Awesome Motive

WordPress Developer Remote Product Full time West Palm Beach, Florida, United States Description As a WordPress Developer, you're responsible for Making Stuff Go. You will build infrastructure to create new features, improve existing code, squash bugs, and help us rapidly scale our platform. Attention to detail is one of our ! This is your chance to stand out :) To love this role, here’s the type of person you are: - You’re a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through from conception to completion. Our developers often "own" features/tasks and are responsible for scoping, development, and testing. - You're an excellent communicator, fluent in both verbal and written English, who makes sure nothing slips through the cracks. We believe communication is critical, and there is no such thing as overcommunication. - You have the curiosity and desire to learn and grow your skills. - You're passionate about leaving your mark on the web for all to see and are excited to work on tasks that impact millions of users. - You take pride in the quality and craftsmanship of your work rather than just doing it to get it done. - You're a team player who is comfortable working alongside and helping other developers, and you don't take critical feedback personally. - You're happy jumping between front-end and back-end development tasks, or tackling tasks which require both. - You're happy working on tasks of all sizes - from small bug fixes and enhancements to large features/rewrites. Common responsibilities include (but are not limited to): - Triaging bugs and small enhancements that come into GitHub. - Scoping, writing, and testing new product features and addons. - Refactoring legacy code with a particular attention to backwards compatibility. - Providing feedback and peer review for other developers (Github PRs). - Communicating with the team and supporting your peers using chat, audio, and video. Requirements - Professional experience with WordPress plugin development, architecture, and standards. - Advanced proficiency with PHP and MySQL, including modern PHP practices (OOP, autoloading, namespacing, traits, interfaces, etc). - Strong familiarity with JavaScript (vanilla JS, jQuery, ES6, etc). - Ability to use and extend build tools like gulp and webpack. - Familiarity with package managers such as Composer and NPM. - Experience working with third-party APIs (Eg Stripe, Drip, Zapier, etc). - Competent with version control through git and GitHub. - The ability to iterate and ship ideas quickly. - Exceptional troubleshooting skills. - Ability to keep complex ideas and features simple. (Simplicity is a core value!) - Previous freelance or remote work experience. - Personal Computer with Internet Access - Availability to participate in audio/video meetings between the hours 9 am - 5 pm EST. Bonus points if you also have: - Advanced proficiency in JavaScript frameworks like VueJS or React. - Experience with e-commerce platforms or related APIs (Easy Digital Downloads, WooCommerce, Stripe, PayPal, etc). - Experience with DevOps or infrastructure management. Benefits Working for a fast-growing bootstrapped company is a rare opportunity, one we consider a lifestyle choice rather than a job choice. Our positions are challenging, but also come with amazing advantages and fulfillment to those who earn them. Here’s what we offer. - Competitive Salary. - Term Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment for all full-time team members during their employment. - Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance benefits for full-time U.S. employees. - Health Insurance benefits for all employees in Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, and Ukraine. - Work from your home. We’re spread out all over the world – United States, Canada, Ukraine, India, Pakistan, Singapore, and more. - Flexible PTO after 90 days of employment. We encourage employees to take the time they need for a vacation, stay healthy, and spend time with friends and family. - Holidays (based on your location) - Paid Parental Leave. - We happily provide or reimburse software you’ll need as well as books or courses that promote continued learning. - We cover all costs of company travel (including our annual all-company retreat and mini-team meetups). - Additional Perks include AM Welcome Box for new team members, Yearly Anniversary Gifts, and Technology Stipend each work anniversary. - We give you the opportunity to solve challenging and meaningful problems that make a difference. - Ability to work with some of the best people in the business through frequent, if not daily, interactions. - And in case you were wondering: no politics, no b.s., and no jerks. Location This is a remote position - our team is spread around the globe! Our home base is in Florida, USA, so company operating hours are 9am - 5pm ET (UTC -5). While full coverage is not a requirement, you must be available during a portion of the day. Please clearly include the following in your cover letter: - Your experience with WordPress plugin development. - What is your favorite WordPress hook/function and why. - Tell us a bit about yourself and why you should be considered. Details about your experience, qualifications, personality, etc are very helpful. - Profile links with code samples (GitHub, GitLab, WordPress.org, etc). - Other profile links if available (Your website, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc).

• Build infrastructure to create new features, improve existing code, squash bugs, and help us rapidly scale our platform. • Triaging bugs and small enhancements that come into GitHub. • Scoping, writing, and testing new product features and addons. • Refactoring legacy code with a particular attention to backwards compatibility. • Providing feedback and peer review for other developers (Github PRs). • Communicating with the team and supporting your peers using chat, audio, and video.

As a Senior Developer at Awesome Motive, you'll join the WPForms team, where you will collaborate with awesome team members and tackle a wide range of responsibilities. We are looking for a Senior Developer to help us build and maintain our WordPress plugins, add-ons and APIs by creating high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code that powers millions of websites worldwide. This role plays a critical part in our company's product development process. Our ideal candidate will be developing new features, optimizing existing code, and ensuring our products deliver exceptional performance and user experience. Ultimately, you should have the experience to architect solutions, mentor team members, and drive technical excellence across all stages of software development. The ideal candidate displays extreme ownership in all aspects of their work. Common responsibilities include (but are not limited to): - Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following established coding standards. - Collaborate with QA and Design to deliver exceptional user experiences. - Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members. - Optimize plugin performance and ensure scalability for millions of users. - Mentor other developers and contribute to technical documentation. - Research and implement new technologies to improve our development processes. - Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex technical issues. - Participate in architectural decisions and technical planning sessions. - Prepare technical design documents (we call them Pitches) before starting any major work.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of developers through hands-on collaboration. • Facilitate technical discussions. • Remove blockers and shield the team from distractions while maintaining productivity. • Drive hiring decisions and help build a world-class engineering team. • Establish and maintain development processes that enable high-velocity delivery. • Collaborate with Product, QA, and Design teams to ensure alignment. • Take full ownership of team deliverables and deadlines - no excuses. • Foster a culture of extreme ownership and high agency within your team. • Write production-quality code for critical features and complex problems. • Architect technical solutions and make key technical decisions. • Ability to evaluate, implement, and establish best practices for AI tools adoption to enhance team productivity while maintaining code ownership and security standards. • Lead by example through hands-on coding, debugging, and problem-solving. • Perform code reviews and ensure code quality standards are exceeded. • Optimize performance and scalability for millions of WordPress users. • Drive technical excellence through direct contribution to the codebase. • Prepare and review technical design documents (Pitches) for major features. • Troubleshoot and resolve the most challenging technical issues through direct involvement.