Jonathan Bird Web Design & Development
Laravel Developer Brisbane
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Laravel Developer Brisbane

Custom software when the business rules are the product.

Our senior team, working across Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, has used Laravel in production since version 4 in 2013. We build custom applications, B2B and B2C commerce platforms, SaaS products, admin tools, APIs, and ERP integrations for organisations across Australia.

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Platform fit

Is this the right platform?

The platform should follow the requirements. These are the conditions we test before recommending Laravel.

A good fit when

Laravel is a strong fit when the organisation needs custom workflows, complex business rules, deep integrations or a platform that will evolve over years.

Consider another option when

It is not the economical choice for a straightforward content site or store that a well-supported off-the-shelf product can handle without heavy customisation.
Capabilities

What we build with Laravel

A snapshot of the Laravel work our senior team takes on, from the first technical decision through ongoing ownership.

Custom Laravel Web Applications

When off-the-shelf software forces you to redesign your business around its workflow, Laravel is the answer. We've built bespoke booking platforms, video activation APIs, time tracking SaaS products, internal tooling, and complex multi-tenant systems that handle real volume. Every application is built around how your business actually operates, not the other way around.

API & ERP Integrations

Laravel makes connecting to Xero, MYOB, NetSuite, Options, Westpac PayWay, Stripe, Algolia, AWS services, and bespoke ERPs straightforward. The Impact Office Supplies platform synchronises over 10 million rows of ERP data nightly at a 100% success rate, plus real-time pricing and inventory updates throughout the day. If your business runs on multiple systems, we make them talk to each other reliably.

B2B & B2C eCommerce

Custom Laravel ecommerce gives you full control over pricing rules, customer types, order approvals, and payment flows that off-the-shelf platforms can't match. We built the Impact Office Supplies platform from scratch on Laravel, now running at a 33.5% B2B conversion rate and 3.4 million annual pageviews. Custom pricing per customer, quantity tiers, persistent carts, Westpac PayWay integration, and Algolia real-time search all included.

Custom Admin Panels & Internal Tools

Every Laravel application we build ships with a tailored admin panel that matches your team's actual workflows. Whether you're managing orders, approving timesheets, syncing data, generating reports, or controlling user access, you get an interface designed around your business rather than a generic dashboard you bend yourself around.

Authentication, Roles, Permissions & SSO

Laravel makes user management, role-based access control, two-factor authentication, and Single Sign-On straightforward to architect properly the first time. We've shipped multi-tier role hierarchies for SaaS platforms, SAML SSO for enterprise apps, and policy-based authorisation that scales as your team grows. No bolted-on auth packages that break six months in.

SaaS Platforms & Subscription Billing

Laravel Cashier handles Stripe and Paddle subscription billing cleanly, with per-seat pricing, plan-aware feature gating, and webhook handling out of the box. We run our own Laravel SaaS, Hour Cap, built on Laravel 12, Livewire 4, and Cashier with per-member billing across three plan tiers. If you're building a SaaS, you've got someone in your corner who has shipped one directly.

Case Studies

Featured projects built with Laravel

Selected projects that show Laravel solving real organisational requirements in production.
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Integrations

Systems we connect to Laravel

The business systems our team most often connects to a Laravel build. Browse every integration.

Integrating something else?

Tell us which systems need to exchange data and where the current process is failing. We will assess the APIs, constraints, and safest path forward.

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Straight advice

Requirements choose the platform.

We recommend Laravel when its strengths match the job, and a simpler or different option when they do not.

Start with constraints

Content, workflows, integrations, governance and ownership matter more than a feature checklist.

Avoid custom work without a reason

Configuration is preferable when it genuinely meets the requirement and remains maintainable.

Plan for operational ownership

The choice must still make sense for the team maintaining it after launch.

Our senior-team model

Senior people stay responsible for the platform decisions.

Architecture and implementation stay close together, with the same team retaining context for ongoing improvement.
  • Direct access to senior people
  • Design and development working closely together
  • Technical advice without a communications relay
  • No junior production line or offshore hand-off
  • Project knowledge that stays with the team after launch
“Digital Bird is my first pick for delivering web projects on time, on budget and to the brief — every time. Beyond being a delight to work with, Jonathan Bird is that rare breed of developer who is both masterful on the tools (an absolute Laravel whizz!) while also being adept at engaging the client in UX-thinking, to which he applies expert insights, gained through years of experience, to help further improve the end design for the target user’s experience. This powerful combination of skills means that 4 years on and a variety of projects later (from search directories to corporate website developments), Digital Bird firmly remains my first pick for developer.”
Emma Keller Communications Manager, Brisbane South PHN Brisbane South PHN
Process

From the first decision to ongoing improvement

We keep strategy, design, development, and technical ownership close together. Your team is involved at the decision points, with clear recommendations and visible progress throughout.

  1. Step 1: Understand

    Clarify the audience, business problem, constraints, content, and measures of success.

  2. Step 2: Recommend

    Explain the viable options and trade-offs, then recommend the simplest sound approach.

  3. Step 3: Plan

    Agree priorities, responsibilities, scope, timing, and the decisions your stakeholders need to make.

  4. Step 4: Design and build

    Work in visible increments while strategy, user experience, content, and engineering remain connected.

