Freelance Backend Developer in Nepal

Laravel Development Services by a Freelance Developer

I design and develop custom Laravel web applications, REST APIs, and scalable multi-tenant SaaS platforms. With over 20 years of software engineering experience, I help businesses build new digital solutions, modernize existing applications, and maintain reliable software systems. Serving clients remotely in Nepal and worldwide.

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Years of experience
20+
Years of experience
Building software since 2006.
Projects delivered
442+
Projects delivered
Web apps, APIs and platforms for clients worldwide.
SaaS applications built
5+
SaaS applications
Designed and built, from the data model up.
Business domains in one platform
25+
Business domains
In one SaaS platform, each in its own slice.

Laravel features I use

Data

  • Eloquent ORM
  • Database Migrations
  • Laravel Cache

Security

  • Authentication & Authorization
  • Middleware

Background work

  • Laravel Queues & Jobs
  • Task Scheduling

Events and real time

  • Events & Listeners
  • Laravel Notifications
  • Laravel Broadcasting

Custom Laravel development in Nepal

Looking for a Laravel developer in Nepal to build a custom web application, develop a business platform or improve an existing Laravel project? I help businesses, startups and individuals turn ideas into reliable, practical web applications built on Laravel.

I am a freelance Laravel developer based in Nepal, and you work with me directly. I start by learning how your business actually runs, then plan the technical approach before any code is written. Whether the job is a new application from scratch or new features in an existing system, I focus on clean code, maintainability and performance, so the application stays easy to work on long after launch.

Ready-made software often makes your team work around its limits. With Laravel, I build the features, business rules, workflows and integrations your business needs, on a PHP framework that already handles databases, authentication, APIs, background jobs and testing well. If you are still deciding between plain PHP and a framework, my PHP development page explains when each one makes sense.

Laravel is one part of my backend work. For the wider picture, including Node.js and NestJS, see my backend development services.

01 / Laravel development services

What I build with Laravel

Most Laravel work falls into three groups: building something new, improving something that already runs, and connecting Laravel to the other systems your business depends on.

New applications

  • Custom web applications

    Database, business logic, user management and the screens your team uses every day, built around how your business works.

  • SaaS products

    Accounts, roles and permissions, subscription plans, billing and tenant isolation for a product you sell to many customers.

  • Admin panels and business systems

    Customers, inventory, orders, staff, documents and reports in one system instead of spreadsheets.

  • Laravel eCommerce

    Stores with rules a standard platform cannot handle: custom pricing, approval steps, B2B accounts or unusual shipping.

Existing applications

  • Take over and extend

    I read the existing code and database, then add features without breaking what already works.

  • Bug fixing and performance

    Slow pages, failing jobs, N+1 queries and errors that only show up in production.

  • Laravel and PHP upgrades

    Moving an older app to a supported Laravel and PHP version, one step at a time.

  • Maintenance and support

    Regular updates, security patches, dependency updates and small changes after launch.

APIs and integrations

  • REST APIs

    Versioned, documented APIs for web front ends, partner systems and other services.

  • Mobile app backends

    Authentication, data, notifications and payments for iOS, Android and hybrid apps.

  • Third-party integrations

    Payment gateways, email and SMS providers, accounting systems, CRMs and shipping services.

  • AI features

    AI APIs, document processing, content generation and AI-assisted search inside your Laravel app.

02 / Architecture

How I structure a Laravel project with DDD and vertical slices

Laravel's defaults group code by technical type: all controllers in one folder, all models in another. That works for small apps and gets harder as the product grows. I split the backend by business area first, following Domain-Driven Design, and give each area its own vertical slice, so the structure grows with the product instead of against it.

Domain-driven vertical slices 
app/
├── Domains/                      # business domains (vertical slices)
│   ├── Partner/                  # bounded context
│   │   ├── Controllers/          # HTTP entry points
│   │   ├── Requests/             # validation + authorization
│   │   ├── DTOs/                 # typed input for use cases
│   │   ├── Services/             # use cases + business rules
│   │   ├── Queries/              # list filtering and search
│   │   ├── Models/               # entities and relations
│   │   ├── Enums/                # domain states with labels
│   │   ├── Events/               # facts other domains react to
│   │   ├── Policies/             # who may do what
│   │   ├── Jobs/                 # background work
│   │   └── Resources/            # API response shape
│   ├── Project/
│   ├── Finance/
│   └── Document/
├── Shared/                       # base model, traits, common enums
├── Infrastructure/               # auth, tenancy, search, AI
└── Providers/                    # bootstrapping and bindings

Plugged in from Shared/ and Infrastructure/

  • Tenant isolation
  • Authentication
  • Search embeddings
  • AI services
  • 1

    One domain per business capability

    Partner, Project, Finance and Document each own their models, rules and API, like small applications inside one backend. A large SaaS platform can have dozens of them.

