About the role

As a senior engineer at The Code Company you have the unique opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and rewarding enterprise WordPress projects in APAC, bringing your unique skills & experience into a team where your input is valued and your effort creates real impact.

While focus areas for senior engineers may differ, the core accountabilities for all senior roles require that you:

Demonstrate a high level of understanding of TCC coding standards and best practices, allowing them to advocate for their use and assist with adoption among junior staff members.

Are capable of estimating large/complex tasks with accuracy, identifying potential risks ahead of time and maintaining open/honest communication with clients and peers.

Are trusted by peers and project managers for their problems solving skills, consistency and ability to work independently across projects of various size/complexity.

Contribute knowledge back to their team in the form of documentation, process and/or mentorship.

About you

As a full-stack senior engineer your WordPress/PHP/JS experience will be of expert level and you will have recent experience working on large scale, enterprise level WordPress projects at similar agencies.

As this role leans towards React you will also need to have proven experience with native block development at scale, including a thorough understanding of @wordpress packages, build processes and hybrid theme development.

You should be well accustomed to working within senior/lead roles remotely, taking ownership of the projects you are assigned to and communicating effectively with both fellow team members and clients as a senior member of the project delivery team.

Required Skills:

Expert level experience (7+ years) with general WordPress development with at least 3 of those being within an enterprise environment.

Expert level PHP/JS experience (7+ years), thorough understanding of PSR standards, object oriented programming, ES6-ES2022 JS, testing and design patterns.

Advanced React and Tailwind experience (3-5 years) with at least 2 of those specifically involving custom block development and integrating external REST and GraphQL APIs into React components.

Experience debugging complex codebases with xdebug, DevTools etc.

Proficiency with git, CLI, front-end tooling, particularly webpack and wp-scripts, and integrating them into WordPress Theme development.

Comfortable working with local development environments such as DDev, Lando or other docker-based local environments.

Experience with modern frontend best practices and performance debugging focussed on Core Web Vitals and accessibility.

Experience working within an agile environment.

Excellent verbal and written English communication.

Experience with large scale project estimation and acting in a senior role within the delivery team for these projects.

Nice-to-haves:

Exposure to BrightCove, Mulesoft, ElasticSearch and AWS

Experience with Laravel or other MVC-based frameworks

Experience with the WordPress Interactivity API.

Involvement in the WordPress/open source community

Experience using Atlassian suite including Jira, Confluence, BitBucket etc.

Experience with projects hosted on WordPress VIP.

About us

The Code Company is a globally-recognised enterprise WordPress agency and WordPress VIP Gold Partner specialising in solving complex problems at scale for some of Australia’s most prominent digital publishers including CarAdvice/Drive, Pedestrian and Val Morgan as well as international brands such as eBay and Fujifilm.

Founded in Queensland, our agency has been around for more than a decade and we’re made up of experts within the WordPress ecosystem, core contributors, plugin developers, front-end developers and back-end engineers. Our team members work remotely across Australia, NZ and the US however we also have satellite offices across the country for impromptu meetups, project collaboration and for team members that prefer working from an office a few days a week.

Our Core Values

We live and breathe by our core values as they define us as a business, both internally and externally. We feel so strongly about these that if you don’t feel similarly, we’d suggest not applying.

A good vibe workplace: We strive to reduce stress by prioritising work-life balance, respectful communication, positivity, trust and ethical conduct.

The simplest solution is often the best: Our approach to problem solving is to find the simplest solution, even if it’s not the sexiest choice.

Straight talking: Say what you mean and mean what you say. We live in a busy, fast moving digital world. Be it internally or externally with a client or otherwise, we don’t spin – we get straight to the point. Clear and concise communication.

Our craft is our passion: We always want to do things the right way. We are outcome focused which means typically avoiding hacky shortcuts that won’t work.

The best ideas can come from anywhere: We’re a lean business that punches above its weight. We acknowledge that anyone on our team can come up with great ideas to improve systems, processes or more – and actively encourage people to speak up.

Attention to detail: We’re a highly autonomous business with people working in different locations and time zones. One of the most important fundamentals is a ruthless attention to detail. Be it in our work or how we communicate to each other.

How to apply

Join our team today by applying with your CV and cover letter, please ensure your cover letter gives a brief description of how your experience satisfies each of the required skills above and your salary expectations.

If you don’t meet every single required skill, we encourage you to apply and see if we can help work on up-skilling.

Feel free to include links to your relevant online profiles / websites / work you've done on your CV or in your application (EG GitHub, WordPress.org repo etc).

ASAP start date (flexible for the right candidate).