Remote Development Manager at WPForms

As an Improvement Supervisor at Superior Motive, you may be part of the WPForms group as a hands-on technical chief who is not afraid to get their palms soiled. This isn’t your typical administration position – we’re in search of somebody who thrives as each a pacesetter and a person contributor.

We’re in search of an Improvement Supervisor who can seamlessly swap between writing manufacturing code, architecting options, and main a group of gifted builders. You may be anticipated to take care of particular person contributions whereas additionally driving group excellence, mentoring builders, and making certain our WordPress plugins ship distinctive high quality to thousands and thousands of customers worldwide.

This can be a hybrid position the place you may spend roughly 40-50% of your time on hands-on technical work and 50-60% on management and administration duties. You might be equally snug doing each and adjusting the break up primarily based on the variety of direct/oblique experiences. We’d like somebody who demonstrates excessive possession, operates with excessive company, and takes full accountability for each group outcomes and particular person deliverables.

The best candidate would not simply handle work – they do the work. You may be within the codebase day by day, main by instance, and setting and sustaining the excessive technical bar. Try to be snug leaping into complicated issues, writing code alongside your group, and making technical choices with confidence and autonomy whereas sustaining a excessive diploma of collaboration with the Product Supervisor.

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 Please learn/comply with the following steps outlined in “The right way to Apply” on the backside of this itemizing.

Consideration to element is considered one of our core values! That is your likelihood to face out 🙂

To like this position, right here’s the kind of individual you’re:

• You embody excessive possession – when one thing must be executed, you’re taking cost and ship outcomes.
• You use with excessive company – you establish issues, create options, and execute with out fixed oversight.
• You are a player-coach who leads from the entrance, and by instance.
• You are a wonderful communicator, fluent in each verbal and written English, who ensures transparency and readability in all interactions.
• You are taking pleasure in each your particular person contributions and your group’s success – you measure your self by each metrics.
• You mentor by pair programming and code opinions, not solely conferences and shows.
• You may give and obtain crucial suggestions constructively and act on it rapidly.
• You are captivated with constructing each nice merchandise and nice groups.
• You might be greater than able to main Groups of Groups.

Widespread duties embody (however will not be restricted to):

Management (50-60% of your time):

• Lead, mentor, and develop a group of builders by hands-on collaboration.
• Facilitate technical discussions.
• Take away blockers and defend the group from distractions whereas sustaining productiveness.
• Drive hiring choices and assist construct a world-class engineering group.
• Set up and preserve growth processes that allow high-velocity supply.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, and Design groups to make sure alignment.
• Take full possession of group deliverables and deadlines – no excuses.
• Foster a tradition of maximum possession and excessive company inside your group.

Technical management (40-50% of your time):

• Write production-quality code for crucial options and sophisticated issues.
• Architect technical options and make key technical choices.
• Skill to guage, implement, and set up finest practices for AI instruments adoption to reinforce group productiveness whereas sustaining code possession and safety requirements.
• Lead by instance by hands-on coding, debugging, and problem-solving.
• Carry out code opinions and guarantee code high quality requirements are exceeded.
• Optimize efficiency and scalability for thousands and thousands of WordPress customers.
• Drive technical excellence by direct contribution to the codebase.
• Put together and overview technical design paperwork (Pitches) for main options.
• Troubleshoot and resolve essentially the most difficult technical points by direct involvement.

Technical Necessities

• Confirmed work expertise in internet growth, 7+ years.
• Fingers-on engineering management expertise, 3+ years.
• Robust proficiency in PHP (fashionable PHP 7+/8+), 5+ years.
• Expertise with Laravel or different fashionable PHP frameworks.
• Expertise leveraging AI-powered coding assistants to speed up growth workflows and enhance code high quality throughout the group.
• Intensive expertise with WordPress plugin growth, 4+ years.
• Skilled-level understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3.
• Deep expertise with MySQL, database optimization, and scaling.
• Mastery of software program design patterns, SOLID ideas, and clear structure.
• Confirmed observe report of delivery manufacturing code frequently whereas in a management position.
• Expertise with Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
• Expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Robust expertise with RESTful APIs and third-party integrations.
• Demonstrated capacity to debug and clear up complicated technical issues independently.

Management Necessities

• Confirmed expertise main engineering groups whereas sustaining particular person contribution.
• Observe report of mentoring builders and enhancing group capabilities.
• Skill to make autonomous choices and take full accountability for outcomes.
• Expertise balancing technical debt with function supply.
• Skill to handle particular initiatives whereas sustaining a excessive degree of collaboration with the Undertaking Administration perform.
• Expertise working in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
• Skill to maintain complicated concepts and options easy. (Simplicity is a core worth!)
• English on the higher intermediate degree or increased.
• Expertise main totally distant, distributed groups.

