Ongoing technical Shopware support with updates, plugin management, configuration help and further development.
Shopware All-in-One Service
Shopware Support and Updates Without a Large Agency Layer
If your Shopware store needs recurring technical care, I can support you beyond isolated tickets. This includes updates, troubleshooting, plugin checks, configuration work, performance topics and structured further development.
This is not a full-service agency package for design, SEA or editorial work. It is direct technical support from a Shopware freelancer who can assess, implement and hand over work cleanly.
Ongoing Technical Maintenance
- Shopware updates and compatibility checks
- plugin review, testing and replacement decisions
- bug analysis and technical troubleshooting
- performance and stability improvements
- configuration support for Shopware features
- further development of existing code and workflows
Plugin and Configuration Support
Plugins can solve problems, but they can also introduce performance, compatibility or maintenance risks. I help evaluate whether a plugin fits, whether a custom adjustment makes more sense, and how configuration should be handled so the shop remains manageable.
A Better Rhythm for Technical Work
Many shops suffer because every task is treated as an isolated emergency. I help sort recurring topics, identify technical debt and create a clear order for the work that actually matters.
How I work
Three principles that apply in every project
Understand before building
First the short technical assessment: what is the actual problem, where is the lever, what makes economic sense? Then the implementation.
Build instead of forwarding
You talk to the developer who does the work – no handover chain, no black box, clear status updates and early warning about risks.
Hand over instead of holding on
Code in your repository, tests, documentation and a deployment process your team understands. No vendor lock-in – your system does not depend on me afterwards.
Background
Experience at a glance
- Today
- Senior freelancer in ongoing Shopware projects of several agencies and merchants – at home in foreign repos, processes and deadlines.
- Since 2021
- Self-employed as Stefan Pilz Ltd. – remote for merchants and agencies: Shopware 5 and 6, Symfony, migrations, maintenance.
- 2015 – 2021
- E-commerce backends: inventory, PIM and Amazon/eBay integrations for around 3.5 million products, then the Drillisch mobile-carrier web stores.
- Since 2012
- Full-time web developer – first at an agency: websites and stores with Joomla, xt-Commerce and Shopware.
- 2002
- Completed vocational training as a software developer (C/C++). First own PHP websites from 2004.
See current and completed projects Career and stack in the CV
Good fit
Works well when...
- you have an existing Shopware system with a concrete technical issue.
- you need direct PHP/Symfony support without agency overhead.
- you expect clear analysis, clean implementation and traceable handover.