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Contract PHP Full-Stack Dev — WordPress & AI

Newsela provides school districts with authentic instructional content that supports their curriculum, empowers teachers across subjects to promote standards-based instruction, and drives student engagement and learning.

Newsela

Employee count: 501-1000

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Newsela is hiring a Contract PHP Website Developer to refine work into iterative deliverables and guide sprint goals. You will collaborate across Engineering, Product Management, and Design to translate ambiguous goals into clearly defined tasks and quality-ready code.

You bring 7+ years of PHP/MySQL web development, strong Wordpress expertise, and experience with REST APIs. Laravel and AWS are a plus, with a focus on scalable backend systems and modern web patterns.

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Newsela provides school districts with authentic instructional content that supports their curriculum, empowers teachers across subjects to promote standards-based instruction, and drives student engagement and learning. Content is published daily at 5 reading levels and aligned to standards with student activities and teaching scaffolds designed to bring lessons to life. With over 20 million users, Newsela is already helping kids improve their reading skills in all 50 states and more than 150 countries.

We're looking for passionate, creative people with quick minds and warm hearts to join us. If you believe that all students deserve a more rigorous, more personalized learning experience, please apply to join our team.

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Time Off

Unlimited time to recharge.

Learning

Continue your learning — on us!

Wellness

Discounts and resources to stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.

Health

Access to the world’s leading medical experts for healthcare. Pets included!

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Newsela

Company size

501-1000 employees

Founded in

2013

Chief executive officer

Matthew Gross

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