About This Role
This role is for an internal technical expert, a WordPress Architect, who will work closely with developers, designers, project managers, and clients to create high-quality websites and applications that positively contribute to organizations and communities. The position suits someone with over 5 years of WordPress development experience and technical leadership, eager to join a growing team.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with a team of developers, designers, and project managers
- Define the scope and architecture of technical solutions with internal teams and clients
- Create internal and client-facing documentation, including technical specifications and scope documents
- Advise and mentor teams to achieve measurable results
- Take ownership of project success, including meeting requirements, deadlines, and budgets, in collaboration with project managers
Requirements
- More than 5 years of experience in WordPress development, as well as technical leadership experience
- In-depth expertise in modern WordPress, including the block editor and block-based themes. If your experience is primarily based on third-party page builders or custom field extensions, this position may not be suitable.
- Experience with enterprise-level projects
- Experience in architecting large-scale solutions based on technical requirements
- Ability to maintain an overview of projects and use your understanding of context, scope, and development tasks to deliver the right solutions
- Active participation in the WordPress community: contributions to WordPress core, plugin development, documentation, participation in Word Camps, Meetups, etc.
- Curiosity, active monitoring of the latest developments in the ecosystem, particularly the Gutenberg project, and willingness to actively share your knowledge
- Strong technical experience covering several areas, including, but not limited to: core web technologies (HTTP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, caching layers, SQL), NPM, Webpack, Docker, Dev Ops, Git Lab CI/CD, and managed hosting platforms such as Pantheon or WordPress VIP
- Expertise in performance optimization, identifying and resolving bottlenecks, and designing highly scalable WordPress solutions for environments with high traffic and data volume
- Good knowledge of best practices in web application security, particularly with WordPress, and experience in designing secure architectures
Nice to have:
- Experience in defining and implementing quality assurance processes, including automated testing strategies and test-driven development (TDD)
About the Company
Evolving Web specializes in the design and development of accessible and high-impact web solutions that help organizations better reach their audiences. The company collaborates closely with a development team of approximately 40 people.
