PHP/WordPress Developer

Summary

Join The Motley Fool as a Senior-level PHP Developer for a 6-12 month contract (with potential for permanent employment) working 40 hours per week. This role focuses on contributing to a large PHP 8 codebase, leveraging WordPress Multisite, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in senior development roles, strong PHP and WordPress experience, and familiarity with various JavaScript frameworks. The position requires strong communication skills, experience with testing methodologies, and AWS familiarity. The contract is anticipated to last 6-12 months, with the possibility of transitioning to a permanent role.

Requirements

• Proven track record in a senior development role with a focus on PHP, WordPress and various flavors of JavaScript (Vanilla, jQuery, TypeScript, React, Vue.js)
• Strong background and understanding of extending WordPress via its pub/sub model as well as OOP principles and design patterns in PHP
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and integrating third-party services into WordPress
• Strong written communication skills
• Familiar with git and GitHub flows
• Experience with unit testing and integration testing methodologies
• Familiarity with composer and managing PHP dependencies
• Understanding of web security vulnerabilities and experience implementing security measures
• Experience with AWS (especially Lambda, SQS)
• Excellent analytical skills to troubleshoot and solve complex technical issues

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a large PHP 8 codebase focused around leveraging and extending WordPress Multisite as a CMS
• Work with TypeScript, React and other front-end technologies (though this isn’t usually our primary focus)
• Write clean and efficient code
• Collaborate with stakeholders and cross functional groups to drive action and build great, useful features
• Build consensus with the team for new technical approaches and ideas
• Learn, benefit and leverage generative AI systems
• Guide the development process from determining the scope, to implementing a solution, and then refining with stakeholder feedback before shipping to production
• Provide feedback on code via GitHub pull requests
• Keep abreast of new technologies and suggest improvements to the development process

Preferred Qualifications

• A degree in computer science or related field
• Experience with Next.js
• Familiarity with WP Engine
• Experience working in a PHP monorepo (monorepo-builder)
• A history of work on a large development project where you collaborated with other developers, designers, and product owners
• Experience maintaining an older codebase

Benefits

Hourly Pay Range $75 — $85 USD