Senior WordPress Developer

Role overview Own the engineering and ongoing improvement of a multilingual WordPress platform, from custom editing tools to production releases. You’ll work with marketing, design and SEO partners to turn their needs into reusable, reliable solutions while improving site speed, security and accessibility.

Responsibilities - Develop and maintain custom Gutenberg blocks, page patterns, templates, theme code and plugins. - Manage the delivery workflow, including Git, staging, deployments, releases and rollbacks. - Maintain site security and performance; monitor vulnerabilities, improve Core Web Vitals and manage caching. - Plan and test upgrades to WordPress, PHP and MySQL across a multisite setup, including English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese versions. - Maintain form, CRM, analytics, tag-management and consent integrations; support technical SEO and WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility. - Establish code review, monitoring, backup and recovery practices, and coordinate cross-browser and device testing.

Requirements - Strong professional WordPress engineering experience, including custom production sites and complex or multisite implementations. - Advanced PHP and knowledge of WordPress internals, hooks, APIs, themes, plugins, databases, custom post types and WP-CLI. - JavaScript (ES6+), React, HTML and CSS/SCSS experience, including reusable Gutenberg components and responsive, accessible templates. - Experience with Git, code review, staging, automated builds, CI/CD and structured release practices; familiarity with unit, integration and end-to-end testing. - Knowledge of web performance, caching, CDNs, security, vulnerability management, monitoring and hosting fundamentals. - Able to investigate problems independently, prioritize improvements and work effectively with non-engineering partners.

Nice to have - Production experience with managed WordPress hosting, multilingual solutions, CRM and analytics platforms, consent tooling or form attribution. - Experience with experimentation, personalization, technical SEO, accessibility, DNS, WAFs, logs or third-party script governance. - Background supporting a high-traffic business or marketing site where reliability, search visibility and lead tracking matter.

Benefits and work setup The role is based on the US East Coast or in Austin, Texas, and involves close collaboration with marketing, design and SEO teams.