{"id":74244,"date":"2026-03-22T14:04:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T10:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herecareers.com\/job\/uncanny-owl-wordpress-developer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T14:04:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T10:04:47","slug":"uncanny-owl-wordpress-developer","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/herecareers.com\/ar\/job\/uncanny-owl-wordpress-developer\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncanny Owl: WordPress Developer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remote Jobs<\/p>\n<p>Region: Anywhere in the World<\/p>\n<p>State: Ontario<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/we-work-remotely.imgix.net\/logos\/0171\/3828\/logo.gif?ixlib=rails-4.0.0&#038;w=50&#038;h=50&#038;dpr=2&#038;fit=fill&#038;auto=compress\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>Headquarters:<\/strong> [Remote]<br \/>\n    <br \/><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/automatorplugin.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/automatorplugin.com<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>As a WordPress Developer, you&#8217;re responsible for Making Stuff Go. You&#8217;ll build and maintain integrations that connect WordPress to hundreds of external services\u2014from CRMs and email platforms to payment gateways and social networks. You&#8217;ll own features from conception to completion, handling scoping, development, and testing.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Day-to-day, you&#8217;ll:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Build new Automator integrations (triggers and actions) for third-party plugins and apps<\/li>\n<li>Scope, develop, and test product enhancements, new product features and product add-ons of all sizes<\/li>\n<li>Work with support to fix bugs reported by our internal team or by customers<\/li>\n<li>Refactor legacy code while maintaining backward compatibility<\/li>\n<li>Review pull requests from teammates and provide constructive feedback (GitHub PRs)<\/li>\n<li>Jump between front-end and back-end tasks as needed<\/li>\n<li>Communicate with the team and support your peers using chat, audio, and video<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>You Must Have<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>These are actual requirements, not a wish list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>3+ years of WordPress plugin development<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 professional experience with plugin architecture and WordPress standards, not just plugin and theme tweaks<\/li>\n<li><strong>4+ years of Advanced PHP proficiency<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 OOP, autoloading, namespacing, traits, interfaces, modern PHP practices. You write classes, not 2000-line functions.php files<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI-assisted development expertise &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>you know how to leverage AI to amplify and accelerate your work &#8211; not replace your brain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third-party API experience<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 consuming APIs from services like Stripe, Drip, Zapier, Google, MailChimp, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>WordPress hooks mastery<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 actions, filters, priorities. You know when to use each and why<\/li>\n<li><strong>Security awareness<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 escaping, sanitization, nonces, capability checks are second nature<\/li>\n<li><strong>Build tools<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 ability to use and extend webpack and similar tools<\/li>\n<li><strong>Package managers<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 familiarity with Composer and NPM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Git proficiency<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 competent with version control through git and GitHub. You&#8217;ve worked on a team codebase before<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep it simple<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 ability to keep complex ideas and features simple (simplicity is a core value!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Previous remote work experience<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 freelance or remote work background<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strong English communication<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 fluent in both verbal and written English. Remote work requires clear async communication, and there&#8217;s no such thing as overcommunicating on our team<\/li>\n<li><strong>Personal Computer with Internet Access<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Availability<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 able to participate in audio\/video meetings between 9 am &#8211; 5 pm EST<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Nice to Have<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>These will make you stand out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>LearnDash experience<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 if you&#8217;ve built LearnDash add-ons or customizations, we want to talk<\/li>\n<li><strong>Existing Uncanny Automator integration<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 if you&#8217;ve worked to extend Uncanny Automator, we want to talk<\/li>\n<li><strong>Claude Code<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; you&#8217;re an expert at giving Claude Code the guidance and context necessary to plan and execute a project, resulting in code that is equal in quality to what you could produce yourself, but created in a fraction of the time<\/li>\n<li><strong>HTML\/CSS\/SCSS experience<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 layout, specificity, cross-browser compatibility, accessibility<\/li>\n<li><strong>JavaScript expertise&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 vanilla JS, jQuery, ES6, DOM manipulation, async programming, closures, promises, web components, VueJS or React proficiency<\/li>\n<li><strong>MySQL expertise&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 database design, queries, optimization<\/li>\n<li><strong>REST API experience<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 working with WordPress REST API and authentication<\/li>\n<li><strong>TDD experience<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 writing PHP unit tests<\/li>\n<li><strong>UI\/UX design chops<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DevOps or infrastructure management<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Who Thrives Here<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You&#8217;re a&nbsp;<strong>self-starter<\/strong>&nbsp;who loves taking initiative and seeing things through from conception to completion<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;re an&nbsp;<strong>excellent communicator<\/strong>&nbsp;who makes sure nothing slips through the cracks<\/li>\n<li>You have the&nbsp;<strong>curiosity and desire<\/strong>&nbsp;to learn and grow your