Senior Software Engineer

About the Role

Find Law is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer specializing in Word Press and PHP development to join our Firmsites team. The Word Press Multisite platform that this team is responsible for is crucial for our designers in creating and hosting professional law firm websites (Firmsites). This role requires a background in end-to-end web development within the Word Press ecosystem.

Find Law is the leading provider of business marketing solutions for law firms and has the largest online destination for people with legal needs (). We provide access to justice for consumers who want to find an attorney, or collect information to better understand a legal issue. Our solutions help law firms grow their practice through strategic digital marketing approaches that drive results.

As part of Internet Brands, we leverage extensive resources and use industry leading tools and technologies like AI to enable our success.

• The primary goal of this role is to deliver high-quality, scalable, and maintainable technical solutions for the firmsite platform and associated products.
• Delivers end-to-end technical solutions for multiple projects, and ensures integration with other Find Law systems.
• Designs, develops, and maintains Word Press plugins, themes, and core functionality that power the platform and resulting Firmsites.
• Solves technical problems related to functionality, performance, scalability, and security of the Word Press-based firm sites independently.
• Collaborates with product managers, users, and other engineering teams to define requirements and deliver innovative features.
• Influences and articulates compelling software solutions for our product stakeholders, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Explains difficult technical concepts clearly to peers and our product stakeholders.
• Participates in code reviews maintaining coding standards and development best practices.

• Strong knowledge of PHP, Word Press, WP plugin development, PHPUnit, MySQL, Twig, CSS, ES 6, jQuery
• Experience with Git, Docker, and Github Actions, and strong familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with ReSTful web services, object and CDN caching, NodeJS and Typescript used in Cloudflare Workers.
• Familiarity with AWS technologies like EC2, S3, Lambda, Cloud formation, and ECS.

• 3+ years professional software development experience with PHP on a Word Press Multisite in an enterprise environment.
• 1+ years of experience working on an Agile development team.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills, and familiarity with common debugging tools like XDebug.
• Experience writing and using automated unit tests to validate and maintain code quality.
• Familiarity with SEO principles, including page speed and core web vitals.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver complex technical solutions independently.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to articulate technical strategies to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience using AI development tools to accelerate tasks, and an interest in learning more.
• Java development experience is also preferred, but not required.

In addition to our awesome culture, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our benefits include health insurance options such as medical, dental, and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts (FSA) for medical and dependent care, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and life and AD&D insurance. We also provide a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match, paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, commuter benefits as well as access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and well-being coaching services.

In addition, employees can take advantage of voluntary benefits such as home, auto and pet insurance, and discounted legal and financial services.

Internet Brands®, headquartered in El Segundo, Calif, is a fully integrated online media and software services company focused on four high-value vertical categories:
Health, Automotive, Legal, and Home/Travel. The company's properties…