Senior WordPress Engineer

Virtasant is a leading cloud consulting services provider. We heavily focus on lift & shift, cloud-native development, cloud cost optimization, and migration services. As a consulting company, we are often faced with the challenge to create an engineering team in a matter of a week or two. To do that, we have created a secondary support business that runs an engineering talent network and provides staffing services. Our client is an international media company, and they are looking for a Senior WordPress Engineer to help them evolve a large-scale, mission-driven publishing platform used by millions. This role is hands-on with WordPress as a framework and codebase (not a plugin/theme admin job). You’ll build custom functionality, extend core behavior, and ship clean, well-tested PHP that scales. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain complex web applications using WordPress. Work on a large-scale system. Making it faster, more scalable and fault-tolerant. Communicate effectively across internal and vendor teams to identify and resolve issues quickly and efficiently. Eager to collaborate and participate in discussions about system architecture, and/or design. Review and improve source code written by developers to meet the project coding standards and maintain the quality bar. Juggle current tasks with incoming tasks in a fast-paced priority-based environment. Contribute towards the improvement of Engineering discipline through leadership and mentorship. Qualifications 5+ years professional WordPress-focused development, writing custom code (not plugin assembly). Strong PHP with deep knowledge of WordPress architecture (hooks, custom functionality, core internals). Solid experience with Unit Testing (e.g., PHPUnit) and a clean-code mindset (SOLID, design patterns). Competent with JavaScript/React/HTML/CSS to implement end-to-end features. Proficiency with Git and modern collaborative workflows. Proven experience working in remote, distributed teams with strong English communication (spoken/written). Strong ownership mentality—sees features into production and supports post-release behavior (on-call culture as needed). Time-zone overlap: ~4 hours with Doha (GMT+3); preference for candidates behind Doha time (e.g., Americas) for better cross-team coverage. Preferred Skills Experience with Gutenberg block development. Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP/Azure preferred; AWS transferable). Experience with Docker , build tooling, and Agile practices. Exposure to Node.js/GraphQL and/or accessibility standards. Comfort using AI-assisted tooling (Copilot, prompt engineering) to accelerate high-quality delivery. Our recruitment process Recruiter Screen Technical Interview Client Interview I Client Interview II We strive to move efficiently from step to step so that the recruitment process can be as fast as possible. What We Offer Totally remote, full time (40h/week) Flexible work hours Contractor agreement Payment in USD, by-weekly or monthly - your choice Availability: 4 hours overlapping with Doha, Qatar.