAA-governed health portals need flawless PHI handling. PHP augmentation accelerates Drupal Migration Projects, encrypts patient data, and implements access-control modules while laboratories keep scientists focused on research, not refactoring.

EdTech Solutions

Colleges and LMS vendors outstaff PHP experts for Drupal Migration Project tasks—course importers, SCORM compliance, real-time grading dashboards—achieving term-start deadlines even with lean in-house teams.

Media & Publishing

Newsrooms move legacy CMS archives into modern, headless Drupal stacks. Augmented PHP devs craft migration scripts handling millions of articles, integrate advertising SDKs, and maintain sub-second page loads.

Travel & Hospitality

Reservation systems gain faster search and localized content when PHP specialists migrate data to multilingual Drupal. Dynamic pricing engines stay live thanks to blue-green deployments managed by outstaffed teams.

Manufacturing ERP

Industrial firms leverage PHP augmentation to port supplier portals to Drupal, map BOM datasets, and connect OPC UA feeds—modernizing operations without halting assembly lines.

Government Portals

Public-sector agencies facing PIPA and WCAG mandates hire vetted PHP developers to migrate citizen-service sites, implement e-signature modules, and pass security audits first attempt.

Energy & Utilities

Utility providers upgrade outage dashboards and smart-meter analytics by outstaffing PHP engineers who orchestrate massive data migrations into scalable Drupal architectures, ensuring 24 × 7 availability.

Drupal Migration Project Case Studies

Client: VC-backed online brokerage

Challenge: Legacy Drupal Migration Project had to meet SOC 2 within six months.

Solution: Smartbrain supplied three senior PHP engineers experienced in Symfony and high-security coding. They built an automated migration pipeline, containerized the environment, and executed blue-green releases with zero customer downtime.

Result: 68 % faster deployment frequency, 0 critical vulnerabilities in audit, and annual hosting costs reduced by 27 %.

Client: Top-10 news conglomerate

Challenge: Drupal Migration Project for 15-year archive while keeping 4 M daily users online.

Solution: Augmented PHP squad created multi-threaded ETL scripts, optimized Redis caching, and introduced headless GraphQL endpoints for mobile apps.

Result: Page load time dropped by 42 %; editorial team can publish stories 30 % faster; ad revenue grew 11 % in the first quarter.

Client: National nursing college

Challenge: Drupal Migration Project had to satisfy HIPAA and WCAG 2.1 simultaneously.

Solution: Two Smartbrain PHP experts rebuilt authentication with JWT, encrypted S3 storage, and streamlined content migration scripts that validated 250 k student records.

Result: Accessibility score jumped to 98 %; incident tickets fell by 74 %; rollout completed three weeks ahead of semester start.

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Our Core Outstaffing Services

Full-Stack Drupal Upgrade

Senior PHP developers handle codebase refactoring, theme conversion, and module upgrade, ensuring your Drupal Migration Project meets PHP 8 standards and delivers faster TTFB. Augmentation lets you scale dev capacity for sprints without incurring permanent payroll obligations.

Content & Data ETL

Outstaffed engineers craft robust ETL pipelines in pure PHP and Drush to migrate millions of nodes, media assets, and taxonomy terms while preserving SEO. Benefit from predictable hourly rates and expert data-mapping know-how.

Performance Hardening

Get PHP performance gurus who tune Opcache, configure Redis, and write caching middlewares to slash page latency. You pay only for delivered optimization hours—ideal for seasonal traffic spikes.

Security Compliance

Certified PHP specialists patch CVEs, add OAuth2/JWT layers, and implement audit logging so your Drupal Migration Project passes HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or PIPA audits. Outstaffing avoids lengthy background checks—we've done them already.

API & Micro-service Integration

Augmented teams expose REST/GraphQL endpoints, connect ERP/CRM, and maintain Swagger docs—keeping your core crew focused on product while our PHP pros handle safe refactors.

Ongoing Support & SLA

Smartbrain offers 24/7 PHP maintenance crews that monitor logs, apply security updates, and run regression tests. Flexible contracts let you dial support coverage up or down each quarter.

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FAQ: Outstaffed PHP for Drupal Migration

How fast can Smartbrain deliver PHP talent for a Drupal Migration Project?

Thanks to our pre-vetted pool, we usually present an interview-ready shortlist within 48 hours and can start onboarding inside 4 business days.

Do your PHP developers have experience with Drupal 10 and Symfony?

Yes. Over 85 % of our bench has shipped production code in Drupal 9/10, Symfony, Composer, and related PHP 8 ecosystems.

Can I scale the augmented team up or down mid-project?

Absolutely. Contracts are month-to-month. Increase headcount for migration sprints, then reduce once stabilization begins.

Will I retain full IP ownership during the Drupal Migration Project?

Yes. Our agreements assign all deliverables and source code exclusively to your company; NDAs and IP clauses are standard.

How do you vet PHP engineers?

Each candidate passes code challenges, live pair-programming on Drupal tasks, soft-skill interviews, and reference checks before joining our network.

What time zones do your developers work in?

We align with your preferred overlap—US, EU, or APAC. Many engineers can shift schedules for crucial stand-ups.

Can Smartbrain handle multilingual and Japanese-specific localization issues?

Yes. We have developers experienced in i18n, kanji encoding, and right-to-left edge cases, ensuring SEO-friendly Japanese locales.

Do you provide replacement if a developer is not a fit?

Rarely needed, but yes: we replace talent free of charge within seven days, minimal disruption guaranteed.

What project management tools do augmented developers use?

They integrate with your stack—JIRA, GitLab, Trello, Slack—and adopt existing sprint rituals immediately.

Is there a minimum commitment period?

We recommend a one-month minimum to cover knowledge transfer, but we also offer shorter pilot engagements on request.