Senior PHP and WordPress Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Gigster
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
EMEA
Summary: The role of Senior WordPress Engineer at Virtasant involves developing and maintaining a large-scale publishing platform for an international media company. The position requires hands-on experience with WordPress, focusing on custom functionality and clean PHP code. The engineer will collaborate with internal and vendor teams to enhance system performance and scalability. This is a fully remote position with flexible working hours, requiring effective communication and a strong ownership mentality.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain complex web applications using WordPress.
- Enhance a large-scale system for improved speed, scalability, and fault tolerance.
- Communicate effectively across internal and vendor teams to resolve issues.
- Collaborate on system architecture and design discussions.
- Review and improve source code to meet project coding standards.
- Manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Contribute to the improvement of engineering discipline through leadership and mentorship.
Key Skills:
- 5+ years of professional WordPress-focused development.
- Strong PHP knowledge with deep understanding of WordPress architecture.
- Experience with Unit Testing (e.g., PHPUnit) and clean-code principles.
- Competence in JavaScript/React/HTML/CSS.
- Proficiency with Git and modern collaborative workflows.
- Experience working in remote, distributed teams with strong English communication.
- Strong ownership mentality for production features and post-release support.
- Experience with Gutenberg block development and cloud platforms (GCP/Azure preferred).
- Familiarity with Docker, build tooling, and Agile practices.
- Exposure to Node.js/GraphQL and accessibility standards.
- Comfort using AI-assisted tooling for high-quality delivery.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
About Virtasant Virtasant is a global technology services company with a network of over 4,000 technology professionals across 130+ countries. We specialize in cloud architecture, infrastructure, migration, and optimization, helping enterprises scale efficiently while maintaining cost control. Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies to fast-growing startups, relying on us to build high-performance infrastructure, optimize cloud environments, and enable continuous delivery at scale.
About the role Our client is an international media company, and they are looking for a Senior WordPress Engineer to help them evolve a large-scale, mission-driven publishing platform used by millions. This role is hands-on with WordPress as a framework and codebase (not a plugin/theme admin job). You’ll build custom functionality, extend core behavior, and ship clean, well-tested PHP that scales.
What You’ll Do Develop and maintain complex web applications using WordPress. Work on a large-scale system. Making it faster, more scalable and fault-tolerant. Communicate effectively across internal and vendor teams to identify and resolve issues quickly and efficiently. Eager to collaborate and participate in discussions about system architecture, and/or design. Review and improve source code written by developers to meet the project coding standards and maintain the quality bar. Juggle current tasks with incoming tasks in a fast-paced priority-based environment. Contribute towards the improvement of Engineering discipline through leadership and mentorship.
What We’re Looking For Must-Have Experience 5+ years professional WordPress-focused development, writing custom code (not plugin assembly). Strong PHP with deep knowledge of WordPress architecture (hooks, custom functionality, core internals). Solid experience with Unit Testing (e.g., PHPUnit) and a clean-code mindset (SOLID, design patterns). Competent with JavaScript/React/HTML/CSS to implement end-to-end features. Proficiency with Git and modern collaborative workflows. Proven experience working in remote, distributed teams with strong English communication (spoken/written). Strong ownership mentality—sees features into production and supports post-release behavior (on-call culture as needed).
Nice-to-haves Experience with Gutenberg block development. Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP/Azure preferred; AWS transferable). Experience with Docker , build tooling, and Agile practices. Exposure to Node.js/GraphQL and/or accessibility standards. Comfort using AI-assisted tooling (Copilot, prompt engineering) to accelerate high-quality delivery.
Tools and Environment WordPress PHP, WordPress architecture Unit Testing (e.g., PHPUnit) JavaScript/React/HTML/CSS Git
Our recruitment process Recruiter Screen Technical Interview Client Interview I Client Interview II We strive to move efficiently from step to step so that the recruitment process can be as fast as possible.
What we offer Totally remote, full time (40h/week) Flexible work hours Contractor agreement Payment in USD, by-weekly or monthly - your choice Availability: 4 hours overlapping with Doha, Qatar.