WordPress Developer
About Extend Studio
We help freelancers, bloggers, entrepreneurs, and startups design websites and launch business ideas. Our WordPress products, Colibri and Kubio, power over 200,000 websites worldwide.
The Role
We’re looking for a WordPress Developer to develop and maintain our WordPress themes and plugins. You’ll work on product features, and help shape our technical direction.
What You’ll Do
- Develop WordPress themes and plugins using modern practices
- Build frontend experiences with JavaScript frameworks (React) integrated with WordPress
- Work with WordPress REST API and custom post types
- Optimize WordPress performance and implement caching strategies
- Develop custom Gutenberg blocks
- Handle WordPress customizations and third-party integrations
- Contribute to technical documentation and coding standards
Required Skills
- WordPress: 2+ years of WordPress development experience with solid understanding of core, themes, plugins, and hooks
- PHP: Strong PHP skills and WordPress coding standards
- JavaScript: Proficient in JavaScript ES6+ and experience with React
- Database: Experience with MySQL and WordPress database structure
- Performance: Knowledge of WordPress optimization techniques
- Leadership: Experience mentoring developers or leading technical tasks
- English: Strong communication skills for documentation and team collaboration
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with WordPress products at scale (themes/plugins with 10k+ installations)
- Advanced Gutenberg block development experience
- WordPress security best practices knowledge
- Experience with automated testing (PHPUnit, Jest)
- Contribution to WordPress core or popular plugins
- Understanding of headless WordPress architectures
- CI/CD and deployment automation experience
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Professional development and training
- Flexible schedule and remote work
- Work with a growing company impacting 200k+ websites
Ready to Join Us?
If you’re passionate about WordPress development and want to impact hundreds of thousands of websites worldwide, we’d love to hear from you.