WordPress Engineer
Kanopi Studios
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇨🇦 Canada
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💰 CA$66,100 - CA$81,439 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
DockerJavaScriptNext.jsReactWordPress
About the role
- As a WordPress Engineer at Kanopi Studios, you will build, maintain, and enhance WordPress websites that help our clients achieve their goals.
- You will collaborate closely with project managers, technical leads, designers, and other engineers to deliver performant, secure, and accessible digital experiences.
- You’ll balance independent problem-solving with active team communication, writing clean, well-documented code that adheres to Kanopi’s best practices and quality standards.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional WordPress development experience, including custom themes, plugins, and Gutenberg block development (ACF).
- Strong understanding of modern WordPress architecture (CPTs, REST API, taxonomies, hooks/filters) and Full Site Editing (FSE) concepts, including block patterns, templates, and theme.json configuration.
- Proficient with React for Gutenberg blocks; experience with Next.js or headless WordPress implementations is a plus.
- Awareness of performance, security, accessibility (WCAG 2.2), SEO, and basic server administration best practices.
- Experience with modern development workflows (Composer, Docker, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, and multi-environment setups).
- Experience working in WordPress VIP, WPEngine, or Pantheon environments.
- Experience working within a digital agency or multi-client environment.
- Familiarity with different project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Waterfall).
- Experience identifying and surfacing potential project risks early.
- Strong, inclusive, and thoughtful interpersonal and communication skills.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
Benefits
- We offer a comprehensive range of health, professional, remote workspace, and other fun benefits for all full time US and Canadian employees.
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Hard skills
WordPress developmentcustom themespluginsGutenberg block developmentmodern WordPress architectureCPTsREST APIReactNext.jsperformance optimization
Soft skills
problem-solvingteam communicationinterpersonal skillsthoughtful communicationrisk identification
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s degree in Computer Science