WordPress Developer

Remotely; Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing tech company seeks a skilled WordPress Developer to build integrations and maintain features for various external services. This remote position requires over 3 years of plugin development experience and advanced proficiency in PHP, alongside strong communication skills. You will engage in all aspects of feature development from scoping to testing, contributing to impactful solutions for numerous users. Join a passionate team and grow your career while working remotely.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Fully remote work

Annual all-company retreat

Real ownership of features

Impact at scale

Collaborate with talented teammates

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in WordPress plugin development.
• 4+ years of advanced PHP skills including OOP and modern practices.
• Experience consuming third-party APIs such as Stripe and MailChimp.
• Strong understanding of WordPress hooks and security practices.
• Familiarity with build tools, package managers, and Git.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain WordPress integrations with third-party apps.
• Scope, develop, and test product enhancements and new features.
• Fix bugs based on reports from the internal team or customers.
• Refactor legacy code while ensuring backward compatibility.
• Review and provide feedback on teammates' pull requests.

Skills

WordPress plugin development

Advanced PHP proficiency

AI-assisted development expertise

Third-party API experience

WordPress hooks mastery

Security awareness

Build tools

Package managers

Git proficiency

Clear communication

Adaptable

Tools

Webpack

Composer

NPM

Job description

As a WordPress Developer, you're responsible for Making Stuff Go. You'll build and maintain integrations that connect WordPress to hundreds of external services—from CRMs and email platforms to payment gateways and social networks. You'll own features from conception to completion, handling scoping, development, and testing.

Day-to-day, you'll:

• Build new Automator integrations (triggers and actions) for third-party plugins and apps
• Scope, develop, and test product enhancements, new product features and product add-ons of all sizes
• Work with support to fix bugs reported by our internal team or by customers
• Refactor legacy code while maintaining backward compatibility
• Review pull requests from teammates and provide constructive feedback (GitHub PRs)
• Jump between front-end and back-end tasks as needed
• Communicate with the team and support your peers using chat, audio, and video

Requirements

You Must Have

These are actual requirements, not a wish list:

• 3+ years of WordPress plugin development— professional experience with plugin architecture and WordPress standards, not just plugin and theme tweaks
• 4+ years of Advanced PHP proficiency— OOP, autoloading, namespacing, traits, interfaces, modern PHP practices. You write classes, not 2000-line functions.php files
• AI-assisted development expertise -you know how to leverage AI to amplify and accelerate your work - not replace your brain
• Third-party API experience— consuming APIs from services like Stripe, Drip, Zapier, Google, MailChimp, etc.
• WordPress hooks mastery— actions, filters, priorities. You know when to use each and why
• Security awareness— escaping, sanitization, nonces, capability checks are second nature
• Build tools— ability to use and extend webpack and similar tools
• Package managers— familiarity with Composer and NPM
• Git proficiency— competent with version control through git and GitHub. You've worked on a team codebase before
• Keep it simple— ability to keep complex ideas and features simple (simplicity is a core value!)
• Previous remote work experience— freelance or remote work background
• Strong English communication— fluent in both verbal and written English. Remote work requires clear async communication, and there's no such thing as overcommunicating on our team
• Personal Computer with Internet Access
• Availability— able to participate in audio/video meetings between 9 am - 5 pm EST

Nice to Have

These will make you stand out:

• LearnDash experience— if you've built LearnDash add-ons or customizations, we want to talk
• Existing Uncanny Automator integration— if you've worked to extend Uncanny Automator, we want to talk
• Claude Code- you're an expert at giving Claude Code the guidance and context necessary to plan and execute a project, resulting in code that is equal in quality to what you could produce yourself, but created in a fraction of the time
• HTML/CSS/SCSS experience— layout, specificity, cross-browser compatibility, accessibility
• JavaScript expertise— vanilla JS, jQuery, ES6, DOM manipulation, async programming, closures, promises, web components, VueJS or React proficiency
• MySQL expertise— database design, queries, optimization
• REST API experience— working with WordPress REST API and authentication
• TDD experience— writing PHP unit tests
• UI/UX design chops
• DevOps or infrastructure management

Who Thrives Here

• You're aself-starterwho loves taking initiative and seeing things through from conception to completion
• You're anexcellent communicatorwho makes sure nothing slips through the cracks
• You have thecuriosity and desireto learn and grow your skills
• You'repassionateabout leaving your mark on the web and excited to impact millions of users
• You takepride in quality and craftsmanship, not just checking boxes
• You're ateam playerwho is comfortable working alongside and helping other developers, and you don't take critical feedback personally
• You'readaptable— happy working on tasks of all sizes

What We Offer

Working for a fast-growing bootstrapped company is a rare opportunity, one we consider a lifestyle choice rather than a job choice. Our positions are challenging, but also come with amazing advantages and fulfillment to those who earn them.

• Competitive salary
• Fully remote— work from anywhere. Our team spans Canada, Colombia, Philippines, Pakistan, Finland, and more
• Annual all-company retreat— we fly everyone out once a year and cover all travel costs
• Real ownership— you'll own features from scoping to deployment
• Impact at scale— your code runs on tens of thousands of websites
• Solve meaningful problems— your work makes a tangible difference
• Work with the best— frequent, often daily, interactions with talented teammates
• No politics, no b.s., and no jerks

Location & Hours

This is a remote position - our team is spread around the globe! Our home base is in Canada, so company operating hours are generally 9am - 5pm ET (UTC -5). While full coverage is not a requirement, you must be available during a portion of the day.

How to Apply

Interested in applying?

Please read and follow these steps carefully.

Please clearly include the following in your cover letter:

• Your GitHub/GitLab/WordPress.org profile(required - include code samples)
• Your experience with WordPress plugin development— tell us about a specific plugin you've built or contributed to
• Your favorite WordPress hook/function and why— we want to see how you think about WordPress development
• What AI coding tools you useand how they fit into your workflow
• Tell us about yourself— why you should be considered, your experience, qualifications, personality, etc.
• Other profile linksif available (your website, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)
• Answers to any additional interview questionsin the application form

Important:Don't forget to proofread before submitting. Check spelling, capitalization, etc. Attention to detail is one of our core values - this is your chance to stand out!

Our process:Application review → Skills assessment → Code challenge → Live interview → Offer

We won't be able to individually respond to all applications, but if we feel you're a strong match, someone will be in touch shortly.

Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you!