Senior WordPress Developer

Overview

As a Senior Developer at Awesome Motive, you ll join the WPForms team, where you will collaborate with team members and tackle a wide range of responsibilities. We are looking for a Senior Developer to help us build and maintain our Word Press plugins, add-ons and APIs by creating high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code that powers millions of websites worldwide. This role plays a critical part in our product development process.

Our ideal candidate will develop new features, optimize existing code, and ensure our products deliver exceptional performance and user experience. You should have the experience to architect solutions, mentor team members, and drive technical excellence across all stages of software development, showing extreme ownership in all aspects of your work.

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How to Apply

at the bottom of this listing. Attention to detail is a core value. This is your chance to stand out.

• You're a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through from conception to completion
• You understand product and you put customers first by solving problems that matter to users
• You're an excellent communicator, fluent in both verbal and written English, and you ensure nothing slips through the cracks
• You take pride in the quality and craftsmanship of your work with attention to detail
• You love mentoring peers and helping them level up while writing code
• You are comfortable giving constructive technical feedback to peers and don t take feedback personally
• You are happy working on tasks of all sizes, from quick bug fixes to large architectural changes
• You are passionate about creating user-friendly solutions and improving the developer experience, while embodying our core value:
  Laboring for Simplicity

• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following established coding standards
• Collaborate with QA and Design to deliver exceptional user experiences
• Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
• Optimize plugin performance and ensure scalability for millions of users
• Mentor other developers and contribute to technical documentation
• Research and implement new technologies to improve development processes
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex technical issues
• Participate in architectural decisions and technical planning sessions
• Prepare technical design documents (we call them Pitches) before starting any major work

• Proven work experience in web development, 5+ years
• Strong proficiency in PHP, 4+ years
• Extensive experience with Word Press plugin development, 3+ years
• Experience with Laravel
• Solid understanding of JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and modern frontend frameworks
• Experience with build tools (Webpack, Gulp, npm scripts)
• Experience with MySQL and database optimizations
• Proficiency with AI-powered coding assistants to accelerate development, debugging, and code refactoring workflows
• Strong knowledge of software design patterns and principles
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and branching strategies
• Ability to keep complex ideas and features simple. (Simplicity is a core value!)
• Experience with RESTful APIs and third-party integrations
• Understanding of security best practices and performance optimization
• Experience writing unit and integration tests
• English at the upper intermediate level or higher
• Personal computer with Internet access
• Availability to participate in audio/video meetings between 9 AM and 5 PM ET

• Experience with React or other modern JavaScript frameworks
• Experience with Playwright or other browser testing frameworks
• Experience integrating AI/ML APIs into products or SaaS
• Knowledge of Dev Ops practices and CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions preferred)
• Experience with SaaS platforms and subscription-based products
• Contributions to open-source projects or Word Press core
• Experience with cloud services (Google Cloud, etc.)
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Previous remote work experience
• Experience leading technical projects or teams

• Competitive Salary
• Term Life Insurance and…