WordPress Software Engineer

About MonetizeMoreMonetizeMore enables digital publishers to build sustainable businesses by maximizing their advertising revenue with privacy‑first, cutting‑edge ad tech. We are a fully remote, globally distributed team that values ownership, curiosity, and continuous improvement.The RoleWe’re looking for a Software Engineer (WordPress) with strong PHP and WordPress experience to help us build, scale, and maintain high‑performance publisher sites and WordPress‑based products that integrate with our ad tech stack. You’ll collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to ship features end‑to‑end in an agile, asynchronous environment.What You’ll DoDesign, develop, and maintain custom WordPress plugins and themes using modern PHPBuild REST APIs and integrations with internal services and third‑party platforms (analytics, ad tech, SSO, etc.)Optimize performance (Core Web Vitals), security, and reliability across high‑traffic sitesImplement CI/CD pipelines, automated tests, and code quality toolingDiagnose and resolve production issues; participate in an on‑call rotation (reasonable schedule, follow‑the‑sun)Partner with stakeholders to estimate effort, break down work, and deliver iterative valueContribute to engineering standards, documentation, and knowledge sharingYou’ll Thrive Here If YouEnjoy owning features from design to deploymentCommunicate clearly in an async, remote‑first culture (Slack, docs, PRs)Care about developer experience, code quality, and maintainabilityQualificationsMust‑Haves2–3 years professional experience building WordPress sites, plugins, or productsSolid PHP (7.x/8.x) fundamentals and familiarity with modern patterns (OOP, namespaces, Composer, PSR standards)Strong WordPress expertise: hooks/filters, custom post types, WP‑CLI, multisite, Gutenberg/Block EditorFrontend proficiency: HTML5, CSS/Sass, JavaScript/TypeScript, React for Gutenberg blocksExperience with MySQL/MariaDB, query optimization, and caching (Object Cache/Redis, page caching)Git/GitHub (PR reviews, trunk‑based or GitFlow), CI/CD fundamentalsPerformance and security best practices (Core Web Vitals, CWEs/OWASP, nonces/capabilities)Comfortable working across time zones in a remote teamNice‑to‑HavesExperience with ad tech (Google Ad Manager, Prebid, header bidding) or analytics (GA4, Looker Studio)Infrastructure experience: Docker, Nginx/Apache, Varnish, Cloudflare, AWS/GCPAutomated testing in the WP/PHP ecosystem (PHPUnit, Pest, Playwright, Cypress)Familiarity with SEO, internationalization (i18n/l10n), and accessibility (WCAG)Experience with telemetry/observability (Logrocket/Sentry, OpenTelemetry, Datadog/New Relic)Example Projects You Might OwnBuild a privacy‑aware custom plugin that injects ad placements conditionally based on consent signals (TCF/US Privacy) and viewabilityMigrate legacy shortcodes to Gutenberg blocks with React and server‑side rendering for performanceImplement an edge‑cache strategy and object caching to reduce TTFB and improve LCP across high‑traffic pagesCreate a small service that syncs WP content with internal APIs; expose a hardened REST endpoint for partnersPowered by JazzHRkwMfAQ7N49