WordPress Developer (Maintenance + Feature Development) — 3–4 Corporate Websites

About us

123fahrschule is Germany’s largest driving school network with around 60 locations. We are highly tech-driven and operate a proprietary software stack, including digital booking/registration processes and apps for students and instructors.

Our Product & Engineering team is ~20 people, split into two squads: one based in Bosnia and one consisting mostly of Ukrainian engineers. This role collaborates closely with our international team, which is why clear communication (English + Russian) and API skills matter.
 

The role

We’re looking for a WordPress Developer to maintain and continuously improve 3–4 existing corporate websites. Most work is ongoing maintenance and smaller improvements across all sites, while one website will have significantly more feature development.

You will own the health of these websites (stability, performance, security) and implement enhancements with a pragmatic, business-oriented mindset.
 

What you’ll do

• Maintain 3–4 existing WordPress websites in parallel (updates, bug fixes, small improvements)
• Drive ongoing feature development mainly on one primary website
• Work with Gutenberg (blocks, content structure, templates)
• Use ACF / ACP to build and maintain structured content and admin workflows
• Implement and integrate REST APIs (consume and/or expose endpoints)
• Troubleshoot and optimize performance/reliability across PHP / Nginx / MySQL / WordPress
• Keep production safe: staging workflows, backups, monitoring, and clean deployments
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders and our engineering squads (Ukraine/Bosnia)
   

Required skills

• Strong experience with:
  • WordPress
  • PHP, MySQL
  • Nginx
  • Gutenberg
  • ACF / ACP (Advanced Custom Fields / Admin Columns Pro)
  • HTML / CSS
  • REST APIs
• Ability to work confidently in production environments (debugging, stability, security, performance)
   

Soft skills we care about

• Eager to learn and improve continuously
• Business understanding (at least mid-level — you can translate needs into practical solutions)
• Communication: English + Russian
• AI-driven development mindset (comfortable using AI tools to speed up delivery, debugging, refactoring, documentation, testing)
   

Nice to have

• Experience with caching/CDNs and performance profiling
• Security hardening, plugin/theme audits
• CI/CD and modern Git workflows for WordPress projects
   

What we offer

• Long-term collaboration with clear ownership and responsibilities
• A mix of stable maintenance work + meaningful feature development
• Remote-friendly setup and direct communication with the engineering team
   

How to apply

Please send:

• A short introduction (your WordPress + PHP/MySQL/Nginx experience)
• 2–3 relevant references (websites, GitHub, case studies)
• Your availability (hours/week) and rate expectations
• Your language level (English + Russian)