Sr WordPress Developer

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, and APIs using PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, jQuery, and JavaScript.
• Build and optimize REST APIs and integrate with third-party services.
• Ensure high performance, scalability, and security of WordPress applications.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, UI/UX Designers, QA, and DevOps to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve WordPress-related technical issues.
• Stay updated on WordPress and web technology trends.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of experience in PHP and WordPress development.
• Strong expertise in custom theme and plugin development.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Solid experience with MySQL and database optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Git and Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of WordPress security best practices, SEO, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) is a plus.
• Experience with multisite or headless WordPress is an advantage.
• Experience with Laravel, Symfony, Yii, and other PHP-based frameworks is a plus.

Nice to have 

• Cloudflare Workers (Wrangler, KV/R2, Durable Objects) 
• Salesforce OAuth/API experience; HubSpot Forms event hooks; middleware patterns. 
• AWS basic understanding 
• Cloudflare basic understanding 
• Uptime/transaction monitoring via Checkly or other automated systems. 
• Entry-level DevOps/networking understanding: HTTP/TLS, CORS, DNS, proxies, caching, request/response debugging (HAR). 

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred (Computer Science, Engineering, etc.), but equivalent work experience in a technology-related area may substitute.
• Proven track record in building and maintaining large-scale WordPress platforms.

Responsibilities:

Lead the design and development of sophisticated, high availability, and secured

server-side applications with a primary focus on Golang.

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements, architect

solutions, and deliver high-quality software products.

● Mentor and guide junior engineers, sharing your engineering expertise and best

practices to foster skill development within the team.

● Analyze and optimize performance, scalability, and reliability of existing Golang

applications, making strategic improvements where necessary.

● Design and implement automated unit and integration tests to ensure code quality,

maintainability, and stability.

● Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in software technologies,

recommending their adoption when appropriate.

● Champion code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical documentation to

maintain high development standards.

● Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues, providing innovative solutions to overcome

challenges.

● Contribute to the recruitment and hiring process by participating in interviews,

evaluating candidates, and providing input on hiring decisions.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or a related field.

● 3+ years of experience in software development, with substantial experience in

Golang and cloud infrastructure.

● Expert-level proficiency in designing and developing high-performance, concurrent

applications with Golang.

● Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and containerization

(e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

● Solid knowledge of software testing methodologies and tools, including unit testing

and integration testing for Golang applications.

● Demonstrated ability to lead projects, collaborate effectively with teams, and mentor

junior engineers.

● Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to tackle complex

technical challenges.

● Having prior experience in the FinTech domain would be an added advantage.

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent area
• 10 to 20 years of experience in software development
• Hands-on experience designing and building B2B or B2C products
• 3+ years architecting SaaS/Web based customer facing products, leading engineering teams as software/technical architect
• Experiences of engineering practices such as code refactoring, microservices, design and enterprise integration patterns, test and design-driven development, continuous integration, building highly scalable applications, application and infrastructure security
• Strong cloud infrastructure experience with AWS and/or Azure
• Experience building event driven systems and working with message queues/topics
• Broad working experience across multiple programming languages and frameworks with in-depth experience in one or more of the following: .Net, Java, Scala or Go-lang
• Hands-on experience with relational databases like SQL Server, PostgreSQL and document stores like Elasticsearch or MongoDB
• Hands-on experience with Big Data processing technologies like Hadoop/Spark is a plus
• Hands-on experience with container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes
• Knowledge of Agile software development process

Job Description

We are looking for a Node.js Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Responsibilities

Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic

Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code

Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications

Implementation of security and data protection

Integration of data storage solutions (may include databases, key-value stores, blob stores, etc.)

Skills And Qualifications

Strong proficiency with JavaScript (or CoffeeScript depending on your technology stack)

Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it (such as Express, StrongLoop, etc depending on your technology stack)

Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds

Good understanding of server-side templating languages (such as Jade, EJS, etc depending on your technology stack)

Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors (such as Stylus, Less, etc depending on your technology stack)

Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3

Understanding accessibility and security compliance (Depending on the specific project)

User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments

Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system

Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

• Designing and building the WordPress website front-end
• Creating the website architecture
• Designing and managing the website back-end including database and server integration
• Creating landing pages 
• Generating WordPress themes and plugins
• Conducting website performance tests
• Troubleshooting content issues
• Monitoring the performance of the live website and improving it
• Work on SEO and Optimise continuously for website using Google Analytics
• Assist in Social Media Management and Email Marketing
• Stay updated with latest web technologies, SEO Tools and Website optimising tools and widgetss
• Managing Social Media Management Tools

• Experience in building both front-end and back-end of the website
• Knowledge of WordPress Plugins
• Excellent and written and verbal communication skills with proven fluency in English
• Good understanding of Web architecture
• Analysing website performance and troubleshooting errors
• Conducts Wordpress design/development research and performs discovery analyses for new client projects, including content reviews and wireframing.
• Creates Wordpress design/development strategies based on research.
• Stay up-to-date with new web technologies.

● Understanding of MVC design patterns

● At least 1 Year of Laravel, PHP experience is a must

● HTML 5, CSS 3, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap

• Minimum 1-year experience is mandatory
• Proven Software Development Skills in Laravel Framework and Core PHP
• Good knowledge and experience in OOPS concepts and Core PHP
• Good Database designing skills in MySQL
• Experience in known APIs like Google, Facebook, etc.
• Knowledge of JavaScript, JQuery, JASON, AngularJS will help
• Passion for Software Development and Coding
• Good Knowledge and Experience in WordPress will help.

Required skill set:

• Should have good hands on with ServiceNow
• Should be have good communication skills