Virtasant

Senior WordPress Engineer

Virtasant

full-time

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Origin:  • 💃 Anywhere in Latin America

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AssemblyAWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformGraphQLJavaScriptNode.jsPHPReactWordPress

About the role

  • 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.

Requirements

  • 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).
  • Time-zone overlap: ~4 hours with Doha (GMT+3); preference for candidates behind Doha time (e.g., Americas) for better cross-team coverage.