  • 2

    Each domain is a vertical slice

    The request, controller, DTO, service, model and resource for a feature live in one folder, so you add or change a feature in one place.

  • 3

    Thin controllers, validated input

    FormRequests validate input and check permissions. Controllers only turn HTTP into a typed DTO and call a service.

  • 4

    Business rules live in services

    Every create, update and delete goes through a service method inside a database transaction. No business logic sits in controllers.

  • 5

    Domains talk through events

    A domain announces facts such as ProjectCreated, and other domains react without reaching into its internals.

  • 6

    Pragmatic, not dogmatic

    Eloquent models act as entities, and I use no repository layer or command bus. You keep the DDD benefits, clear boundaries and one home per rule, without fighting Laravel.

How a request moves through a slice

  1. Requestsinput
  2. ControllersHTTP
  3. DTOsdata
  4. Servicesrules
  5. Modelsdata
  6. Resourcesoutput

Presentation

Controllers, Requests, Resources

Application

Services, DTOs, Queries

Domain

Models, Enums, Events, Policies

Infrastructure

Infrastructure/ and Shared/, outside the slice

Each business area is a domain, and each domain is a complete slice. Dependencies point inward, from HTTP toward the business rules. Input is validated at the door, rules run in one service inside a transaction, and an API Resource fixes the response shape, so the database structure never leaks to the front end.

03 / Case studies

Laravel projects I have built

Two platforms I built with Laravel. My clients keep their names private, so each case describes the challenge, what I built and how it is structured.

How it works

  1. 01

    Company data

    processes, documents, channels

  2. 02

    Company model

    25+ business domains

  3. 03

    AI analysis

    goals, risks, capacity

  4. 04

    Suggested approach

    a person confirms

  • Multi-tenant SaaS
  • AI integration
  • 25+ business domains

AI-ready company platform with a digital twin

A multi-tenant Laravel platform that brings each company's strategy, processes, projects, finance and communication into one model that AI can work with.

  • One shared data model per company
  • 25+ business domains, each a vertical slice
  • AI drafts processes, reads contracts and plans projects
  • AI suggests, a person confirms, then the system writes
  • DDD
  • Vertical slices
  • pgvector search
  • Provider-agnostic AI
  • Laravel 12
  • Vue 3
Read the full case study

The challenge

Most companies run on a patchwork of separate tools for customers, projects, finance, documents, email and chat. Knowledge ends up split between them, so neither the team nor AI can see how strategy, processes, projects and data connect.

The solution

I built a multi-tenant Laravel platform that works as a digital twin of each company. Strategy, organization, processes, projects, partners, finance, procurement, documents and communication live in one application on one shared data model, organized into 25+ business domains. AI is built into the modules as an assistant and sparring partner: it drafts BPMN processes from interviews, extracts fields and risks from contracts and receipts, plans projects, and searches across every module by meaning. When a user describes a new process or user journey, the platform:

  • Considers existing processes and their dependencies
  • Takes strategic goals and direction into account
  • Shows opportunities that match the company's strengths
  • Flags risks based on known weaknesses
  • Checks available resources and capacity
  • Suggests the best approach

Built to be trusted

AI suggests, a person confirms, and only then does the system write. AI can write only in modules on an explicit allowlist, prompts pass through a PII filter, and every AI call is logged with its cost.

The result

Each company's strategy, work and knowledge sit in one place instead of separate tools, and AI works from that full picture. Because every domain is its own slice, new modules are added without touching existing ones.

How a booking works

  1. 01

    Choose a service

    with add-ons

  2. 02

    Pick a time

    from live availability

  3. 03

    Pay a booking fee

    Stripe or mobile money

  4. 04

    Reminder and visit

    rest paid at the venue

  • Multi-tenant SaaS
  • Online payments
  • Mobile app API

Multi-tenant booking platform for service businesses

A multi-tenant Laravel platform where doctors, clinics, barber shops and car services take bookings and payments online.

