Senior Software Engineer (PHP and WordPress)

Velozient; Brasil; Remote; BRL 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15 days PTO

One floating day

Three sick days

Designated national holidays

Job summary

A leading nearshore software development company is seeking a Mid-Senior level WordPress Engineer to design and maintain plugins and ensure high performance and security across applications. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in PHP with various frameworks, excellent knowledge of WordPress and its APIs, and experience in database solutions. This full-time role involves collaborating with product and UX teams to enhance user experiences in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in WordPress development.
• Strong understanding of PHP and its frameworks.
• Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL database functionalities.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain custom WordPress plugins.
• Implement and optimize WordPress functionality for performance and security.
• Ensure code quality through testing and CI/CD practices.

Skills

WordPress plug-in development

PHP web frameworks (Zend, Laravel, Symfony)

SQL/NoSQL databases

Git and GitHub

Team-oriented and trustworthy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Technical Engineering

Tools

AWS

Nginx

Apache

Job description

Overview

The ideal candidate will be responsible for solving complex engineering problems, improving performance and architecture, and ensuring that all code meets defined quality standards. Working closely with product, UX, and front-end teams, translating designs into performant, accessible, and secure user experiences while integrating WordPress with external systems, databases, and services.

As a senior engineer, you will serve as a subject-matter expert in WordPress and modern web technologies, enforce development standards, and mentor junior engineers on WordPress best practices, scalable architecture, and maintainable code design.

Our client provides integrated software and marketing solutions for the hospitality industry, specializing in short-term rental management. Their platform provides vacation rental companies with an enterprise-class Property Management System that integrates booking, guest communications, and financial reporting, all built with partner organization integrations in mind.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain custom WordPress plugins using WordPress hooks, APIs, and database architecture
• Implement and extend WordPress functionality while ensuring performance, security, and scalability
• Develop server-side functionality using PHP and modern PHP frameworks/libraries such as Zend Framework, Laminas, Laravel, Symfony, and Doctrine
• Design and implement scalable application architectures, including lar-specific architecture and scalability considerations
• Experience writing and maintaining unit tests for PHP and WordPress-based applications, including automated test suites, coverage thresholds, and CI/CD integration.
• Ensure accessibility standards, security best practices, and compliance across applications
• Implement secure user authentication and authorization across multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Design, query, and optimize SQL and NoSQL databases in support of WordPress-driven applications

Required Experience

• Experience in WordPress plug-in development, WordPress hooks/APIs, WordPress Databases
• Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks/libraries (e.g., Zend Framework, Laminas, Laravel, Symfony, Doctrine)
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query pages with relation to WordPress
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git, GitHub
• Trustworthy, team-oriented, and transparent

Desired Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or some technical engineering
• Familiarity with static analysis, code quality, and testing tools used to enforce coding standards, architectural rules, and test coverage (e.g., PHP static analysis, linting, and coverage reporting tools)
• Experience with Nginix or Apache
• Experience with AWS or other cloud providers
• Knowledge of AI toolsets and toolkits

Additional Information

• Knowing your ideas are heard and matter, think big!
• You get to own your job and be recognized for your contributions
• Work with innovative and creative people
• Making mistakes is human. Let\'s learn from them. Be transparent!
• We recognize you as an individual, with no presumptions or judgment. Be the extraordinary you!
• 15 days PTO, one floating day, three sick days, and designated national holidays
• Start: ASAP

About Velozient

We are a privately held, nearshore software development company providing outsourced development resources to North American companies. Our mission is to offer development talent who enjoy taking on challenging work, want to grow their skills and experiences building software, and excel in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment. We focus on providing world-class remote resources who work as valued members of client teams. If this type of opportunity excites you, then consider joining our team!

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development and IT Services and IT Consulting