skills<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;re&nbsp;<strong>passionate<\/strong>&nbsp;about leaving your mark on the web and excited to impact millions of users<\/li>\n<li>You take&nbsp;<strong>pride in quality and craftsmanship<\/strong>, not just checking boxes<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;re a&nbsp;<strong>team player<\/strong>&nbsp;who is comfortable working alongside and helping other developers, and you don&#8217;t take critical feedback personally<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;re&nbsp;<strong>adaptable<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 happy working on tasks of all sizes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>What We Offer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Working for a fast-growing bootstrapped company is a rare opportunity, one we consider a lifestyle choice rather than a job choice. Our positions are challenging, but also come with amazing advantages and fulfillment to those who earn them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Competitive salary<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fully remote<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 work from anywhere. Our team spans Canada, Colombia, Philippines, Pakistan, Finland, and more<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual all-company retreat<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 we fly everyone out once a year and cover all travel costs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Real ownership<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 you&#8217;ll own features from scoping to deployment<\/li>\n<li><strong>Impact at scale<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 your code runs on tens of thousands of websites<\/li>\n<li><strong>Solve meaningful problems<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 your work makes a tangible difference<\/li>\n<li><strong>Work with the best<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 frequent, often daily, interactions with talented teammates<\/li>\n<li><strong>No politics, no b.s., and no jerks<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Location &amp; Hours<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This is a remote position &#8211; our team is spread around the globe! Our home base is in Canada, so company operating hours are generally 9am &#8211; 5pm ET (UTC -5). While full coverage is not a requirement, you must be available during a portion of the day.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong> Interested in applying?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> Please read and follow these steps carefully.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please clearly include the following in your cover letter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Your GitHub\/GitLab\/WordPress.org profile<\/strong>&nbsp;(required &#8211; include code samples)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your experience with WordPress plugin development<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 tell us about a specific plugin you&#8217;ve built or contributed to<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your favorite WordPress hook\/function and why<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 we want to see how you think about WordPress development<\/li>\n<li><strong>What AI coding tools you use<\/strong>&nbsp;and how they fit into your workflow<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tell us about yourself<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 why you should be considered, your experience, qualifications, personality, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other profile links<\/strong>&nbsp;if available (your website, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Answers to any additional interview questions<\/strong>&nbsp;in the application form<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Important:<\/strong>&nbsp;Don&#8217;t forget to proofread before submitting. Check spelling, capitalization, etc. Attention to detail is one of our core values &#8211; this is your chance to stand out!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our process:<\/strong>&nbsp;Application review \u2192 Skills assessment \u2192 Code challenge \u2192 Live interview \u2192 Offer<\/p>\n<p>We won&#8217;t be able to individually respond to all applications, but if we feel you&#8217;re a strong match, someone will be in touch shortly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>To apply:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/weworkremotely.com\/remote-jobs\/uncanny-owl-wordpress-developer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/weworkremotely.com\/remote-jobs\/uncanny-owl-wordpress-developer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>JavaScript, PHP, WordPress, and API Integration<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","job_listing_type":[1174],"job_listing_category":[1266],"job_listing_location":[2089],"job_listing_tag":[],"class_list":["post-74244","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-publish","hentry","job_listing_type-remote","job_listing_category-back-end-programming","job_listing_location-ontario"],"metas":{"_job_featured_image":"","_job_featured":"","_job_filled":"","_job_urgent":"","_job_category":{"1266":"Back-End Programming"},"_job_type":{"1174":"Remote"},"_job_tag":[],"_job_expiry_date":"","_job_gender":"","_job_apply_type":"external","_job_phone":"","_job_apply_url":"https:\/\/weworkremotely.com\/remote-jobs\/uncanny-owl-wordpress-developer","_job_apply_email":"","_job_salary_type":"","_job_salary":"","_job_experience":"","_job_career_level":"","_job_qualification":"","_job_video_url":"","_job_photos":"","_job_application_deadline_date":"","_job_address":"","_job_location":{"2089":"Ontario"},"_job_map_location":{"address":"","latitude":"","longitude":""},"_job_logo":"https:\/\/herecareers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wp-job-board-pro-uploads\/_employer_featured_image\/2025\/11\/ICON-Here-Careers-Logo-150-150x150.png","_job_employer_name":"HR","_job_employer_url":"https:\/\/herecareers.com\/ar\/employer\/hr\/"},"cmb2":{"_job_careerjet_job_fields":{"_job_careerjet_detail_url":"","_job_careerjet_company_name":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herecareers.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing\/74244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herecareers.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herecareers.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herecareers.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herecareers.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herecareers.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herecareers.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_type?post=74244"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herecareers.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_category?post=74244"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herecareers.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_location?post=74244"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herecareers.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_tag?post=74244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}