Specialist - Software Engineering
Role: Senior Software Engineer WordPress Specialist
Pay-Rate: USD 40 to 45 per hour
Client Name: News Corporate Services Inc.
Working Location: Brazil/ Colombia/Costa Rica/Ecuador
Hiring Mode: Contractor.
Skills
We are seeking an innovative and highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our
team focusing on building and managing missioncritical WordPress plugins and
custom solutions for our editorial newsroom workflows The ideal candidate not only
possesses expertlevel WordPress and engineering skills but also proactively leverages
AI tools and principles to enhance the entire software development lifecycle driving
velocity code quality and technical documentation
Key Responsibilities
Architect develop and maintain custom Gutenberg plugins and React editor
components specifically tailored for enterpriselevel newsroom and content
workflows
Design and implement performant API endpoints and optimize database queries
for hightraffic media platforms
Participate comprehensively in the SDLC contributing to architectural
discussions coding and comprehensive peer reviews
Proactively integrate and leverage AIenabled workflows eg in testing
refactoring and documentation to accelerate development and ensure code
maintainability
Ensure that all code is welldocumented adhering to enterprise standards and
leave the codebase better than it was found
Collaborate with product and editorial teams to translate complex business needs
into productionready technical specifications
Champion best practices in testing unit integration E2E CICD and
performance engineering
Skills Required
WordPress Expertise Advanced knowledge of the WordPress Gutenberg
block editor the WordPress hook system and the REST API
Core Languages Frameworks Advanced proficiency in PHP JavaScript
ES6 and React for complex editor state management
Custom Development Extensive experience with custom WordPress plugin
and block development
Performance APIs Proven experience writing custom API endpoints and
optimizing queries for performance
AI Integration Understanding Demonstrated ability to proactively use and
integrate AI tools eg GitHub CoPilot specialized models for contextual
refactoring test scaffolding documentation generation and other elements of the
development lifecycle
Tooling Experience using dependency management tools like Composer and
NPMYarn
Nicetohave
Experience with advanced AI concepts like Prompt Engineering and AI
integration within CMS platforms
Proficiency in unit integration and E2E testing eg Jest PHPUnit Cypress
Playwright
Understanding of RAG RetrievalAugmented Generation vector databases
and how to minimize hallucinations and latency when building AIdriven
editorial tools
Experience working with headless WordPress architectures
Familiarity with CICD systems such as Jenkins CircleCI or GitHub Actions
Past contributions to opensource software projects
Key Attributes
Our ideal candidate is someone who
Proactively uses AI tools to enhance delivery cycles and overall engineering
quality They treat AI as a primary partner in the development lifecycle to move
from concept to production at a high velocity
Possess a build it own it mindset Instead of tossing features to QA to find
bugs they proactively test their own work
Identifies technical risks proposes architectural improvements and offers
technical recommendations that enhance product stability and user experience
Is eager to become involved in all aspects of the development lifecycle from
planning and architecture to coding and peer review
Leaves a codebase better documented than they found it
Is a strong communicator able to explain complex technical concepts clearly to
audiences of varying technical knowledge
Pay-Rate: USD 40 to 45 per hour
Client Name: News Corporate Services Inc.
Working Location: Brazil/ Colombia/Costa Rica/Ecuador
Hiring Mode: Contractor.
Skills
We are seeking an innovative and highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our
team focusing on building and managing missioncritical WordPress plugins and
custom solutions for our editorial newsroom workflows The ideal candidate not only
possesses expertlevel WordPress and engineering skills but also proactively leverages
AI tools and principles to enhance the entire software development lifecycle driving
velocity code quality and technical documentation
Key Responsibilities
Architect develop and maintain custom Gutenberg plugins and React editor
components specifically tailored for enterpriselevel newsroom and content
workflows
Design and implement performant API endpoints and optimize database queries
for hightraffic media platforms
Participate comprehensively in the SDLC contributing to architectural
discussions coding and comprehensive peer reviews
Proactively integrate and leverage AIenabled workflows eg in testing
refactoring and documentation to accelerate development and ensure code
maintainability
Ensure that all code is welldocumented adhering to enterprise standards and
leave the codebase better than it was found
Collaborate with product and editorial teams to translate complex business needs
into productionready technical specifications
Champion best practices in testing unit integration E2E CICD and
performance engineering
Skills Required
WordPress Expertise Advanced knowledge of the WordPress Gutenberg
block editor the WordPress hook system and the REST API
Core Languages Frameworks Advanced proficiency in PHP JavaScript
ES6 and React for complex editor state management
Custom Development Extensive experience with custom WordPress plugin
and block development
Performance APIs Proven experience writing custom API endpoints and
optimizing queries for performance
AI Integration Understanding Demonstrated ability to proactively use and
integrate AI tools eg GitHub CoPilot specialized models for contextual
refactoring test scaffolding documentation generation and other elements of the
development lifecycle
Tooling Experience using dependency management tools like Composer and
NPMYarn
Nicetohave
Experience with advanced AI concepts like Prompt Engineering and AI
integration within CMS platforms
Proficiency in unit integration and E2E testing eg Jest PHPUnit Cypress
Playwright
Understanding of RAG RetrievalAugmented Generation vector databases
and how to minimize hallucinations and latency when building AIdriven
editorial tools
Experience working with headless WordPress architectures
Familiarity with CICD systems such as Jenkins CircleCI or GitHub Actions
Past contributions to opensource software projects
Key Attributes
Our ideal candidate is someone who
Proactively uses AI tools to enhance delivery cycles and overall engineering
quality They treat AI as a primary partner in the development lifecycle to move
from concept to production at a high velocity
Possess a build it own it mindset Instead of tossing features to QA to find
bugs they proactively test their own work
Identifies technical risks proposes architectural improvements and offers
technical recommendations that enhance product stability and user experience
Is eager to become involved in all aspects of the development lifecycle from
planning and architecture to coding and peer review
Leaves a codebase better documented than they found it
Is a strong communicator able to explain complex technical concepts clearly to
audiences of varying technical knowledge