  • Customer website, mobile app API and admin panel
  • One database per country, chosen at runtime
  • Booking fee online, the rest at the venue
  • Recurring appointments and reminders run automatically
  • Per-country databases
  • REST API
  • Scheduled jobs
  • Stripe webhooks
  • Twilio SMS
Read the full case study

The challenge

Doctors, clinics, barber shops and car services live from their calendars, yet many still take bookings by phone. Every service has its own duration and price, every provider has their own working hours and days off, and payment rules differ: some want the full amount upfront, others only a booking fee.

The solution

I built a multi-tenant Laravel booking platform with three front ends: a customer website, a JSON API for the mobile apps and an admin panel. Each country runs on its own database, which the application selects at runtime. The platform handles:

  • Provider profiles with services, add-ons, images and prices
  • Working hours per weekday and holidays, including recurring ones
  • Online booking on free time slots, with provider approval
  • Recurring appointments created automatically by scheduled jobs
  • Full payment upfront, a booking fee now and the rest at the venue, or payment at the venue
  • Stripe card payments plus mobile money and wallet payments, confirmed by webhooks
  • Subscription plans with trial periods for providers
  • Platform commission, provider wallets and withdrawals
  • SMS phone verification, booking reminders and notifications
  • Ratings, favorites and featured provider profiles

The result

Businesses publish their services once and take bookings around the clock on the web and in the apps. Reminders, recurring visits, payments, commission and payouts run in the background, so providers can focus on the work itself.

04 / SaaS on Laravel

Multi-tenant SaaS and AI features in Laravel

I have built 5+ SaaS applications, including one platform with 25+ business domains. In a SaaS product, one decision shapes almost everything else: how each customer's data is kept apart from the others. I settle it early, with you, because changing it later means moving every table.

Around that core I build what a SaaS product needs to sell: sign-up, roles and permissions per tenant, subscription plans and billing, usage limits, and an admin view for your own team.

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Comparison of three ways to separate tenant data in a Laravel SaaS application
Tenant data One database, tenant column Schema per tenant Database per tenant
Isolation Basic, enforced in code Good Strong
Running cost Lowest Moderate Highest, grows with tenants
Migrations Run once Run per schema Run per database
Usually suits Many small customers Mid-size customers on PostgreSQL Customers with strict data rules

Rough comparisons to guide the first conversation, not benchmarks. The right choice depends on your customers and contracts.

AI API integration

Chat, summaries and content generation through queued jobs, so slow AI calls never block a page.

Document processing

Reading uploaded files, pulling out the fields you need and storing them as structured data.

AI-assisted search

Search by meaning using embeddings, kept inside each tenant's own data.

05 / Honest advice

Is Laravel the right fit for your project?

Laravel is my first choice for most business applications, but not for every project. Here is how I usually decide, and where I point you instead.

Good fit

  • Business applications with users, roles, workflows and a lot of related data.

  • SaaS products that need tenants, subscriptions and billing.

  • API backends for a mobile app or a Vue.js or React front end.

  • Long-lived systems that several developers will maintain over the years.

  • Teams already on PHP and PHP hosting, who want structure without switching language.

Often a better choice elsewhere

  • Real time is the core of the product, such as chat or live dashboards for many users at once. Laravel can broadcast events, but a Node.js backend is often simpler here.

    Node.js development

  • A small PHP app on limited hosting, or an existing CodeIgniter system that works and only needs care.

    CodeIgniter development

  • A content website that your marketing team edits every week, with no custom business logic.

    WordPress development

06 / Existing applications

Upgrading or taking over an existing Laravel application

Each Laravel version gets bug fixes for 18 months and security fixes for 2 years. After that, security problems found in the framework are no longer fixed for your version. Many apps I take over are already past that line.

Laravel support status, November 2026

  • Laravel 13 Fully supported. Security fixes until March 17, 2028
  • Laravel 12 Security fixes only, until February 24, 2027
  • Laravel 11 No fixes. Security support ended March 12, 2026
  • 10 and older No fixes. Laravel 10 ended February 4, 2025

Dates from the official Laravel support policy, checked in November 2026.

Signs your Laravel app needs attention

  • It runs on Laravel 11 or older, or on an old PHP version
  • Nobody wants to touch certain files
  • Pages get slower as the data grows
  • Packages are abandoned or block updates
  • There are no tests, so every change is a risk
  • The original developer is no longer available

How I upgrade safely

  1. STEP 1

    Review

    I read the code, packages, PHP version and server setup, and write down what needs to change and what could break.

  2. STEP 2

    Safety net

    I add tests around the flows that matter most, such as login, checkout or invoicing, before changing anything.

  3. STEP 3

    One version at a time

    I move up one major version per step and update packages alongside, so every problem has one clear cause.

