(Senior) Wordpress Developer (m/f/x)

Are you crazy about travelling and an expert in software engineering? Then become a part of our expansion plans as a (Senior) Wordpress Developer (m/f/x) in Berlin!

We are rapidly growing and will welcome you into our young and international team that enjoys facing new challenges every day. Driven by the conviction that teamwork is the key to success, we will achieve great and innovative things together.

We are looking for a highly skilled (Senior) WordPress Developer (m/f/x) to join our software engineering team to help us further develop our platform. 

Your daily work focuses on the following tasks:

• Planning, developing and maintain high-quality WordPress solutions ranging from custom themes to plugins and new features of our platform ensuring it's functionality and excellent user experience.
• Produce modular, scalable, well-tested, and documented code.
• Contribute to an understandable and extensible application architecture with an eye on high performance, high availability and security.
• Publish, deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot code throughout a CI/CD deployment pipeline.
• Conduct code reviews and maintain coding standards.
• Collaborate with designers, product manager and software engineering team to turn responsive designs into effective web solutions.
• Stay updated with the latest web technologies and WordPress trends.

As part of our software engineering team you will get the chance to participate in the further development of reisetopia and its platform. By achieving your set goals you will actively drive our growth forward.

Personal development and mutual appreciation of each team member are at the core of all our activities every day. Due to our rapid growth, we also give you relevant responsibility early on and want you to actively contribute to your job at reisetopia.

Considering the role as (Senior) Wordpress Developer (m/f/x) we are explicitly looking for someone, who is fully committed from the first day on and who is passionate about implementing our tech projects. 

Therefore, we require the following qualifications:

• At least 3 years of professional experience
• A university degree or professional experience developing larger software architectures
• Strong expertise in PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery.
• In-depth experience with WordPress (in combination with Gutenberg) theme and plugin development best practices.
• Solid understanding of cross-platform front-end and back-end website development.
• Proficiency in responsive and adaptive design principles.
• Familiarity with Wordpress core as well as third party (RESTful) APIs.
• Proficient in using code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Communicative and proactive in keeping the team informed and suggesting solutions.
• Passionate, driven, empathetic, and capable of working independently without direct supervision.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail.
• Fluent in English - German is a plus, but not necessary

In addition, the following qualifications would be beneficial:

• Good Knowledge in UI/UX
• Knowledge of SEO and page speed.
• Knowledge in tracking and analytics tools like Google Analytics, PostHog and Looker Studio.
• Knowledge in Typescript, React.js, Next.js and universal rendering
• Knowledge using serverless functions like AWS Lambda
• Knowledge using DevOps tools like Docker, Ansible and Serverless Framework

If you think you don't fullfil all the requirements, we still encourage you to send us your CV. Cover letter is not necessary.

Team support, daily fun at work and a proactive approach are the pillars of every job at reisetopia. We appreciate new ideas and challenge you in your work every day.

Working for reisetopia is not like any other job - we really mean it.

We are ambitious  - We are encouraging - We are aiming for a joint goal

In the middle of the capital city, we offer you a young and agile working environment. As core elements of reisetopia's DNA, flexible working hours and options for home or travel office make the working day particularly dynamic.

We offer a lot in return for your commitment - from unbelievable team trips and team events to one-of-a-kind promotion opportunities. We welcome you in a familial atmosphere and offer a whole range of add-ons to enhance your working day:

• Best working conditions in our office located close to Potsdamer Platz
• Deutschlandticket or job bike
• Lunch allowance and catering every Wednesday
• Internal and external education and training opportunities worth 500 euros per year
• Free barista coffee and various cold drinks
• Snacks and fresh fruits
• Flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes
• Opportunities to implement your own projects
• Cashback for booking via reisetopia Hotels
• Relocation allowance
• Modern and simple working time tracking with full flexibility
• Active support through free and anonymous coaching for improving mental health
• Exclusive employee discounts for shopping, travel and much more

In order for you to get to know our product personally, you will also receive a free weekend with reisetopia Hotels benefits at the Waldorf Astoria Berlin!

Ready to start your journey? We are looking forward to receiving your application, in which you show us why you are the perfect fit for our ambitious team!

reisetopia aims on becoming the leading luxury travel platform, combining traditional values like personal service with modern technology and a unique product. The luxury travel revolution has already expanded from Germany to Austria, Switzerland and France, but that's just the beginning.
With our unique approach of combining an exclusive selection of the world's best hotels with various service elements like lightspeed responses, current travel information, limited time deals and informative guides, we offer an industry-leading product for today's luxury traveller and everyone who wants to become one.
In just three years, reisetopia has become the leading platform for luxury travel in Germany and Austria. With an audience of more than two million page impressions per month, more than 20.000 active newsletter followers and more than 5.000 active luxury hotel clients, we are the market leader for personalized luxury travel in German speaking markets.
 Our revolution has already expanded to France and Switzerland, where we haven proven our concept to be perfectly internationalizable. With our aim to become market leader for individual luxury travel, we plan on expanding our one-of-a-kind product to further markets in Europe, North America as well as Asia.
Despite the Covid-19 crisis, we were able to grow our team from 10 employees in 2019 to almost 40 today - and that's just the beginning of our journey. Our avid team is already aiming on getting to the next