Senior PHP/WordPress Developer - Remote

2h2 hours ago

Postmedia Network Inc.

Remote · Full-time · $85,000 – $95,000

About this role

The Senior PHP/WordPress Developer is a high-impact technical role responsible for the architecture, development, and stability of the enterprise-scale WordPress VIP ecosystem. This position requires a developer's developer who treats high-quality code as the baseline and views automated testing with continuous delivery as essential to the craft.

Daily work centers on architecting bespoke WordPress themes and plugins while writing clean modular PHP 8.x that follows OOP and SOLID principles. The role drives BDD collaboration with stakeholders and owns the continuous delivery pipeline using VIP-CLI and GitHub Actions to keep every commit deploy-ready.

You will act as a servant leader who removes technical blockers and facilitates pair programming to spread testing best practices. The position proactively identifies technical debt and platform risks then takes initiative to refactor code for better testability and performance.

This role supplies the technical rigor that lets the team move fast without breaking things. By embedding testing and automation into daily workflows you enable the organization to scale confidently while mentoring the next generation of engineers.

Requirements

7+ years of professional PHP experience with deep expertise in the WordPress VIP ecosystem.
Proven experience with testing frameworks such as PHPUnit Playwright Behat or Cypress and commitment to TDD/BDD workflows.
Expert knowledge of modern Continuous Delivery practices and WPVIP-specific deployment constraints.
Strong command of React Gutenberg ES6+ and REST/GraphQL API integration.
Extensive experience with PHPCS New Relic Query Monitor WPScan and K6/WebPageTest.

Responsibilities

Architect bespoke high-performance WordPress themes plugins and solutions optimized for the WPVIP platform.
Write clean modular PHP 8.x using OOP and SOLID principles to ensure code remains maintainable and VIP-standard compliant.
Drive collaboration with stakeholders using Behavior-Driven Development to create shared understanding of requirements.
Implement and advocate for ATDD and TDD practices that produce an executable understanding of intended behavior.
Own and optimize Continuous Delivery pipelines using VIP-CLI and GitHub Actions with automated linting unit and integration tests.
Act as servant leader by removing technical blockers and facilitating pair programming to socialize testing best practices.
Proactively identify technical debt and platform risks then refactor code for improved testability and performance.