BEFORE YOU APPLY: To indicate that you have read and understood the full job description, please put the answer to the following question on the FIRST line of your reply:
What was the WordPress version number PRECEDING the most recent (as of today) version?
Note that if you can not answer this simple question correctly, your application WILL BE ignored since attention to details is very important for this position.
However, if you do answer all questions, our hiring process is simple, transparent and quick: 1) Within one work day of applying, you will be contacted to schedule a 15 minute Skype video call. If you do not pass this call, you will be provided with feedback on what could have been better. Otherwise, then next and last step is 2) PHP coding task. We would schedule a time at which you would receive an email with the instructions, and would need to email back your code no later than in 2 hours.
That's it - if you pass this last step, we would hire your with a temporary 10 hour / week limit which would be increased a week later if things go well.
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We are a fully remote company that has been a market leader in our niche serving small businesses in USA for for more than 10 years. Our current stack consists of Docker, Puppet, Terraform running on AWS. We use PHP 7, MySQL, bootstrap and jQuery. We also have some projects using Node.js if you would be interested in working on those, but it is not a requirement for this position.
You would be joining a team of 2 other developers and your manager would be a developer with 15+ years in full stack development. We use Trello, Telegram and Skype for communication and typically have just one real time meeting a week.
This position is flexible - we are OK with a minimum of 20 hours per week, but we are also able to provide up to 40 hours per week. Also, it has opportunity for growth since (if you are interested) you would be eventually leading other developers.
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Requirements: a) Basic WP experience and extensive PHP programming knowledge b) Fluent written and spoken English c) Available for at least 2 hours during 9am-5pm PST/PDT time during during the working week d) Fast enough internet connection for audio calls, screen-sharing, etc. e) Attention to details f) Taking ownership of your work
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BTW, to save time during the Skype interview, please answer the following question in as many details as possible:
- What are the things that most annoy you in other developers code? Please be as elaborate/extensive as possible (writing just "lack of comments" or "bad naming conventions" would not be great answers).
