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WordPress Developer

Kinsta  ·  United States, Austin
60,000 - 90,000 USD
Remote Full-time Senior Permanent IT & DevOps

Job Description

Kinsta is a leading managed WordPress hosting company with over 120,000 clients including startups, universities, and Fortune 500 firms. They value quality and customer satisfaction, boasting a 97% satisfaction rating. The WordPress Developer role is full-time and remote, focusing on backend and frontend development, especially on creating custom Gutenberg blocks using React and maintaining scalable, high-performance websites. Responsibilities include maintaining existing WordPress sites, developing custom PHP code, collaborating with teams, ensuring responsive and accessible design, utilizing Docker for local development, and staying current with web technologies. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years of WordPress development experience, expertise in PHP and JavaScript (React), knowledge of Gutenberg blocks, and familiarity with modern frontend tools and testing is a plus. The role comes with a flexible, remote-first environment, remote expense budget, PTO, parental leave, professional development funds, sabbaticals, and location-specific healthcare and pension plans. Salary ranges from $60,000 to $90,000 per year, depending on experience and location.

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Benefits

  • Flexible and remote-first environment
  • Annual remote expense budget
  • Flexible PTO
  • Paid parental leave
  • Annual professional development budget after one year
  • Sabbatical after three years
  • Location-specific healthcare benefits (USA, UK, Hungary)
  • Pension plan (UK) and 401k (USA)

Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years WordPress development experience
  • Strong PHP knowledge
  • Expertise with JavaScript and React
  • Experience with Gutenberg block development
  • Familiarity with Webpack or Vite is a bonus
  • Experience writing unit tests with PHPUnit is a plus
  • Understanding of responsive and mobile-first design
  • Knowledge of accessibility standards
  • Experience with Docker for local environments