What began as a blog network in the mid 2000’s, is now one of the top global design & development agencies. As one of the WordPress.com VIP Gold Agency partners worldwide, we provide unmatched engineering for some of the largest worldwide brands.
The annual salary range for this position is between US$100,000 and US$120,000 (between ~US$50/hour and US$60/hour).
We are searching for a talented and proactive WordPress Engineer to provide extensive support to our technical team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing high-quality software solutions and making critical decisions regarding their implementation.
You will actively participate in coding and other development activities. The ideal candidate should possess expertise in designing distributed systems, a deep understanding of WordPress architecture, and proficiency in both front-end and back-end technologies.
Key Responsibilities
Providing leadership and mentoring to the development team, making sure that the implementation is consistent with the requirement.
Making high-level design choices and establishing technical standards, including WordPress coding standards, best practices, tools, and platforms.
Creating a proof of concept (POC) prototypes to validate the feasibility of chosen solutions.
Developing architectural and design principles that enhance the performance, capacity, and scalability of projects.
Work on Requirements gathering and estimation during the Pre-sales phase.
Write and maintain technical project documentation, including inline code commenting and GitHub Readme.md at the bare minimum.
Communicating effectively with stakeholders, providing clear explanations of system architecture, design decisions, progress updates, and respecting the timeline of projects.
Identifying and mitigating business risks associated with solution architecture.
Contributing directly to coding and development tasks as needed to maintain hands-on familiarity with projects.
Establishing robust testing, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), monitoring, and observability practices.
Must Haves
5+ years of experience as a WordPress Engineer/Developer.
Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Experience of leading and mentoring the development team.
In-depth WordPress engineering experience with high-quality outcome.
Hands-on experience of WordPress backend and frontend
Good understanding of computer science fundamentals.
Ability to debug and troubleshoot code.
Good to Have
Development experience for WordPress VIP platform projects.
Gutenberg block (and Full Site Editor) development experience.
Working knowledge of WordPress REST API or GraphQL.
Experience of writing/blogging/public speaking and/or community contributions.
Knowledge of and experience with DevOps practices.