Fundamental Necessities

• Private Pc with Web Entry.
• Availability to take part in audio/video conferences between 9am and 5pm ET.

Bonus factors when you even have:

• Expertise with React, Vue.js, or different fashionable JavaScript frameworks.
• Expertise scaling WordPress to deal with thousands and thousands of customers.
• Observe report of serious open-source contributions or WordPress core contributions.
• Expertise with microservices and distributed programs.
• Background in SaaS platforms and subscription-based merchandise.
• Expertise with efficiency optimization at scale.
• Expertise integrating AI/ML options into WordPress plugins or SaaS merchandise.
• Earlier expertise in a player-coach position at a high-growth firm.
• Observe report of constructing and scaling engineering groups from scratch.

Working for a fast-growing bootstrapped firm is a uncommon alternative, one we contemplate a life-style selection relatively than a job selection. Our positions are difficult, but additionally include wonderful benefits and achievement to those that earn them. Right here’s what we provide.

• Aggressive Wage.
• Time period Life Insurance coverage and Unintentional Loss of life & Dismemberment for all full-time group members throughout their employment.
• Well being, Dental, and Imaginative and prescient Insurance coverage advantages for full-time U.S. workers.
• Well being Insurance coverage advantages for all workers in Argentina, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, and Ukraine.
• Work from your property. We’re unfold out all around the world – United States, Canada, Ukraine, India, Pakistan, Singapore, and extra.
• Versatile PTO after 90 days of employment. We encourage workers to take the time they want for a trip, keep wholesome, and spend time with family and friends.
• Holidays (primarily based in your location)
• Paid Parental Go away.
• We fortunately present or reimburse software program you’ll want in addition to books or programs that promote continued studying.
• We cowl all prices of firm journey (together with our annual all-company retreat and mini-team meetups).
• Extra Perks embody AM Welcome Field for brand new group members, Yearly Anniversary Presents, and Expertise Stipend every work anniversary.
• We provide the alternative to unravel difficult and significant issues that make a distinction.
• Skill to work with a number of the finest folks within the enterprise by frequent, if not day by day, interactions.
• And in case you had been questioning: no politics, no b.s., and no jerks.

Location
This can be a distant place – our group is unfold across the globe! Our residence base is in Florida, USA, so firm working hours are 9am – 5pm ET (UTC -5). Whereas full protection just isn’t a requirement, you have to be accessible throughout a portion of the day.

Inclusion Assertion
At Superior Motive, we try to have the broadest attainable view of range, going past seen variations to incorporate the background, experiences, abilities, and views that make every individual distinctive. Superior Motive is proud to be an equal alternative office and is dedicated to equal employment alternative no matter race, coloration, ancestry, faith, intercourse, nationwide origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital standing, incapacity, gender identification, veteran standing, or every other foundation protected by federal, state, or native regulation.

The right way to apply?
If all of this sounds attention-grabbing, then please submit your software!

Please clearly embody the next in your cowl letter:

• Please clearly embody the next in your cowl letter:
• Describe a time once you demonstrated excessive possession by taking cost of a crucial state of affairs with out being requested. What was the result?
• Inform us about essentially the most complicated technical downside you have personally solved whereas in a management position.
• Have you ever led any main expertise migrations, platform upgrades, or system modernizations? Briefly describe
• Inform us a few time the place you needed to make trade-offs between delivery pace and delivery the right resolution – what compromises did you make?
• Share an instance of a high-agency resolution you made that considerably impacted your group or product.
• Describe a time once you needed to make a tough product or technical resolution autonomously. How did you strategy it?
• Hyperlinks to your GitHub profile displaying current commits, portfolio, or any open-source contributions.

Alongside your cowl letter, we’d additionally actually recognize a 2-minute video introducing your self and answering the next questions:

• Inform us a bit about your self and why you need to be thought-about the highest candidate for this place. Particulars about your expertise (particularly WordPress), {qualifications}, character, and so forth., are very useful.
• What proportion of your time do you at present spend writing code vs. managing? What’s your ideally suited ratio?

Additionally word, remember to proofread earlier than submitting. Verify spelling, capitalization, and so forth. That is your likelihood to make your software stand out 🙂

We received’t be capable of individually reply to all purposes, but when we really feel you’re a powerful match, somebody will likely be in contact shortly.

Thanks and we stay up for listening to from you!