Senior WordPress Engineer

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🕒 May 1

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Syde GmbH

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51 - 200 employees

We are Syde - Europe's biggest pure WordPress agency and one of the leading WordPress agencies worldwide. Since our founding in 2006, we have realized many sophisticated enterprise and SMB WordPress solutions.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the design and implementation of complex features, plugins, themes, and integrations, from planning to deployment • Act as Tech Lead on projects, coordinating development efforts and serving as the go-to technical reference for your team • Translate complex client requirements into robust, scalable, and secure technical solutions, proactively identifying risks and edge cases • Participate in client meetings and communicate technical concepts, progress, and constraints clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders • Conduct thorough code reviews and provide actionable, constructive feedback across all seniority levels • Contribute to and lead architecture discussions, refactoring initiatives, and strategic technical decisions • Develop and maintain CI/CD workflows, automated tests, and observability practices for robust delivery pipelines • Drive adherence to engineering standards: code quality, documentation, test coverage, accessibility, performance, and security • Mentor and support other engineers through pairing, code reviews, and informal guidance • Collaborate closely with engineers, QA, DevOps, Project Managers, and Designers to ensure timely, high-quality project delivery

🎯 Requirements

• Expert-level proficiency in PHP (5+ years) with deep object-oriented programming mastery • Strong WordPress development expertise: custom plugins, themes, Gutenberg blocks, WP REST API, and complex integrations • Real-world Gutenberg / Block Editor experience, including building custom blocks with React • Solid JavaScript and React experience, particularly for Block Editor / Gutenberg development • Proven ability to mentor other engineers and elevate codebase quality through code reviews and pairing • Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automated testing (PHPUnit, E2E), and quality standards • Confidence working directly with clients, explaining technical decisions and constraints to both technical and non-technical audiences • Comfort working across the full stack with no strong bias toward client-side or server-side code • English at professional working level • Timezone compatible with Central European hours (CET/CEST, or at least 4–5 hours of sustainable daily overlap)

🏖️ Benefits

• Work from home (we are 100% remote) • Flexible working hours • Annual hardware budget • Exciting global enterprise clients like SAP or PayPal • Working at the heart of WordPress as a partner of WordPress VIP and WooCommerce • Attend our local team events • Visit WordCamps with the chance to hold sessions • Multicultural, globally distributed team • Lifelong learning and growth with career advancements • A dynamic work environment with the encouragement of entrepreneurial thinking and acting • A supportive Syde culture that appreciates YOU