WordPress Plugin Developer (Remote)

About the Role

Our client is a growing SaaS company building productivity tools on top of WordPress. They are looking for a skilled WordPress Plugin Developer to join their fully remote engineering team. You will own the full lifecycle of plugin development — from architecture to deployment — and work closely with a small, async-first team.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain custom WordPress plugins from scratch
Write clean, modular, well-documented PHP following WordPress coding standards
Build and consume RESTful APIs for third-party integrations (payment gateways, CRMs, analytics tools, etc.)
Optimize plugins for performance, scalability, and security
Conduct code reviews and maintain documentation
Debug and resolve issues across plugin versions and WordPress core updates
Collaborate asynchronously with product and design teams via Slack and Notion

Requirements

3+ years of professional WordPress plugin development experience
Expert-level PHP (OOP, namespacing, autoloading, PSR standards)
Strong JavaScript and jQuery; familiarity with vanilla ES6+
Solid understanding of WordPress hooks system (actions, filters, custom post types, taxonomies)
Experience with MySQL — query optimization, custom table design
REST API development and integration experience
Version control with Git (GitHub/GitLab workflows)
Ability to work independently and communicate clearly in English (async)

Nice to Have

WooCommerce extension development
Experience with Gutenberg block development (React-based)
Familiarity with multisite WordPress setups
Basic DevOps — staging environments, deployment pipelines, caching layers (Redis, Varnish)
Experience with headless WordPress / decoupled architecture

What’s Offered