Senior WordPress Developer

📋 Description

• Build and customize WordPress themes, layouts, templates, and styles using HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Develop custom WordPress plugins, extensions, and functionality based on specific business and
• Create responsive, user-friendly interfaces that perform effectively across desktop, tablet, and
• Develop and maintain back-end functionality using PHP, WordPress core capabilities, databases
• Optimize website performance, including Core Web Vitals, page-load speeds, caching, database
• Implement technical and on-page SEO best practices to improve site structure, crawlability

🎯 Requirements

• 4–5+ years of professional experience in WordPress development.
• Strong knowledge of WordPress architecture, PHP, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.
• Proven experience building and customizing WordPress themes from scratch.
• Hands-on experience developing, customizing, or modifying WordPress plugins.
• Strong understanding of MySQL, database management, and back-end web development.
• Experience with responsive and mobile-first development principles.

🎁 Benefits

• Fully remote, full-time independent contractor position based in South Africa.
• Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications.
• Opportunity to take meaningful ownership of WordPress development projects.
• Work on websites requiring a broad range of front-end, back-end, performance, SEO, and security
• Opportunity to collaborate with an international, high-performing team.
• Exposure to diverse WordPress development challenges and real-world technical projects.