Senior WordPress Plugin Developer

Job Description

Are you an experienced and highly skilled Senior WordPress Plugin Developer passionate about WordPress and building robust, scalable web applications Do you thrive in an environment where your technical expertise sets the standard for excellence and allows you to tackle complex development challenges If so, we want to talk to you.

We're elevating UpdraftCentral, our powerful platform designed to empower website owners. UpdraftCentral is forming a big part of our future plans, and we're looking for a senior contributor to help us achieve our ambitious goals.

You'll join an established and collaborative team of talented developers, contributing to the full development lifecycle of the next generation of UpdraftCentral. This is a crucial role where your deep technical skills will directly influence architectural decisions, coding standards, and the sophisticated development of our product.

What You'll Be Doing:

- Drive Complex Development: Lead by example in the design, development, and implementation of new features, complex modules, and critical bug fixes across the entire stack, utilizing PHP, JavaScript, and WordPress. This includes significant contributions to backend development, server optimization, and hosting solutions
- Ensure Highest Standards: Champion best practices through code review and peer review, ensuring the highest standards for clean, efficient, secure, and well-documented code across the team
- Technical Mentorship & Guidance: Actively mentor and offer technical guidance to other developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Your expertise will be key in elevating the team's overall technical capabilities
- Architectural Contributions: Collaborate with the team to define and evolve the technical architecture of UpdraftCentral, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability
- Problem Solving & Research: Proactively research, diagnose, and resolve complex technical challenges, working independently or in collaboration with team members and support
- Strategic Collaboration: Work closely with product owners and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical specifications and deliver impactful solutions

Requirements

- 3+ years of significant experience in PHP WordPress Plugin Development, with a deep understanding of the WordPress ecosystem, best practices, and API is a must
- Proven experience in code review or peer review, with a strong ability to provide constructive feedback and enforce coding standards
- Demonstrated ability in mentoring and offering technical guidance to less experienced developers
- Expert-level proficiency in PHP, with experience in developing complex, object-oriented applications
- Strong command of JavaScript & jQuery, essential for our front-end interfaces
- Solid understanding and practical experience with SQL databases (e.g., MySQL), including database design, query optimization, and performance tuning
- Extensive experience with server environments and hosting configurations (e.g., Apache, Nginx, cloud platforms) is a huge plus and highly valued
- Familiarity with version control systems like Git/GitHub/GitLab
- Experience with optimizing plugin performance and prefetching data is highly desirable

Benefits

Why Join Us

We are a globally distributed, highly flexible team that values autonomy and impact. You'll have the freedom to manage your own time and work from anywhere in the world (with the exception of Antarctica). While we primarily work remotely, we also offer:

- The option to work from our co-working space in Newport, Wales, if you're UK-based
- Opportunities to connect with the team at annual WordCamp events across Europe, Asia, or the US
- Regular online connections through 1:1s, team meetings, and company updates

We believe in flexible working and are open to discussing various arrangements - whether you're looking for freelance, employed, part-time, full-time, permanent, or contract work, we're keen to find the right fit for the right candidate.

If you're ready to make a significant impact as a Senior Full-Stack Developer and help us shape the future of UpdraftCentral, we encourage you to apply