WDWNT is Hiring a Senior WordPress Engineer

Jason Diffendal

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WDWNT is Hiring a Senior WordPress Engineer

To help further our mission of bringing Disney News to fans around the world, we are looking to expand our engineering team. We are currently seeking to hire a part-time to full-time senior WordPress engineer.

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

  • 5 – 7 years of hands-on WordPress experience in a high-traffic environment.
  • Thorough understanding of the WordPress architecture to enable rapid troubleshooting of a variety of common and not-so-common issues.
  • Experience with the WordPress Media Library and third-party replacements.
  • Customization of the WordPress backend, to optimize workflows for writers and editors.
  • Identification of commercial plugins that could increase efficiency.
  • Development of bespoke WordPress plugins for specific use cases where commercial plugins do not exist.

In addition to the above requirements, experience with any or all of the following would be a plus:

  • WordPress API
  • Headless WordPress installations
  • SEO and Google Search Console
  • AWS
  • PHP, CSS, HTML, and other languages

Salary is commensurate with experience and is negotiable.

Please send a cover letter and resume to jobs@wdwnt.com.