Software Engineer WordPress

This is a senior software engineering role building large-scale systems on top of Wordpress. You’ll be hands-on in the codebase while setting technical direction for the team and translating business needs into clear, executable plans. While Wordpress is the foundation, most day-to-day work happens in a codebase built around modern object-oriented PHP.

What you’ll do

• Design and build scalable solutions on top of Wordpress - custom plugins on different layers, complex integrations, content management at scale.
• Build shared systems that support many WP sites with different requirements.
• Plan for platform growth by designing systems that accommodate increased traffic, newly emerging business needs, and changing regulatory requirements.
• Translate business needs into technical implementation plans and priorities.
• Work with the team to design, implement, and troubleshoot complex features.
• Guide developers day-to-day, answering technical questions and unblocking the team.
• Improve performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Identify and remove technical debt and performance bottlenecks.

• Senior/architect-level PHP 8+ experience - must be able to design systems and write the code.
• Comfortable reading and writing framework-level PHP.
• Strong systems-thinking skills and good engineering intuition.
• Full stack experience with backend focus.
• Deep Wordpress experience building application-level systems rather than only traditional themes and small plugins.
• Strong understanding of the web stack and HTTP.
• Comfortable taking ownership of technical decisions and their long-term consequences.
• Advanced knowledge in web performance.
• Experience guiding or leading a small team of developers.
• Able to communicate technical decisions clearly.
• Able to make pragmatic architectural decisions in the face of changing requirements.
• Demonstrated experience designing and evolving production systems over multiple years.

Preferred experience

• Lead generation, affiliate marketing, SEO-focused digital publishing.
• Managing large numbers of Wordpress sites.
• Experience with GDPR, gambling regulation, financial regulation, or similar compliance-heavy environments.

What we offer

• Ownership & Impact: You will help shape the architecture, scalability, and long-term direction of a growing digital platform operating in competitive industries.
• Flexibility: Remote working environment, or come join us at our office in Malta
• Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive compensation packages, with opportunities for performance-based incentives

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Organization Growth Leads