Full Stack Web Engineer

fueledcareers; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Contract role

Enterprise WordPress

Job summary

Fueled Careers is seeking a remote WordPress engineer to build production-ready features for enterprise WordPress engagements, using PHP, JavaScript, and React.js with Gutenberg components. You will take tickets from requirements to merged pull requests, collaborating with distributed teams and leveraging AI tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining code quality.

Based in Latin America, you’ll work in US time zones from a remote location, with compensation paid in USD.

Qualifications

• Experience building WordPress solutions for enterprise-scale projects.
• Proficient in PHP, JavaScript, and React.js with Gutenberg customization.
• Ability to work remotely with US-timezone collaborators and strong English.

Responsibilities

• Build features for enterprise WordPress solutions, including custom Gutenberg blocks in React.js, plugins, and themes using modern HTML, CSS, and well-structured PHP.
• Own tickets end-to-end: interpret requirements, make sound decisions when details are incomplete, and deliver reviewable pull requests with clear summaries of approach and testing.
• Translate Figma designs and project requirements into polished, responsive features and reusable components within WordPress themes and plugins.
• Use AI tools as a core part of the workflow to accelerate implementation and debugging while critically validating every output before it reaches a pull request.
• Iterate on code review feedback from senior and lead engineers, absorbing patterns and best practices with each merge.
• Collaborate proactively and asynchronously in English with distributed teammates across engineering, design, and delivery.

Skills

WordPress development

PHP

JavaScript

React.js

Gutenberg blocks

HTML/CSS

Tools

Gutenberg

WP plugins/themes

AI-assisted development tools

Job description

Role overview

A remote engineering role focused on building and shipping production-ready features inside enterprise WordPress engagements. The work spans modern PHP, JavaScript, and custom Gutenberg components in React.js, with engineers expected to take well-scoped tickets from requirements through to merged pull requests. AI tools are part of the daily workflow, used to accelerate delivery while maintaining code craft.

Responsibilities

• Build features for enterprise-level WordPress solutions, including custom Gutenberg blocks in React.js, plugins, and themes using modern HTML, CSS, and well-structured PHP.
• Own tickets end-to-end: interpret requirements, make sound decisions when details are incomplete, and deliver reviewable pull requests with clear summaries of approach and testing.
• Translate Figma designs and project requirements into polished, responsive features and reusable components within WordPress themes and plugins.
• Use AI tools as a core part of the workflow to accelerate implementation and debugging while critically validating every output before it reaches a pull request.
• Iterate on code review feedback from senior and lead engineers, absorbing patterns and best practices with each merge.
• Collaborate proactively and asynchronously in English with distributed teammates across engineering, design, and delivery.

Requirements

• Solid agency or consultancy experience building WordPress solutions for large-scale enterprise projects with high traffic and demanding deadlines.
• Comfort across the web stack, including HTML, CSS, modern PHP, JavaScript, and the Gutenberg ecosystem, including custom block development with React.js.
• Practical, daily use of AI assistants to move faster, with a clear sense of when their outputs are wrong.
• Strong written and spoken English communication, with the ability to walk reviewers through decisions, assumptions, and tradeoffs.
• Based in Latin America and comfortable collaborating in real time with US time zones from a remote location of choice.

Benefits and work setup

• Contract position with compensation paid in USD; contractor fees are determined by experience, project, location, and business needs.
• Intentionally remote, distributed team culture that values flexibility, creativity, and modern tooling.
• Designed as an entry point into a contractor network, with potential invitations to explore full-time roles when fit and business needs align.