Senior ColdFusion to PHP Migration Engineer — Remote

Sahajanand,-LLC; Willow Grove (PA); Remote; USD 69,000 - 103,000; Part time

Job summary

Dynamic Digital seeks a senior full-stack contract developer to lead a ColdFusion to PHP migration of a legacy web application. You will read undocumented CFML, re-architect in PHP (Laravel/Symfony), and build new modules and RESTful APIs in the new stack.

You will work hands-on, auditing code, outlining migration strategy, and delivering secure, scalable PHP components while ensuring business rules remain intact.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional development experience with substantial ColdFusion production work.
• ColdFusion expertise — Adobe ColdFusion or Lucee; read, debug, and translate tag and script syntax.
• PHP expertise with modern PHP (8.x), OOP, design patterns, and Laravel or Symfony.

Responsibilities

• Audit codebase and deconstruct CFML/CFCs and data flows.
• Plan migration strategy and rewrite features into PHP.
• Develop new modules and RESTful APIs in PHP architecture.
• Migrate relational schemas (MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL) and optimize queries.
• Maintain interoperability between ColdFusion and PHP during phased rollout.
• Document legacy functions and scope for future developers.
• Review code including AI-assisted outputs for quality and security.

Skills

ColdFusion

PHP

Migration

REST APIs

Tools

Git

Laravel

Symfony

Job description

Dynamic Digital seeks a senior full-stack contract developer to lead a ColdFusion to PHP migration of a legacy web application. You will read undocumented CFML, re-architect in PHP (Laravel/Symfony), and build new modules and RESTful APIs in the new stack.

You will work hands-on, auditing code, outlining migration strategy, and delivering secure, scalable PHP components while ensuring business rules remain intact.