Senior WordPress & Full-Stack Engineer (Remote)

Noodle; Remote; ZAR 800 000 - 1 000 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education technology company seeks a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to develop and maintain WordPress applications. This remote role based in South Africa requires 5-8 years of experience and a strong background in PHP and JavaScript. The ideal candidate will be proficient in using AI tools for engineering tasks and possess excellent communication skills. The role offers great compensation, annual leave, medical benefits, and a welcoming workplace culture that celebrates diversity.

Benefits

Comfortable home office

Great compensation package

Laptop provided

Annual education stipend

Paid parental leave

Medical benefits

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience developing and maintaining custom WordPress applications in production environments.
• Strong proficiency in PHP and experience in WordPress core, plugin, and theme ecosystems.
• Experience integrating CI/CD workflows with WordPress projects.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining production WordPress applications.
• Collaborating with product, design, and QA in cross-functional teams.
• Using AI tools effectively for development tasks.

Skills

WordPress application development

PHP

JavaScript

HTML5

CSS3

MySQL

Git

AI tools utilization

Web performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

New Relic

WordPress REST API

npm

webpack

Job description

A leading education technology company seeks a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to develop and maintain WordPress applications. This remote role based in South Africa requires 5-8 years of experience and a strong background in PHP and JavaScript. The ideal candidate will be proficient in using AI tools for engineering tasks and possess excellent communication skills. The role offers great compensation, annual leave, medical benefits, and a welcoming workplace culture that celebrates diversity.