Senior Laravel and WordPress Developer - Linux

Remote

Full Time

Development

Experienced

A2 Hosting is currently hiring for a Senior Software Developer with 5+ years of Laravel and WordPress experience to join our growing team! This is NOT a theme development role and candidates without extensive experience building production quality web applications with both WordPress and Laravel in a Linux environment will not be considered.

For this role, we are looking for someone with a strong DevOps/systems background, who also possesses a deep understanding of the WordPress plugin ecosystem, WordPress hooks and WP-CLI, and modern Javascript frameworks.

Candidates must have at least 5 years of professional experience building applications based on WordPress/WP-CLI/Laravel/Vue AND have a strong DevOps background to be considered for this role. If you are used to setting up and maintaining your own Linux servers, and you are a WordPress/Laravel expert, you can be successful in this role.

In this Senior Software Developer role, you will be responsible for building and troubleshooting web applications surrounding our custom control panel, TurboHub.

Job Specific Details

This is a full time, fully remote position
Schedule follows a Monday-Friday, 9a-5p Eastern Time schedule
This position is currently only open to candidates in North/South America

Project Overview

Our team is deep in development on a custom control panel application, TurboHub, which is
used by our customers to manage their WordPress sites. The front end of the control panel application is built with the Laravel PHP framework with Vue for parts of its UI and uses a Bootstrap based theme. The control panel also includes a server component that runs on our Linux hosting platforms, so this project requires strong Linux systems administration knowledge in order to build and troubleshoot its features.

When a user interacts with the TurboHub control panel, we broadcast messages to our hosting servers over RabbitMQ to a custom agent process that runs various commands on a WordPress site. The output of those commands is used to display information or make changes to a customer’s WordPress sites. The TurboHub agent application is a command line based Laravel application that includes a variety of custom scripts using WP-CLI and other command line tools.

The control panel application integrates tightly with WordPress via WP-CLI and custom plugins. In addition to our message queue, TurboHub also communicates with a number of HTTP APIs to interact with our hosting platforms and out internal billing system, with some information being stored in a local MySQL database as well.

A typical feature deployment might involve you working on backend scripts to interact with WordPress, working in our TurboHub agent application to run those scripts, and updating our TurboHub web
application to surface the feature to users.

What you’ll do

Collaborate with the Software Development and Product teams to scope, build, and maintain features in our TurboHub application (see project overview)
Participate in escalated troubleshooting in a 24/7 environment, including on-call rotation
Create and update thorough documentation of deployed systems, troubleshooting processes, infrastructure design, etc.
Provide guidance and consultation on internal projects and company priorities

Skills you must have:

5+ years developing production quality web applications using WordPress/WP-CLI, Laravel, and Vue/React in a business setting
- Experience working with WP-CLI and building custom commands for it
- Experience writing custom WordPress plugins and a deep understanding of WordPress options, filters, actions, etc.
5+ years of experience with Linux Systems Administration
- High DevoOps proficiency in building, maintaining, and troubleshooting WordPress and Laravel web applications in a Linux/command line environment
Ability to read, write, and speak effectively in English through ALL utilized channels (email, direct messaging, and video conferencing) to communicate with members at all levels of the organization
Experience with front-end frameworks such as Vue or React
Experience working with message queues (eg: Laravel Queues, RabbitMQ, ActiveJob).
Experience with unit testing and testing methodologies such as test-driven development, behavior-driven development, etc.
Ability to QA your work and an eye for applying the fit and finish of our Product team’s designs during implementation
Experience profiling and benchmarking web and CLI applications
Experience working in a fully remote and globally distributed team a plus
Experience in a Hosting or similar Technology company is a plus

Open source contributions to the WordPress or Laravel communities are strongly encouraged and a plus for our candidates! If you have built custom plugins or libraries, or made core contributions to either project, we’d love to see them!

Who you are:

Passionate - You get excited about what you do and you embrace that passion to build scalable infrastructures
Solutions oriented with strong problem solving skills- You love troubleshooting, diagnosing, debugging, and resolving problems
Organized and agile - You thrive in fast-paced tech environments where you are frequently multitasking
Team focused- You enjoy working with peers to collaborate, communicate, and problem solve
Curious and Inquisitive- The ever-changing world of technology is exciting to you and you are eager to learn and explore new skills

Research shows that women and people from under-represented groups often apply to jobs ONLY IF they meet all of the qualifications. However, no one ever meets 100% of the qualifications, nor should they. A2 Hosting focuses on hiring people, not just skill sets, and encourages you to apply, even without meeting every qualification. We look forward to your application.

A note on the location:
Aside from our data center team, A2 Hosting is a fully remote organization with a globally distributed workforce. With that, there is a lot of flexibility on where our team members can work, although there may be position specific limitations or requirements for the role.

Additionally, since each state in the US operates as an independent entity, companies must have business licensing to hire in each state. Because of that, A2 Hosting is not able to hire in all states. At this time, we are licensed to hire in the following states: AR, AZ, FL, GA, IN, KY, MD, MI, NC, OH, OK, PA, SD, TX, UT, VA, VT, and WI.

US-based candidates who do not reside in one of the above states are unable to be considered for employment at A2 Hosting.

Why Work for A2 Hosting:

A2 Hosting provides a collaborative and team-focused work environment with a focus on training and development for all of our team members. We strive to promote from within, provide growth opportunities, and encourage our team members to embrace the curious and passionate core values that drive us forward. Additional benefits, based on location, are below:

Benefits for ALL Team Members, regardless of location:

Generous amount of Paid Time Off (PTO) hours, available DAY 1!
The ability to work from home; positions are 100% remote (aside from our data center team)
Paid parental leave
Free hosting services (we want our team to see why we're the best!)

US Specific Benefits (for US based team members only):

Subsidized health insurance - A2 Hosting pays a substantial portion of insurance costs for our team members
Low-cost, high coverage dental and vision insurance options
Company-matching 401(k) plans (Traditional and Roth available)
Company-sponsored life and disability insurances

About A2 Hosting:

In 2001, our CEO, Bryan Muthig, started A2 Hosting from a two-room office in Ann Arbor, Michigan. With a mission to help the world succeed online, he wanted to make it easier for people to thrive on the internet. Fast forward to over two decades later, Muthig has used his passion and strong technical background to build a globally recognized web hosting company, with data centers all over the world. Even with this growth, A2 Hosting hasn’t strayed far from our roots. Today, with almost 200 passionate team members around the globe, we use our knowledge, skills, and resources to help our clients bring their digital visions to life every day.

Continuously driven by our core values, we focus on creating world-class customer service interactions for new and current clients, regardless of their technical expertise. That passion, paired with continuous curiosity and desire to provide fast, user-friendly service, is the reason we have been successful for the last 20 years. Ready to bring your passion to the team? Apply now, we look forward to speaking with you.

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