WordPress Developer

Summary

Join Kinsta, a top-managed WordPress hosting company, as an experienced WordPress Developer. You will be part of a dynamic team responsible for both backend and frontend development, focusing on creating exceptional user experiences. Your responsibilities include maintaining existing WordPress websites and applications, creating custom Gutenberg blocks using React, implementing custom PHP code, writing clean and maintainable code, conducting thorough testing, collaborating with other developers, ensuring proper documentation, and staying updated with the latest web technologies. This role requires a minimum of 5 years of WordPress development experience, strong PHP and JavaScript (React) skills, and expertise in Gutenberg block development. Kinsta offers a flexible, remote-first work environment with various benefits.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of WordPress development experience, including custom theme and plugin development
• Strong knowledge of PHP and comfort working across various PHP versions
• Expertise with JavaScript, specifically React, for creating dynamic frontend components
• Experience developing, customizing, and maintaining Gutenberg blocks

Responsibilities

• Maintain existing WordPress websites and applications, ensuring high performance and scalability
• Create and manage custom Gutenberg blocks, utilizing React to enhance user experiences
• Implement custom PHP code and integrate custom workflows within WordPress projects
• Write clear, maintainable code adhering to modern coding standards and practices
• Conduct thorough unit testing and debugging to ensure functionality and reliability
• Collaborate closely with designers, project managers, and other developers to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Ensure processes, issues and features are clearly documented and communicated to team members and stakeholders
• Ensure websites meet responsive design and accessibility standards, optimizing user experience across various devices and assistive technologies
• Manage and configure local development environments using Docker for consistency and efficiency
• Continuously stay updated with emerging web technologies and WordPress developments to drive innovation and improvement within the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with modern frontend tooling, such as Webpack or Vite
• Experience writing unit tests using PHP testing frameworks (e.g., PHPUnit)
• Solid understanding of responsive web design principles, including mobile-first development practices
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and best practices, and ability to apply them effectively
• Experience setting up and managing local development environments using Docker

Benefits

• Flexible and remote-first environment
• Annual remote expense budget
• Flexible PTO
• Paid parental leave
• Annual professional development budget: available after one year with Kinsta
• Sabbatical: available after three years with Kinsta (and every three years thereafter)
• Location-specific healthcare benefits (includes vision and dental) for employees hired in the USA, UK, and Hungary
• Pension plan for employees hired in the UK, and 401k contributions for employees hired in the USA