  4. STEP 4

    Staging, then live

    You check the upgraded app on a staging copy first. After release I watch the logs for errors.

07 / Laravel development process

My Laravel development process

Five steps from the first conversation to long-term support. Each one ends with something concrete you can review.

  1. 01

    Discover

    A requirements call for a new idea, or a code review for an existing application.

    You get

    A written summary of goals, users and risks

  2. 02

    Plan

    I map the business domains, the data model and the order of work, then split it into phases.

    You get

    Scope, phases and an estimate

  3. 03

    Build in slices

    I build one feature at a time, from request to response, and you follow progress on a staging server.

    You get

    Working features to review on staging

  4. 04

    Test and launch

    Automated tests and your review on staging come first, then the release. I watch the logs after launch.

    You get

    A live application

  5. 05

    Support

    Bug fixes, dependency and security updates, and new features as your business grows.

    You get

    6 to 12 months of support after launch

08 / Cost

What affects the cost of a Laravel project

I do not use a fixed price list, because two "Laravel apps" can involve very different amounts of work. I estimate once I understand the requirements. These are the things that move the number most.

Ask for an estimate

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Factors that keep a Laravel project's cost lower or add to it
Factor Keeps it lower Adds to it
ScopeA few screens, one user typeMany roles, workflows and reports
Existing codeRecent Laravel, has testsOld version, no tests, abandoned packages
IntegrationsNone or one well-documented APIPayments, accounting, CRM and legacy systems
TenancyOne company uses itMulti-tenant SaaS with billing
DataFresh startImport and clean data from an old system
Front endAdmin-style Blade screensCustom design or a separate Vue.js or React app
After launchOccasional fixesOngoing features on a regular schedule

09 / Why work with me

Why work with me as your Laravel developer

You get one experienced developer who understands the business side, writes code the next developer can read, and is still around after launch.

20+ years of software development,
since 2006
You talk to the developer
No account managers. The person you explain the problem to is the person who writes the code.
SaaS experience at scale
5+ SaaS applications, one of them with 25+ business domains, so large codebases do not scare me.
Code built to be maintained
Clear domain boundaries, tests and readable structure, so the app can grow and someone else can work on it.
Support after launch
6 to 12 months of support after launch, then ongoing maintenance if you want it.
Remote, across time zones
Clients in Switzerland, Australia, the UK and elsewhere. We agree on how and when we talk.
Honest estimates
I tell you what the work involves, including when Laravel is not the right tool.

Frequently Asked Questions

What clients ask most before hiring a Laravel developer. Have a different question?

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Can you take over a Laravel application built by another developer?

Yes. You do not need the original developer. I start by reviewing the code, database, packages and server setup, then tell you what state the application is in and what I would change first. After that I fix bugs, add features or plan an upgrade, without breaking what already works.

Can we start with a small paid code review before committing?

Yes. For an existing application, a paid code review is often the best first step. I go through the codebase and send you a written report covering the Laravel and PHP versions, security and performance risks, code quality and what I would fix first. You can then decide whether to continue with me.

How do you charge for Laravel development services?

I offer hourly, fixed-price, and monthly engagement options depending on your project requirements and scope. The pricing model is determined based on the nature of the work, project complexity, and ongoing support needs. I'm happy to discuss your requirements and recommend the most suitable approach with a clear estimate.

Can you work on only one part of my Laravel project?

Yes. You can hire me for a single feature, API, integration, bug or performance problem inside your existing project. I follow the structure and conventions already in the codebase, so my work fits in with the rest.

Can you work with my in-house team and our workflow?

Yes. I work in your repository through branches and pull requests, take part in code review, and use your task tool, whether that is Jira or something else. I adapt to the way your team already works rather than asking you to change it.

How do you handle changes in scope during the project?

Changes are normal. When a new request comes up, I write it down and estimate it before starting, so there are no surprise invoices. You decide whether it goes into the current phase or a later one.

Who owns the code, and will you sign an NDA?

You own the code and the repository once the work is paid. I am happy to sign an NDA before you share any details or give me access to your systems.

Do you provide Laravel maintenance and support after launch?

Yes. I include 6 to 12 months of support after launch, and I can continue with bug fixes, dependency updates, security patches and new features after that.

Let's work together

Hire a Laravel developer from Nepal

Tell me what you want to build, or what is wrong with the app you already have. You do not need every technical detail ready. I reply personally with honest advice and the next steps.

  • 20+ years of experience
  • 5+ SaaS applications
  • Direct contact, no agency layers
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