Senior Web Engineer, Human Made
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All-in-one brand growth services
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All-in-one brand growth services
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To spread the word about the true value WordPress can deliver for world-leading organisations.
Role
Who you are
- A comprehensive understanding of the components and technologies related to WordPress is crucial to this role
- While previous experience with WordPress (and Gutenberg) is not essential, it is highly recommended, and you will be expected to rapidly gain this in order to work effectively on project teams
- This includes WordPress internals, including the bootstrap process, global state, and the majority of WordPress components
- To enable you to architect complex WordPress projects, you should also have knowledge of the larger WordPress ecosystem, including commonly used third-party libraries
- As Human Made develops large-scale WordPress sites, WordPress experience is desirable but not essential
- You should be familiar with the tools required for engineering projects
- This includes a good understanding of Git, conflict resolution, local development environments, PHP configuration, following coding standards and general computer maintenance and security
- You should be willing to adapt to the established processes in Human Made
- In-depth understanding of performance considerations
- In-depth understanding of security considerations
- Ability to architect complex subsystems
- Comprehensive understanding of WordPress (may be developed on the job
What the job involves
- As a Senior Web Engineer, you should have a comprehensive understanding of modern web development, with an emphasis on PHP and modern JavaScript in a WordPress context
- The responsibilities and expectations of a Senior Web Engineer are not necessarily tied to a specific project
- While you will need to apply your skills on each project you are assigned to, you are also expected to set a similar example when interacting with the whole engineering team for meta-level tasks
- This could be cross-project code review, helping other engineers debug problems, coaching, or offering advice and architectural guidance to other projects
- As a Senior Engineer, you should lead by example when working on projects, meeting with clients, giving critical feedback primarily via code review to peers and respecting other engineering decisions
- Your broad experience in WordPress development may mean you have strong preferences for technical decisions
- It’s both your responsibility to voice concerns about technical decisions being made, but also have the distance and maturity to accept decisions made by the team and/or project technical lead, and commit yourself to build solutions in the agreed-upon way
- Take ownership at a project level for not only your own work, but work that interacts or impacts your own
- Assisting other developers on your team when asked for assistance
- Architect projects and complex subsystems
- Assess the pros and cons of different approaches to software architecture, even when there is limited information
- Carry out bug fixes and debugging not only in your own work, but others on your projects; no bug should be too obscure!
- Take an active role in improving tooling, code, and communication whether directly on a current project or assisting others on their projects
- Remain informed on development best practices within the industry
- Proactively address technical issues as they arise
- Consistently be pushing for performance and security considerations and improvements
- Provide useful architectural input and feedback for whole systems, drawing on knowledge of CS fundamentals, other programming paradigms or frameworks
- Work with clients and their expectations, navigating the relationship and taking ownership of client satisfaction
- Write technical documentation for project architecture and decisions
Our take
In today's digital landscape, the key to brand scaling lies in forming strategic partnerships with technology companies and other business growth services. However, the presence of various fragmented service providers can pose challenges for businesses seeking efficient scaling solutions, highlighting the demand for a more integrated approach.
Human Made offers a suite of brand growth services, encompassing customised brand development, strategic consultancy, editorial platforms, migration and audits, and team expansion and capability enhancement. While the company faces competition from sepcialised providers in each of these areas, Human Made recognises the value of all-in-one partnership opportunities for brand growth.
Through this unified approach, Human Made aims to provide brands with more streamlined and holistic methods to enhance their business operations. The company's impressive track record with renowned clients such as Google, Red Bull, and TechCrunch underscores its ability to deliver efficient and effective brand growth solutions.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Flexible, remote working
- Paid parental leave
- 35 days holiday
- Sickness and carers leave
- Annual company retreat (Previous retreats include Sri Lanka, Italy, Slovakia, Spain, Norway, & Greece)
- Time to contribute to the open source community
- Conference and training budget
- Monthly remote working allowance
- Work wherever you want
- New computer and mobile phone every two years
- Office equipment when you need it
Company HQ
Matlock, UK
Leadership
Tom Willmot
(CEO)CEO and Co-founder of Altis BXP since 2019. Previously served as the CTO of majamba.
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