  5. Step 5: Validate and launch

    Test the important journeys, performance, accessibility, content, integrations, and operational readiness.

  6. Step 6: Improve

    Monitor the live system, resolve issues, and continue improving it as requirements change.

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FAQ

Common Laravel Project Questions

Common questions our team is asked about Laravel Development.
We are a senior Laravel team based in Brisbane rather than a large agency. Clients work directly with the experienced people responsible for architecture and critical code, and that team retains context through ongoing maintenance and feature work.
The important distinction is not company size; it is who remains accountable for the work. Our senior team takes part in discovery, architecture, critical implementation, and ongoing support, so client questions reach people with direct codebase context and recommendations account for long-term consequences.
A mix of high-stakes production work across thirteen years. The Impact Office Supplies B2B ecommerce platform handles 3.4 million annual pageviews, a 33.5% B2B conversion rate, and a nightly sync of 10 million ERP rows. The All 4 Adventure competition sites have processed millions of paid entries with 100% uptime since 2017. The Triple P video activation API and admin panel was delivered in three weeks and serves 35,000 manifest accesses across four languages. Hour Cap is our own Laravel 12 SaaS time tracking and billing platform with full Xero OAuth2 integration and Stripe Cashier per-seat billing. Have a look at the case studies below for more.
Australia-wide, regularly. We work from Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, but a large share of our work is for clients elsewhere in Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, Darwin, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, Newcastle, Wollongong, Geelong, and regional centres in between. We also work with overseas clients in the UK, US, and Canada. Laravel development is largely location-independent during the build phase, so most projects run entirely remotely over Slack, Loom, and scheduled calls. If you're somewhere in Australia and prefer in-person kickoffs or strategy workshops, we're happy to come on-site for those.
Every state and territory. As a senior Laravel developer in Australia, we take on work from clients in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, the ACT, and the Northern Territory. Most engagements run remotely from our base in Brisbane, with occasional travel for in-person discovery sessions or workshops where it makes sense. There's no extra cost for working with a non-Brisbane client; the rate is the same whether you're around the corner in Fortitude Valley or running a team out of Perth.
Off-the-shelf software is faster to start with, but you end up shaping your business around its workflow, paying recurring licence fees, and waiting on someone else's roadmap for features you need yesterday. Custom Laravel development gives you full control over the workflow, the data model, and the future direction. There isn't a single right answer for every business, but if you've outgrown an off-the-shelf platform or you're paying for features you don't use and missing ones you need, that's usually the signal it's time to consider custom Laravel.
For a medium to large project the long-term costs are often comparable. Custom Laravel has an obvious upfront build cost, then ongoing maintenance and feature work. Off-the-shelf software has hidden costs that add up fast: enterprise licence fees as high as $500K annually, customisation work charged at $300+ per hour, and you're at the mercy of the vendor's development resources and timelines. There's no universally correct answer, but you should price both options properly before deciding rather than assuming off-the-shelf is automatically cheaper.
When you're hiring a Laravel developer in Australia, look for someone with verifiable commercial Laravel experience on production applications, not tutorial portfolios. Ask to see real case studies with real Australian client names. Check how long their existing client relationships have lasted, because a Laravel developer who keeps clients for five-plus years is almost always doing the work properly. Make sure they understand the full stack including deployment, hosting, queue workers, and ongoing maintenance, not just writing controllers. We've been working with Laravel since version 4 in 2013, and many of our Australian clients have been with our team for over five years.
Laravel developer rates in Australia typically range from $150 to $300+ per hour depending on experience, complexity, and whether you're working with a senior specialist or a Laravel agency. Rates in Sydney and Melbourne tend to sit at the upper end of that range, with Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra usually a bit lower, though that gap has largely flattened for senior remote work. Our rate sits at the senior end of the range, which reflects thirteen years of production Laravel and a portfolio of clients who have stayed with our team five to seven years because the work gets done properly the first time. Project costs vary widely with scope, so the best approach is to get in touch and walk through your specific requirements before any number gets quoted.
It depends entirely on scope. A straightforward Laravel application with authentication, a dashboard, and basic CRUD might take four to eight weeks. More complex applications involving API integrations, multi-tenancy, custom business logic, or real-time features can take several months. We always start with a discovery phase to properly scope the project before committing to timelines, so you know what to expect before development begins rather than discovering it three months in.
Look for a developer who has hands-on experience with the broader Laravel ecosystem, not just the core framework. That means Livewire for reactive interfaces, Horizon for queue management, Sanctum or Passport for API authentication, Cashier for subscription billing, Forge or Vapor for deployment, and Pulse or Telescope for observability. You also want someone who writes tests, understands database design and indexing, handles queue workers in production, and stays with you for hosting and maintenance after launch. Long-standing client relationships are a strong proxy for all of this.
Yes. We follow Laravel conventions and best practices, which means any competent Laravel developer can pick up the codebase and keep working on it. We write clean, well-structured code with documentation where it's actually useful. You're never locked in, and you always own the code. That said, most of our clients choose to keep working with our senior team long-term because of the context we build up about their business, not because they have to.

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Led by more than 15 years of commercial experience, our senior team helps Australian organisations ship websites that are fast, secure, accessible and built for the long term.

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