Senior WordPress Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Take charge of designing and implementing intricate features, plugins, themes, and integrations, overseeing the process from initial planning to final deployment.

• Serve as the Technical Lead on projects, coordinating development activities and acting as the primary technical resource for your team.

• Convert complex client needs into robust, scalable, and secure technical solutions while proactively identifying potential risks and edge cases.

• Engage in client meetings and clearly communicate technical concepts, progress updates, and constraints to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Conduct comprehensive code reviews, offering actionable and constructive feedback to team members across various experience levels.

• Lead and contribute to architecture discussions, refactoring efforts, and strategic technical decisions.

• Develop and uphold CI/CD workflows, automated testing, and observability practices to ensure reliable delivery pipelines.

• Promote adherence to engineering standards, focusing on code quality, documentation, test coverage, accessibility, performance, and security.

• Mentor and assist fellow engineers through collaborative pairing, code reviews, and informal guidance.

• Work closely with engineers, QA, DevOps, Project Managers, and Designers to guarantee timely and high-quality project delivery.

⛳️ Requirements

• Exceptional proficiency in PHP (5+ years), with a deep understanding of object-oriented programming principles.

• Strong expertise in WordPress development, including custom plugins, themes, Gutenberg blocks, WP REST API, and complex integrations.

• Practical experience with Gutenberg / Block Editor, encompassing the creation of custom blocks using React.

• Solid background in JavaScript and React, especially for Block Editor / Gutenberg development.

• Demonstrated ability to mentor other engineers and enhance codebase quality through effective code reviews and pairing.

• Experience in designing and managing CI/CD pipelines, automated testing (PHPUnit, E2E), and maintaining quality standards.

• Confidence in working directly with clients, clearly articulating technical decisions and constraints to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Comfortable working across the full technology stack without a strong preference for client-side or server-side development.

• Proficient in English at a professional working level.

• Availability to work in a timezone compatible with Central European hours (CET/CEST, or at least 4–5 hours of sustainable daily overlap).

🏝️ Benefits

• Work remotely (we are a fully remote company).

• Flexible working hours.

• Annual hardware budget.

• Engage with exciting global enterprise clients such as SAP or PayPal.

• Collaborate at the core of WordPress as a partner of WordPress VIP and WooCommerce.

• Participate in local team events.

• Attend WordCamps with opportunities to present sessions.

• Be part of a multicultural, globally distributed team.

• Experience lifelong learning and career growth.

• Thrive in a dynamic work environment that fosters entrepreneurial thinking and action.

• Join a supportive Syde culture that values YOU.