You live and breathe WordPress themes. You are equally at home in Photoshop/Gimp, PHP, CSS, or the terminal. You’ve built numerous WordPress-as-CMS sites from scratch. Everything you’ve touched is GPL. You’ve probably written a theme framework. Come help us wrangle the wild and woolly world of themes.

• World-class HTML + CSS + WordPress skills.
• Nuanced sense of design.
• Understanding of Open Source and the various licenses around it.
• Ability to take a project from idea to execution to website to blog.
• Excellent writing and documentation skills, the ability to teach people, a big bonus.

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job, please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a résumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out.

Typically before making someone a full-time offer we work with them on a trial basis first, usually from 2-6 weeks on a contract project. We do this because nothing replicates the crucible of actually working with someone, and it’s the best way to determine mutual compatibility, communication style, and work ethic.