WordPress Developer

As a WordPress Developer, youre responsible for Making Stuff Go. You will build infrastructure to create new features, improve existing code, squash bugs, and help us rapidly scale our platform.

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Attention to detail is one of our core values! This is your chance to stand out :)

To love this role, here’s the type of person you are:

• You’re a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through from conception to completion. Our developers often own features/tasks and are responsible for scoping, development, and testing.
• Youre an excellent communicator, fluent in both verbal and written English, who makes sure nothing slips through the cracks. We believe communication is critical, and there is no such thing as overcommunication.
• You have the curiosity and desire to learn and grow your skills.
• Youre passionate about leaving your mark on the web for all to see and are excited to work on tasks that impact millions of users.
• You take pride in the quality and craftsmanship of your work rather than just doing it to get it done.
• Youre a team player who is comfortable working alongside and helping other developers, and you dont take critical feedback personally.
• Youre happy jumping between front-end and back-end development tasks, or tackling tasks which require both.
• Youre happy working on tasks of all sizes - from small bug fixes and enhancements to large features/rewrites.

Common responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Triaging bugs and small enhancements that come into GitHub.
• Scoping, writing, and testing new product features and addons.
• Refactoring legacy code with a particular attention to backwards compatibility.
• Providing feedback and peer review for other developers (Github PRs).
• Communicating with the team and supporting your peers using chat, audio, and video.

• Professional experience with WordPress plugin development, architecture, and standards.
• Advanced proficiency with PHP and MySQL, including modern PHP practices (OOP, autoloading, namespacing, traits, interfaces, etc).
• Strong familiarity with JavaScript (vanilla JS, jQuery, ES6, etc).
• Ability to use and extend build tools like gulp and webpack.
• Familiarity with package managers such as Composer and NPM.
• Experience working with third-party APIs (Eg Stripe, Drip, Zapier, etc).
• Competent with version control through git and GitHub.
• The ability to iterate and ship ideas quickly.
• Exceptional troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to keep complex ideas and features simple. (Simplicity is a core value!)
• Previous freelance or remote work experience.
• Personal Computer with Internet Access
• Availability to participate in audio/video meetings between the hours 9 am - 5 pm EST.

Bonus points if you also have:

• Advanced proficiency in JavaScript frameworks like VueJS or React.
• Experience with e-commerce platforms or related APIs (Easy Digital Downloads, WooCommerce, Stripe, PayPal, etc).
• Experience with DevOps or infrastructure management.