As a WordPress plugin developer you’ll drive the next generation of our WordPress plugins end-to-end—shaping architecture, writing secure, high-performance PHP and admin-side JS/jQuery, testing thoroughly, and shipping reliable releases. Collaborate with a tight, senior team to set engineering standards, solve complex problems at WordPress scale, and turn product ideas into features used by millions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain new plugin features; ship bug fixes and performance improvements.
• Write clean, secure PHP and JavaScript/jQuery that integrates with WordPress core APIs and best practices.
• Produce inline documentation, testing notes, and lightweight test guides for new work.
• Investigate and resolve issues from logs, user reports, and support—owning root-cause analysis.
• Optimize queries, caching, and data prefetching to keep plugins fast under heavy load.
• Participate in code reviews; help refine architecture, coding standards, and release workflows.
• Coordinate with support and product to validate requirements and ensure smooth releases.
• Manage your workload independently and meet agreed milestones with a 4-hour UK time overlap.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong proficiency in PHP (WordPress core patterns, hooks/filters, REST, security hardening).
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining WordPress plugins at production scale.
• Solid JavaScript/jQuery skills (used extensively in UpdraftCentral and admin UIs).
• Comfortable debugging complex issues across PHP, JS, databases, and the WordPress stack.
• Performance-minded: prefetching, query tuning, caching strategies, and memory/IO awareness.
• Version control familiarity (GitHub/GitLab/Git); experience with other VCS (e.g., SVN) is fine.
• Clear written communication, pragmatic problem-solving, and ownership from spec to ship.
• Nice to have: experience with CI/CD, build tooling, secure coding reviews, and hardening techniques.

Note: This is Remote-first, global. You get to choose your hours (up to 40 hrs/week) with ~4 hours/day overlap with UK time.

Benefits & Perks

• Fully remote with flexible scheduling (no location restrictions—Antarctica aside!).
• Opportunities to meet at WordCamp events (EU, US, APAC).
• Regular virtual meetups: 1:1s, team sessions, company updates.
• Flexible engagement: freelance, part-time, or full-time—we’ll shape the fit around the right person.