Key Facts

Remote From:

EMEA

Full time

Mid-level (2-5 years)

English

Hard Skills

Other Skills

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Collaboration
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Time Management
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Teamwork
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Prioritization
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Verbal Communication Skills
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Problem Solving

Roles & Responsibilities

Experience with modern WordPress, including block themes and the Site Editor.
In-depth understanding of PHP and/or JavaScript engineering, with emphasis on performance, scalability, and security.
Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, and front-end best practices, including performance optimization and accessibility standards.
Experience with RESTful APIs and integrating data from external services; familiarity with Git and GitHub workflows and dependency management using npm and Composer.

Requirements:

Plan and implement features according to specifications while prioritising tasks and delivering on time within standardised processes.
Develop and maintain reusable plugins, shared libraries, and internal tooling; refactor code and carry out bug fixes.
Communicate clearly and consistently with your team and clients, seek guidance early, and raise questions or concerns as they arise.
Collaborate in a small team and, for more experienced engineers, take greater project leadership, own the direction, advocate for best practices, and manage client relationships.

Human Made

Information Technology & Services

About Human Made

Human Made helps organisations drive customer engagement, reinforce brand value and improve operations with digital solutions powered by Altis, our WordPress digital experience platform. Over the past 10+ years, we’ve helped brands such as TechCrunch, CapGemini and USA Today build and deliver their digital strategies, transforming the way people interact with some of the most visited websites in the world. We have deep expertise and investment in using WordPress as a tool to create large-scale platforms, websites, and applications that drive transformational business value. Our decade of experience in agile delivery and passion for open source solutions supports clients in their journey to embrace the edge of innovation. Human Made is a fully distributed company, with employees based remotely around the world. We put our humans first by creating a workplace that values inclusivity, flexibility, autonomy and transparency. If you are looking for a diverse team where you can work on rewarding initiatives with interesting clients, we would love to hear from you: https://humanmade.com/hiring/

Company type: Scaleup

Industry: Information Technology & Services

Founded: 2018

Company size: 51 - 200

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Job description

Job Title: Web Engineer

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Discipline: Engineering

Primary Focus: Dependent on allocation

Strategic Responsibility: No

Line Management Responsibility: No

Salary: £30k - £50k depending on experience and location

Job Overview

At Human Made, we build complex, large-scale WordPress platforms for enterprise organisations. We use modern web technologies to design and deliver performant, scalable, and secure systems that serve our customers over the long term.

We’re a fully remote company, and day to day you’ll be part of a small delivery team. As technical partners to our clients, close collaboration, clear communication, and transparency are essential. We follow agile practices and value engineering excellence and pragmatic solutions, enabling us to ship quickly and deliver strong outcomes.

In-depth experience working with contemporary WordPress practices is essential, including plugin development, block themes, and working with the Site Editor. We build best-in-class flexible, CMS-driven front ends with a strong focus on editorial workflows. Solid PHP knowledge is important, particularly around performance, scalability, and security. JavaScript experience, including developing custom blocks is desirable. We value open-source practices, regularly developing and releasing plugins for internal and community use, and contributing back where possible.

All engineers are expected to show initiative and take ownership in delivering high-quality work across tasks and projects. You will also contribute to the ongoing improvement of our processes, tooling, and engineering practices. We are looking for engineers who are motivated to grow within the company and deepen their technical expertise. More experienced engineers are expected to take on greater technical responsibility, developing stronger domain knowledge, contributing to architectural decisions, and acting as technical lead on projects with progressively less support.

Responsibilities:

Plan and implement features according to specifications while prioritising tasks and taking initiative to deliver things on time.
Working within standardised technical processes that support collaboration and consistency across the team.
Communicate clearly and consistently with your team and clients, seek guidance early, and raise questions or concerns as they arise.
Develop and maintain reusable plugins, shared libraries, and internal tooling.
Refactoring code and carrying out bug fixes.
Working closely with others as part of a small team.
Senior engineers take greater project leadership, with ownership over the direction, advocating for best practices and navigating client relationships.

Requirements

Experience working with modern WordPress, including block themes and the Site Editor
In-depth understanding of engineering with PHP and/or JavaScript
Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, and front-end best practices, including performance optimisation and accessibility standards
Ability to debug your own code and that of others, and has experience in using debugging tools.
Solid understanding of MySQL and the considerations of database-driven applications
Knowledge of interacting with RESTful APIs and integrating data from external services.
Experience using Git and GitHub, including branching strategies and pull request workflows.
Experience managing dependencies using tools such as npm and Composer
Ability to set up local development environments
Strong verbal and written communication, good english language skills are essential
Ability to manage your workload and juggle multiple tasks
Interest in AI-assisted development tools and an understanding of their appropriate use and limitations

Benefits