We need a capable Web Developer skilled in modern WordPress development and React to join the team reshaping the public face of WP Engine. This developer will work with other developers, designers, and partners across our Marketing department to build the high-traffic, high-performance, high-visibility sites we are responsible for, running on both headless and traditional WordPress. If that kind of responsibility and technology is appealing, read on!
What's cool about this job
Web Developers in WP Engine's Marketing department work remotely for a well-known, growing WordPress company. They use some of the very latest technologies in a friendly and supportive team of expert developers. The development team works alongside our internal partners to build our company's public presence. We also support our company internally by sharing our expertise and knowledge with other parts of the business. We are working to improve our sites and technology because we believe "Design Matters" and that we should be "Built for Growth" (check out the “Core Values” section of wpengine.com/careers!).
The day to day
Most days, you’ll work with your team on all aspects of building sites on Atlas. That might involve creating new components, modifying existing components, migrating content from old WordPress sites to our Atlas site, improving tooling, working with an Engineering team on ways to improve the platform, or identifying gaps in our processes. That said, we work in a fast-paced environment with a variety of different marketing projects and business needs, so some days or weeks you might end up working on one of the other, non-headless WordPress sites your team maintains. Some of the things you’ll do often:
- Collaborate with your team to build elegant and compelling user experiences on the web, or build the behind-the-scenes systems that get the data we need
- Work with your team to ensure our architecture, plugins, and internal developer experience are well-crafted
- Collaborate with our Marketing team (or Product & Engineering partners) to understand and create our next project
- Address security vulnerabilities to improve security of our sites
- Learn something new, or teach something new to a colleague
- Embrace the challenges that come with our fast-paced environment and high visibility sites
Your skills and expertise
- Demonstrated understanding of modern WordPress development
- Demonstrated expertise in React and JavaScript
- Familiarity with Next.js, GraphQL, PHP, and general website development
- Proven experience in modern front-end web development, including writing HTML that is semantic and accessible, styled by modern CSS
- Ability to approach obstacles as challenges to be overcome
- Able to communicate effectively with others, teach others, learn from others, and build working relationships with colleagues and collaborators, both technical and non-technical
- Demonstrate quality as a personal value.
Preferred Skills:
- WordPress block development experience or headless experience; specific experience with Atlas or Faust.js is a big plus, but definitely not required
- Build and automation tools, including Composer, Yarn, Webpack, Docker, CI/CD tools, shell scripting
- Solid understanding of automated testing and monitoring
- Server administration experience (e.g., nginx configuration, Cloudflare, log analysis, etc.)
- Marketing and analytics experience
- Systems thinking and ability to think at multiple levels of abstraction
- Lean, DevOps, and/or experience implementing Agile principles
- Company Stock Options (Every employee is an owner in the company)
- Great Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Accident & Critical Illness)
- Fertility Benefits (IVF/Fertility drug coverage)
- HSA Company contribution $750 for employee / $1500 for family
- 401(k) with a 4% match
- Disability Insurance
- Paid Family and Caregiver’s Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Generous Vacation Time (Who doesn’t like time off)
- One-time $500 payment to set up your home office
- 4 Company Wellness Days a year
- 1 floating holiday
- $100 monthly wellness allowance to spend on what you want
- Free subscription to Calm
- Pet Insurance
- On-going education through LinkedIn Learning, Workday Learning and our Career Growth Portal
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