WordPress Developer
Virtasant Inc.2 days ago
Remote, AmericasMid Level / Senior
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain consumer-facing WordPress websites using PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, AJAX, SCSS, and jQuery.
- Implement and document technical SEO requirements, including site speed, mobile-first indexing, and schema markup.
- Optimize code efficiency and troubleshoot issues to deliver a fast and reliable website.
- Build and maintain custom WordPress classes, hooks, filters, actions, templates, plugins, themes, CPTs, and built-in function integrations.
- Integrate external REST and GraphQL APIs using PHP and JavaScript, including JSON payloads and request/response handling.
- Work with MySQL and efficient database queries while minimizing performance impact.
- Collaborate with SEO, content, and engineering teammates to propose effective solutions and maintain code quality.
Requirements
- 3 to 5+ years of experience with the relevant frontend, PHP, WordPress, API, database, and development tooling stack.
- Mastery of frontend development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, SCSS, jQuery, and scoped JavaScript and CSS.
- Expertise creating and working with PHP custom classes, hooks, filters, actions, and troubleshooting.
- Strong WordPress experience with CPTs, custom PHP templates, plugins, themes, built-in functions, and troubleshooting.
- Experience integrating external REST and/or GraphQL APIs, including endpoints, JSON payloads, request/response handling, and PHP and JavaScript data integration.
- Experience with MySQL and efficient database queries.
- At least 2 years of experience using Git for WordPress, including Git command line and repository control.
- Ability to identify and defuse potential issues and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with ACF and Gutenberg is a nice-to-have.
- Experience with GA4 and Google Tag Manager, including custom JavaScript events, data layer pushes, and tracking parameters, is a nice-to-have.
Benefits
- Fully remote work for candidates based in Latin America.
- Full-time schedule of 40 hours per week, with 8-hour workdays during US Central or Eastern time office hours.
- Long-term independent contractor agreement with no stated end date.
- Payment in USD on a biweekly or monthly schedule, at the contractor’s choice.
Tech Stack
About Virtasant Inc.
Virtasant provides cloud and software engineering services to enterprises, focusing on cloud migration and modernization, cost optimization, and AI-enabled transformation. The privately held, fully remote company also develops Helias, a cloud cost optimization platform used to understand, govern, and reduce spend at scale. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, it serves global customers across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.