Summary: The Motley Fool is seeking a Senior-level PHP Developer for a 6-12 month independent contract, with the potential for a permanent position. The role involves contributing to a large PHP codebase, primarily focused on WordPress Multisite, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance the company's online presence. Candidates should have a strong background in PHP, WordPress, and JavaScript, along with experience in modern development practices. The position is fully remote, allowing for flexibility in work arrangements.

Key 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.

Key Skills:

• 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.

Salary (Rate): 66.67

City: undetermined

Country: undetermined

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT