Hire Perl developers

Perl programmers make around $141K per/year, according to Glassdoor. However, the salary can range between $120K and $169K depending on the specialist’s experience. If you want to find a Perl developer for whom you’d only have to pay for hours worked at their chosen rate, check the developers available on the Lemon.io platform. We operate on a transparent subscription basis, making cooperation comfortable for all parties!

Yes, Perl is still in demand. Of course, other, more modern languages are taking over the tasks Perl used to perform, but Perl does remain powerful and fast, even with all the competition it has nowadays. That’s why some companies still choose the language for network programming or legacy system maintenance.

Well, yes, Perl language is pretty difficult. That’s mainly because of its syntax which can be sometimes too complex and confusing. Moreover, its philosophy is that there is often more than one way to do the same thing, which can be challenging for beginners. Whether or not a programming language is quite subjective, but a lot of programmers say that Python, for instance, is much more straightforward and generally easier.

Yes, some hackers do use Perl. Because of its capabilities, Perl is used almost for everything; it’s quite powerful, flexible, and great for text processing. Fun fact: some time ago, Perl developers were competing against each other to see who could write more obfuscated code and confuse other developers.

A no-risk trial period for hiring a developer on Lemon.io is a paid trial (up to 20 hours) in case you would like to see the dev’s performance on real-life tasks and how they get along with their new team before signing up for a subscription.
Also, in case your Lemon.io developer fails to meet your expectations, we’ll match you with a new remote developer asap. Admittedly, we’ve never had to do this. But it’s our promise. Just so you know.

You can hire a Perl developer through Lemon.io super quickly (like less than a week, that quickly)! You will be matched with a couple of devs, making sure that they not only are interested in your project but also check all the boxes from your requirements list. Then, it’s all up to you and how quickly you can move to the next stages/interviews, which can be a few more days on average with the help of our organization. Then, we set up a subscription after you’ve made your choice, and ta-da!

To hire a Perl developer through Lemon.io, you just need to let us know a few things. The first thing is your project’s main idea and scope. The second thing is the most important requirements for potential candidates (regarding both tech and soft skills and preferred experience). After that, we will get back to you with a couple of hand-picked, pre-vetted developers who match all the criteria. You can be confident in the candidates’ soft skills and technical expertise, as they are checked by our team, but you are also welcome to have a few calls with the devs, just to make sure. Also, feel free to check the available specialists on the platform!

Yes, Perl is a high-level language. It’s relatively easy to read, and it’s flexible in the sense that you can do the same thing in many different ways. Perl developers, of course, do not need to know much about processors or hardware for their code to be understood by computers.

Technically, Perl can be used to write both frontend and backend. However, it isn’t considered a popular option for frontend tasks (if considered at all for such tasks); Perl is much more useful on the backend, writing server-side logic and integrations.

The biggest disadvantage of the Perl programming language is that sometimes it can be very difficult to read, as many engineers share. Although it is cool that Perl is so flexible and the same thing can be written in various ways, it might also take forever for other Perl devs to understand what’s going on inside the codebase. Then the code becomes difficult to maintain, which is why Perl is losing its popularity. Perl might also not perform the best if compared to other modern languages, excluding tasks like text processing and scripting.

Such companies as Amazon, Booking.com, Craigslist, IMDB, and others still use the Perl language. As Perl is a solid choice for tasks like infrastructure management, administration, network design, etc., some quite big companies like those mentioned above prefer Perl over modern competitors.