Hi there We are South and our client is looking for a Senior WordPress / Newspack Engineer
Note To Applicants
Eligibility: This position is open to candidates residing in Latin America.
Application Language: Please submit your CV in English. Applications submitted in other languages will not be considered.
Professional Presentation: We encourage you to showcase your professional experience by including a Loom video in the application form. While this is optional, candidates who provide a video presentation will be given priority.
Interview Policy: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools during interviews are strictly prohibited.
Note: As part of the final stages of the selection process, contractors may be asked to provide professional references for a reference check. If you're selected, you may also be asked to update their LinkedIn profile. ?
About The Role
We're looking for a proactive Senior WordPress Engineer to take end-to-end ownership of a live digital publishing platform built on Newspack (WordPress), hosted and managed through Automattic.
The platform powers a subscription-based professional publication with a paid membership base of ~6,500 members, an active editorial team publishing daily, and a connected ecosystem of memberships, newsletters, analytics, and a branded member app.
This is not a traditional “build pages” WordPress role, but it is also not purely greenfield product work. It's a blend: you'll own the technical roadmap and proactively drive improvements to engagement and retention, and you'll be the responsive first point of contact for a real editorial team — troubleshooting logins, content, categories, ads, analytics, and site issues as they come up. The right person is comfortable owning both the strategic and the hands-on operational side without needing direction.
You'll work directly with a cross-functional team (editorial, product, marketing, leadership) and coordinate with external vendors (Automattic/Newspack support, rt