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Senior WordPress Plugin Developer (Full Stack) - WPOptimize

1 month ago
Anywhere
Freelance
Senior
Full-stack Engineer
Software Development
Apache Git GitHub GitLab JavaScript jQuery MySQL Nginx PHP SQL WordPress
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Team Updraft

Team Updraft

Team Updraft provides a range of plugins and services to backup, restore, migrate, speed up, optimize, and secure WordPress websites. With over 3 million users worldwide, they offer centralized management for updates, users, backups, and plugins, along...

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Description

  • Design, develop, and implement new features, complex modules, and critical bug fixes across the full stack for UpdraftCentral and related plugins.
  • Contribute significantly to backend development, server optimization, and hosting-related solutions to improve performance and reliability.
  • Champion code quality by performing and enforcing code reviews and peer review practices to ensure clean, secure, and well-documented code.
  • Mentor and provide technical guidance to other developers to elevate team skills and foster continuous learning.
  • Collaborate with the team to define, evolve, and own technical architecture decisions to ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability.
  • Research, diagnose, and resolve complex technical challenges independently or in collaboration with team members and support.
  • Work closely with product owners and stakeholders to translate product requirements into technical specifications and deliverables.
  • Participate in the full development lifecycle for new releases and platform enhancements, including planning, implementation, and maintenance.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of significant experience in PHP WordPress plugin development with a deep understanding of the WordPress ecosystem, best practices, and APIs.
  • Expert-level proficiency in PHP and experience building complex, object-oriented applications.
  • Proven experience in code review or peer review with the ability to provide constructive feedback and enforce coding standards.
  • Demonstrated experience mentoring and providing technical guidance to less experienced developers.
  • Strong command of JavaScript and jQuery for front-end interfaces.
  • Solid practical experience with SQL databases (e.g., MySQL), including database design, query optimization, and performance tuning.
  • Familiarity with version control systems such as Git, GitHub, or GitLab.
  • Experience optimizing plugin performance and implementing data prefetching (highly desirable).
  • Extensive experience with server environments and hosting configurations (e.g., Apache, Nginx, cloud platforms) is a strong plus.
  • Ability to work remotely from anywhere with at least 4 hours of daily overlap with UK working hours.

Benefits

  • Flexible, remote-first work with the option to choose your own hours up to 40 per week.
  • Work from anywhere in the world (with the exception noted) as a freelancer, with flexibility for part-time, full-time, or project work.
  • Globally distributed team with autonomy and opportunities to make a measurable impact.
  • Opportunities to connect with the team at annual WordCamp events across Europe, Asia, and the US.
  • Regular online engagement through 1:1s, team meetings, and company updates.

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