Senior PHP and Wordpress Engineer

About Virtasant

Virtasant is a global technology services company with a network of over 4,000 technology professionals across 130+ countries. We specialize in cloud architecture, infrastructure, migration, and optimization, helping enterprises scale efficiently while maintaining cost control.

Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies to fast-growing startups, relying on us to build high-performance infrastructure, optimize cloud environments, and enable continuous delivery at scale.

About the rol

eOur client is an international media company, and they are looking for a Senior WordPress Engineer to help them evolve a large-scale, mission-driven publishing platform used by millions. This role is hands-on with WordPress as a framework and codebase (not a plugin/theme admin job). You'll build custom functionality, extend core behavior, and ship clean, well-tested PHP that scales

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What You'll

• DoDevelop and maintain complex web applications using WordPre
• ss.Work on a large-scale system. Making it faster, more scalable and fault-tolera
• nt.Communicate effectively across internal and vendor teams to identify and resolve issues quickly and efficient
• ly.Eager to collaborate and participate in discussions about system architecture, and/or desi
• gn.Review and improve source code written by developers to meet the project coding standards and maintain the quality b
• ar.Juggle current tasks with incoming tasks in a fast-paced priority-based environme
• nt.Contribute towards the improvement of Engineering discipline through leadership and mentorsh

ip.

What We're Lookin

g ForMust-Have Exper

• ience5+ years professional WordPress-focused development, writing custom code (not plugin assem
• bly).Strong PHP with deep knowledge of WordPress architecture (hooks, custom functionality, core intern
• als).Solid experience with Unit Testing (e.g., PHPUnit) and a clean-code mindset (SOLID, design patte
• rns).Competent with JavaScript/React/HTML/CSS to implement end-to-end feat
• ures.Proficiency with Git and modern collaborative workf
• lows.Proven experience working in remote, distributed teams with strong English communication (spoken/writ
• ten).Strong ownership mentalitysees features into production and supports post-release behavior (on-call culture as nee

ded).

Nice-t

• o-havesExperience with Gutenberg block devel
• opment.Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP/Azure preferred; AWS transfe
• rable).Experience with Docker, build tooling, and Agile pra
• ctices.Exposure to Node.js/GraphQL and/or accessibility sta
• ndards.Comfort using AI-assisted tooling (Copilot, prompt engineering) to accelerate high-quality de

livery.

Tools and En

• vironment
• WordPressPHP, WordPress arc
• hitectureUnit Testing (e.g.,
• PHPUnit)JavaScript/React
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ML/CSSGit

Our recruitm

• ent processRecru
• iter ScreenTechnica
• l InterviewClient
• Interview IClient I

nterview IIWe strive to move efficiently from step to step so that the recruitment process can be as fast a

s possible.

• What we offerTotally remote, full ti
• me (40h/week)Flexib
• le work hoursContrac
• tor agreementPayment in USD, by-weekly or monthly
• - your choiceAvailability: 4 hours overlapping with