Position: Senior PHP & WordPress Engineer
Location: Remote from LATAM
Contract Type: Full-time Contractor
Time Zone Alignment: CT
About In All Media:We are a Managed Nearshore Teams provider headquartered in Austin, specializing in building and embedding high-performing software development teams. From design to deployment, we deliver customized solutions by connecting global talent with innovative client projects. Our model allows you to work on international challenges, collaborate with diverse teams, and grow your career while being part of a company that values expertise, creativity, and impact.
Project Overview:In this role, you will be a key driver in building and modernizing complex, content-rich web platforms. You will join a collaborative engineering team focused on creating highly tailored WordPress experiences, leveraging modern PHP 8.x, React, and Gutenberg. A significant part of the project involves migrating existing systems from a Laravel architecture into a robust, scalable WordPress environment. As a Senior PHP & WordPress Engineer, you will architect thoughtful domain logic, build dynamic editorial experiences, and utilize AI-assisted development tools (like Claude Code) daily to accelerate and elevate your engineering output.
Key Responsibilities
- Modern PHP Development: Design and build robust backend systems using modern PHP 8.x, strict typing, object-oriented design, and dependency management via Composer.
- WordPress Architecture: Develop custom plugins, hooks, filters, custom post types, and REST APIs while adhering to top-tier WordPress security and caching practices.
- Editorial Experience: Build custom Gutenberg blocks and dynamic editorial interfaces using React and the @wordpress/* package ecosystem.
- System Design & Migration: Architect scalable application structures, defining clear domain logic, service boundaries, and data models, while assisting in migrations from legacy Laravel systems.
- Testing & Quality Assurance: Write and maintain comprehensive unit and integration tests using PHPUnit and Jest as a core part of the development lifecycle.
- AI-Assisted Engineering: Work alongside AI agents (like Claude Code) daily, writing clear prompts, providing context, and rigorously reviewing and testing AI-generated code before deployment.
Must-Have Skills
- Modern PHP Mastery: Deep expertise in PHP 8.x, strict typing, enums, readonly properties, match, exceptions, namespaces, and solid OOP API design over procedural callbacks.
- WordPress Engineering: Proven experience with WP_Query, REST API, multisite, WP-CLI, caching, security practices, and custom taxonomies/metadata.
- Gutenberg & React: Strong proficiency in building dynamic/server-rendered custom blocks and working with React, asynchronous JavaScript, ES modules, and webpack-based environments.
- Application Architecture: A strong architectural mindset with experience in domain logic, dependency injection, and maintainable data models.
- Testing Rigor: Hands-on experience with PHPUnit, Jest, data providers, and familiarity with the Arrange / Act / Assert testing pattern.
- Web Fundamentals: Deep understanding of HTTP, SQL, browser/server behavior, input sanitization, output escaping, prepared queries, and authentication.
- DevOps & Git Collaboration: Comfort with Docker-based local environments, CLI tooling, advanced Git workflows (rebasing, conflict resolution), and delivering high-quality pull requests and code reviews.
- AI Collaboration: Practical experience using AI coding assistants, with the ability to critically review, test, and guide the agent's output.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Enterprise WordPress: Experience with WordPress VIP (edge cache, VIP Search / Elasticsearch, vip-cli).
- SEO & Performance: Knowledge of schema.org / JSON-LD, sitemaps, and Core Web Vitals optimization.
- Advanced Tooling: Familiarity with TypeScript, Playwright, and handling large-scale content migrations.
- PHP Frameworks: Experience with Laravel, Symfony, or another modern PHP framework (highly valuable for systems being migrated from a Laravel architecture).
Time Zone & Collaboration:This role is 100% remote from LATAM and requires consistent overlap with teams in Central Time (CT). Flexibility is expected to accommodate key ceremonies, stand-ups, and collaborative sessions within standard Austin business hours.
Language:All interviews, documentation, and daily communication are in English.
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Skills Required
- Deep expertise in PHP 8.x, strict typing, enums, readonly properties, match expressions, exceptions, namespaces, object-oriented design, and API design
- Proven WordPress engineering experience with WP_Query, REST API, multisite, WP-CLI, caching, security practices, custom taxonomies, and metadata
- Strong proficiency building dynamic or server-rendered Gutenberg blocks with React and the @wordpress package ecosystem
- Experience with asynchronous JavaScript, ES modules, and webpack-based environments
- Experience designing application architecture, domain logic, dependency injection, service boundaries, and maintainable data models
- Hands-on experience with PHPUnit, Jest, data providers, and the Arrange Act Assert testing pattern
- Deep understanding of HTTP, SQL, browser and server behavior, input sanitization, output escaping, prepared queries, and authentication
- Comfort with Docker-based local environments, CLI tooling, advanced Git workflows, pull requests, and code reviews
- Practical experience using AI coding assistants and critically reviewing, testing, and guiding generated code
- Consistent availability for Central Time overlap while working remotely from LATAM
- Professional English communication for interviews, documentation, and daily collaboration
- WordPress VIP, edge caching, VIP Search or Elasticsearch, and vip-cli experience
- Knowledge of schema.org, JSON-LD, sitemaps, and Core Web Vitals optimization
- Familiarity with TypeScript and Playwright
- Experience with large-scale content migrations
- Experience with Laravel, Symfony, or another modern PHP framework
What We Do
In All Media is a cutting-edge technology and innovation consulting organization, facilitating digital transformation in multiple industries. We have partnered with top-tier organizations such as NBCUniversal, Sony DADC, Aclara Technologies, and Dun & Bradstreet, among other leading companies worldwide. In All Media harnesses the collaborative synergy of all our international talent pool using Agile methodologies, to deliver excellence efficiently and with the utmost quality. At In All Media, we believe in diversity and autonomy. Our new model brings together a global managed community, with experts guiding and managing talented engineers; working to bring together the best talent in the world, regardless of where they are. We are not only evolving in terms of technology, but also in terms of In All Media as a re-imagined technology consultancy in step with the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Our community of 200+ experts and engineers are very motivated by different challenges in their field, and apply continuous learning to stay ahead of the curve in their expertise on new developments and innovative technologies. Our delivery model is based on Agile, On-site, and Near Shore capabilities to maximize team integration and provide the best value to our clients. We partner holistically with our clients in the co-creation of services and products, and follow streamlined Agile processes throughout. This makes In All Media a truly global company driven by a community of dedicated, talented individuals self-organizing into multi-disciplinary teams, producing the best possible output for our world-class clients. We're hiring! Email us your CV: [email protected] Contact Us: [email protected]
