Advanced WordPress Developer, Remote Work or Krakow

  • Full-time

Company Description

X-Company is an Australian company with offices in the United States, Australia and Krakow, Poland. We’re seeking local programmers and developers to fill all the open positions in our office, so if you’re from the Krakow area we want to hear from you! This position is also open to talented developers worldwide who are able to work remotely.

Job Description

We are on the lookout for advanced WordPress developers who are able to:

  • Populate functions.php with any helper functions used by themes, and breaking up the functions.php into logical includes.
  • Embrace the use of get_template_part() to break up your themes into reusable partials
  • Create custom shortcodes, such as overriding the default [gallery].
  • Add filters and actions to modify WordPress core behavior.
  • Create widgets with custom fields manageable in the WP admin.
  • Add custom post types with metaboxes for custom fields (post meta).
  • Construct custom taxonomies.
  • Understand the WordPress template hierarchy in detail and leverage child themes when applicable to avoid duplicating code.
  • Create custom WP admin page for managing theme and plugin settings.
  • Maximize the use of the WordPress dependency management system to register and enqueue scripts and stylesheets programmatically.
  • Be well familiar with the WordPress Codex, and the many functions, Template Tags, and plugin hooks documented there.
  • Be adept at operating on the command line, running scripts and shelling in to other servers for deployments.
  • Have experience with Git.
  • Have an ability to communicate well in English.

Qualifications

We aren't seeking people who know plugins that do these things, we are looking for developers who can do these things from scratch. You should be fluent in WordPress, and be able to whip up new custom functionality without breaking a sweat.


What we offer:

  • Competitive salary: show us your amazing skills and we’ll reward you generously
  • Benefits package: private health care, Benefit MultiSport card
  • Opportunity for personal development in a multinational / cultural environment
  • Great working atmosphere in an office located in the city center

What we require
  • You should achieve an expert or master skill level on the WordPress Smarterer test. High skill levels in the PHP and JS tests are a plus too.
  • You should provide us with the entire source code for a WordPress project (themes, plugins, etc.) we can review. Point out the specific parts of the project that you are proud of, and you should make very clear what is code you have written from scratch and what is just copied from other places.
  • The best candidate has written WordPress plugins that exist in the plugin directory and who also has a GitHub account through which they are publishing open source code.


At X-Company, you'll be working smarter than you ever have before and you'll be having a lot more fun doing it.  You'll be front and center during international meetings with some of the biggest brand names the world. Your skills and creativity will be challenged and congratulated every day.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.