[Hiring] Senior Backend Software Engineer @SaaS

Role Description

Please note that this is a contractor-only position, offered as a temporary contract for a maximum duration of 1 year.

Are you a Senior Backend Software Engineer with experience in PHP and Python, who loves building outstanding user experiences, implementing new features and thrives in a strong engineering culture? Are you looking for projects to lead and to tackle with a get-it-done mindset? Does making complexity simple excite you? Do you have a knack for teamwork with people from different backgrounds and skills?

If you answered yes to these questions, we are sure this position will sound super exciting to you. 🤩

We are looking for a friendly person in love with PHP and Python, web performance, and engineering excellence to join our WP Rocket Addons team! 🚀

What you will be doing:

• Developing and maintaining most of WP Media’s services, including server-side features such as Remove Unsued CSS and the Imagify optimization service.
• Working on commercial platforms including internal CRM and e-commerce websites, and back-office tools.
• Designing, architecting, and building software to deliver the product & marketing vision to users.
• Collaborating with a team of experienced software engineers to design, implement, test, deliver and maintain services.
• Interacting closely with the Product, Marketing, and Support teams to build a delightful user experience.
• Reporting to the Engineering Manager leading the WP Rocket addons team.

Previous experience with PHP and Python is required for this position. Knowledge of Node.js, Django and/or WordPress is appreciated, but not mandatory.

Here is a list describing the tasks involved in this position:

• Contribute to continuously improving our services (backend, e-commerce, backoffice).
• Scope, lead, and collaborate on technical solutions and specifications for user stories and EPICs in our backlog.
• Collaborate with your cross-functional Product & Engineering team in each sprint.
• Review and test pull requests and collaborate with peers to ensure code quality.
• Seek opportunities to improve the quality of our services.
• Collaboratively contribute to our internal agentic AI setup, code libraries, process improvements, and functional and technical decisions.
• Get cross-training and growth opportunities by working with fellow engineering teammates on internal projects.

Qualifications

• Proficient knowledge of English.
• Solid PHP & Python expertise.
• Experience with automated code validation & testing.
• Love quality, AI-driven development, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Being Yourself: Respect, collaboration, and inclusivity are core values.
• Passion and humbleness: Skilled, passionate, and humble software engineer.
• Consider how your work impacts others: Focus on user experience.
• You own your developments: Take ownership of projects and codebases.
• Experience with automated code validation & testing.
• Not afraid of DevOps activities: Assist in deploying and running products.
• Previous remote job experience: Familiarity with remote work culture.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours and a remote work culture.
• Annual team trips for coworking and fun activities.
• Commitment to an inclusive and safe environment.
• Support for personal and professional growth.

Company Description

Founded in 2014 in Lyon, France, WP Media is an equal opportunity employer with a distributed team of +45 teammates living around the world.

WP Media is the French company behind successful WordPress plugins like WP Rocket and Imagify.

• WP Rocket is the premium caching plugin for WordPress used by +5,000,000 websites worldwide.
• Imagify is a free image optimization service that has optimized more than 19,000,000,000 images.
• Remote, global Engineering team across multiple countries.
• Part of group.One, a leading European provider of online presence, cloud hosting, and digital marketing services.