Senior Full Stack Wordpress Developer - remote

Save My Exams
Posted 3 years ago
Save My Exams is an online education platform dedicated to helping students achieve better grades. We create high-quality and affordable resources that are used by millions of students, tutors and teachers all over the world to make studying easier and more enjoyable.
The Role: 
We’re looking for a Senior Full Stack Wordpress developer who cares deeply about education and is capable of owning all development responsibilities at Save My Exams.

As a Senior Developer, you will create new features, improve existing code, squash bugs, and help us rapidly scale our platform.

The position is full-time. 

To love this role, here’s the type of person you are:
  • You’re a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through from conception to completion. You will "own" features/tasks and are responsible for independent scoping, development, and testing.
  • You're an excellent communicator, fluent in both verbal and written English, who makes sure nothing slips through the cracks. We believe communication is critical and there is no such thing as over-communicating. You choose the right time and the right medium to communicate.
  • You have the curiosity and desire to learn and grow your skills.
  • You're passionate about education and are excited to work on tasks that impact millions of students all over the world.
  • You take pride in the quality and craftsmanship of your work rather than just doing it to get it done.
  • You're a team player who is comfortable working alongside and helping other developers, and you don't take critical feedback personally. You welcome and embrace critical feedback.
  • You're happy jumping between front-end and back-end development tasks, or tackling tasks which require both.
  • You're happy working on tasks of all sizes - from small bug fixes and enhancements to large features/rewrites.
  • You’re excited to be a key member of a small, remote company solving problems and taking responsibility in areas both inside and outside of development. 
Your Responsibilities:
  • Brainstorming &problem-solving with product, content and marketing teams
  • Scope, write &build new features &applications
  • Test software to ensure responsiveness &efficiency
  • Architecture of the entire platform
  • Maintaining &enhancing site performance
  • Develop &manage well-functioning databases
  • Triaging bugs &small enhancements
  • Write, organise &update technical documentation &processes
  • Website &data security
What we offer / Benefits:
Working for a fast-growing bootstrapped education 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 opportunities. 

Here’s what we offer:

  • Annual salary £50,000 - £75,000 ($65k-100k), depending on experience, skills &location
  • Pension contribution
  • Remote working: work from your home or wherever you want! We’re UK based but our team are spread out all over the world – UK, Mexico, France, India and more.
  • Reasonable hours: we don’t expect (or want) you to work more than 40 hours per week.
  • Control over your time: choose to work when you’re most productive.
  • Report directly to the CEO/COO
  • We happily provide or reimburse software you’ll need as well as books or courses that promote continued learning.
  • We give you the opportunity to solve challenging and meaningful problems that make a real difference to the lives of millions of students.
  • Ability to work with some of the best people in Edtech through frequent interactions.
  • Ownership &autonomy over your work and decision making
  • And in case you were wondering: no politics, no b.s., and no jerks!
Skills &Experience - the must-haves:
  • 5+ years of experience as a full stack Wordpress developer
  • Exceptional troubleshooting skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • The ability to iterate and ship ideas quickly.
  • Ability to keep complex ideas and features simple 
  • Self-motivated and able to work independently &remotely
  • Version control (Git / Github) 
Frontend: 
  • Responsive HTML/CSS (ability to hand-write and make standards compliant)
  • Javascript
Backend:
  • PHP
  • MySQL (custom tables, queries &data structures)
  • Javascript / jQuery
Wordpress:
  • Woocommerce &Woocommerce Subscriptions (with ability to customise)
  • Custom WordPress theme development (without the use of frameworks or starter themes)
  • Custom WordPress plugin development
Skills &Experience - the nice to haves:
  • Write effective APIs
  • Front end Javascript frameworks (React, Angular, Node)
  • Experience with Avada theme custom development
  • Specific WordPress plugin experience with Advanced Custom Fields &WooCommerce
  • WP-CLI experience, with ability to create custom commands
  • Sever configuration, infrastructure management &basic Dev Ops 
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Best practice UI / UX with ability to create wireframes &mockups
  • Experience hiring &leading a team of developers
  • Previous freelance or remote work experience
  • Solid understand of SEO basics
The Process:
Here’s an overview of our hiring process, so that you know what to expect:
  • Application form
  • Online technical test
  • Online interviews
  • Test Project

Finally, we’re looking for someone who is able to start by the 15h January 2020.