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# Senior PHP/Wordpress Developer

- **Company:** Fever
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $35,000.0 - $50,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** PHP (Programming Language), JIRA, Browser Compatibility, Code Review, Continuous Integration, MySQL, Pair Programming, Symfony, WordPress, Load Balancing
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pfdy5kg3yg

## About the Role

* You're smart, get stuff done, have great energy, and thrive in a fast paced environment
 * Deep knowledge on Wordpress, PHP and Symfony framework.
 * You know how to create/modify Wordpress plugins and themes.
 * You know how to handle several Wordpress sites.
 * You are experienced handling DDBB such as MySQL.
 * You have experience working through cross-browser compatibility issues.
 * You are highly productive, self-starter and self-motivated.
 * You comply with defined coding standards.
 * You are proficient in business English.

Additional Skills:

 * Know how to create WP plugins and themes from scratch
 * Systems knowledge (Cache, Load balancers, ...)
 * Familiar with JIRA

## Description

* Full immersion into our team, participating in team planning, grooming, and retrospectives.
 * Familiarization with our tech stack, focusing on the Secret Media Network, CI/CD workflows, and infrastructure.
 * Multiple successful Pull Requests merged and deployed to production.
 * Participation in Fever Original's experiences like Candlelight.

After 3 months at Fever:

 * Proficiency in solving complex problems and taking charge of architecture design and implementation.
 * Continual creation of production-grade PHP code capable of handling high levels of traffic, with a keen eye on functionality and product enhancement.
 * Working closely with internal stakeholders to define and prioritize product development
 * Collaboration in hackdays or hackathons with other teams, becoming well-acquainted with the entire engineering department.

In your 6th month at Fever:

 * Assume responsibilities for various system components, analyzing user interactions and evolving the platform to meet their needs.
 * Participation in launching large scale initiatives, from inception to production.
 * Ideating and implementing initiatives to ensure the system performance and reliability
 * Mentorship of fellow team members through code reviews, architecture design sessions, and pair programming.
 * Engagement in team-building activities, fostering a cohesive engineering team spirit.


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