WordPress Developer

Project details:

- Developing both backend and frontend of a marketing website for a Japan-based tech company

- Perform technical assessment of business requirements to ensure the possibility of their implementation within reasonable timescales and budget

- Deliver efficient code, creating and maintaining high-end solutions

- Integrate the website with third-party services, set up website analytics

- Manage version control, hosting, domain, and DNS settings

- Full-time involvement

Responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain WordPress-based websites, ensuring high performance, scalability, and security.

- Build custom WordPress themes, following best coding practices.

- Assess technical feasibility of business requirements to ensure efficient implementation within given timelines and budgets.

- Optimize website performance, ensuring fast loading times, SEO best practices, and overall stability.

- Integrate WordPress websites with third-party services (CRM, social auth, payment gateways, analytics, marketing tools).

- Manage website hosting, cloud infrastructure, version control, and DNS settings.

- Ensure responsive and cross-browser compatibility for an optimal user experience.

- Provide ongoing maintenance, updates, and support for existing WordPress solutions.

- Collaborate with designers, quality engineers, designers, and other stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs.

Requirements:

- 3+ years of hands-on experience in WordPress development.

- Strong expertise in WordPress (ACF, Elementor), PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, and Git.

- Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, and RESTful APIs.

- Experience with SEO optimization & analytics tools (Yoast SEO, Google Analytics, XML sitemaps, Hotjar).

- Proficiency in responsive and cross-browser development.

- Experience in multilingual & localized content support (e.g. WPML)

- Hands-on experience with e-commerce plugins, contact forms, validation plugins, and CRM integrations (e.g., WooCommerce, Contact Form 7, HubSpot, Salesforce, Mailchimp).

- Experience in setting up and managing cloud infrastructure (AWS Lightsail, Hostinger, GoDaddy) and working with servers (cPanel, WHM, CLI)

- Experience with Git and version control systems (Github, GitLab, Bitbucket)

- Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to troubleshooting and debugging.

- Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional and distributed teams.

English proficiency: Intermediate or higher (for communication and documentation).

Nice to Have:

- Familiarity with performance optimization tools (e.g., WP Rocket, Cloudflare, Varnish).

- Knowledge of headless WordPress development (WP REST API).

- Experience with automated testing for WordPress (e.g., PHPUnit, Cypress).