Wordpress/ PHP Developer

What This Role Actually Is

We're a B2B marketing agency. Our clients' websites aren't portfolio pieces — they're live sales tools that generate pipeline. When something breaks, it costs them deals. When a page loads slowly, it costs them SEO rankings. When a Figma design doesn't translate correctly on mobile, it costs them credibility.

We need one person who owns all of that. Not someone who builds sites and hands them off. Someone who builds them right, deploys them cleanly, and stays accountable for what happens after go-live.

If your definition of 'done' is pushing to production, this isn't the right role.

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About Pangolin Marketing

We're a fully remote B2B marketing agency working with SaaS, climate tech, and enterprise software clients. We run websites, campaigns, content, and brand work for companies that want to own their category. Our web work spans new builds, redesigns, landing pages, and ongoing maintenance across multiple client accounts.

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You'll Fail Here If:

• Your involvement ends at launch — you've never owned a site post-go-live
• You've never diagnosed a 'site is down' incident without someone walking you through it
• You build pixel-perfect pages but have never looked at a GTmetrix or Core Web Vitals report and known what to do with it
• You use page builders as a substitute for understanding what's happening in the code
• You've never touched server configuration, DNS records, or a hosting control panel
• You treat performance optimisation as something you do only when a client complains
• You need a detailed brief to start — our Figma files are thorough but real-world websites always have gaps
• You've never set up or managed a staging-to-production deployment workflow
• 'It works on my machine' has ever been your answer to a cross-browser issue

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What You'll Own

Development (60%):

• Build pixel-perfect, responsive websites from Figma designs — no approximations, no 'close enough'
• Develop custom WordPress themes and templates from scratch — not just Elementor configurations
• Build and maintain landing pages, microsites, and campaign pages at speed — one page per day is the baseline, not the ceiling
• Integrate third-party APIs: CRMs, marketing automation tools, analytics platforms, form handlers
• Work in Webflow when clients require it — you don't need to be an expert but you can't be a beginner
• Write clean, commented code that another developer can pick up without a 45-minute handover call

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Web Ops & Maintenance (40%):

• Own L1 and L2 incident response: site down, pages not loading, SSL errors, plugin conflicts, DB connection failures, frontend breaking due to plugin conflicts, SEO hack attacks, PHP mismatch, builder conflicts — you have a diagnostic process and you run it
• Manage server-side configuration: hosting environments, caching layers (Redis, Varnish, WP Super Cache), CDN setup, PHP and MySQL tuning
• Own website performance: Core Web Vitals, GTmetrix/PageSpeedInsight scores, image optimisation (WebP, lazy loading, compression), and caching strategy
• Manage WordPress multisite setups where required for multi-lingual or multi-geography sites
• Run and verify staging-to-production deployments — you don't push untested code to live
• Keep plugins, themes, and core updated without breaking things — you test before you update
• Own DNS management and domain configurations when clients need changes
• Set up and maintain uptime monitoring — you know when a site goes down before the client does

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Technical Requirements

Must-Have

• WordPress: custom theme dev from Figma, hooks/filters, child themes
• Page builders: Elementor and/or Divi — know when to use them and when not to
• PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript — not a full-stack dev but comfortable in all four
• Basic React/JS — enough to build interactive components and integrate headless setups
• Server management: cPanel/Plesk/WHM, SSH, FTP, DNS configuration, shared and VPS servers, 1Panel, Cloudflare, DigitalOcean, Hostinger
• Performance optimisation: Core Web Vitals, image formats, caching, CDN
• Multisite WordPress setup and management
• API integrations: REST APIs, webhooks, third-party plugin development
• Git-based version control and staging/production workflows
• SSL certificate installation and renewal

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Strong Advantage

• Webflow — build and manage sites, not just edit content
• WooCommerce — setup, configuration, and troubleshooting
• Headless WordPress with React front-end
• Basic SEO technical implementation: schema markup, sitemap setup, robots.txt, redirect management
• Google Search Console and GTmetrix — can read a report and act on it
• Experience with hosting platforms: Kinsta, WP Engine, Cloudways, SiteGround

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What You Get

• Variety: no two client sites are the same — SaaS, climate tech, enterprise software, all with different stacks and different problems
• Ownership: you're not a ticket-taker. You make the technical calls.
• Remote, async-first: your output matters more than when you're online
• Speed over bureaucracy: decisions get made fast, you won't wait two weeks for approval to fix something
• Work that actually ships: no 6-month projects that die in review

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How to Apply

No portfolio of mockups. Live URLs only. If a site you built no longer exists, describe it and explain why.

Experience and Required Skill Sets: 

1      Solid experience in software design and development using Microsoft ASP.NET framework, C#, Visual Studio, and in writing clean, readable, and easily maintainable code

2      5+ years of experience in WCF, WPF, VB.NET, SQL Server, JQuery, Angular 10 and above.

3      5+ years of experience in developing highly scalable REST/Web APIs

4      5+ years of experience in developing highly efficient SQL/NoSQL Queries

5      5+ years of experience in Relational and Document databases

6      Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and possess strong fundamental design principles for building a scalable application.

7      Experience in using the MVC framework, working knowledge in APIs, and Service Oriented Architecture

8      Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and possess strong fundamental design principles for building a scalable application.

9      Experience in Angular version 10 and above is required 

10   Expert in SQL programming & Database Design (Stored procedure, Function, Trigger, Constraints, Replication) 

11   Strong ability in HTML and JavaScript (AJAX, DOM)

12   Development experience with data integration technologies including REST, SOAP, JSON, XML

13   Expertise in programming and usage of any unit testing framework. Expertise in integration testing and continuous integration.

14   Experience working in a DevOps environment will be an added advantage.

Responsibilities: 

•       Ability to create complex, enterprise-transforming applications that meet and exceed client expectations. 

•       Responsible for the bottom line. Strong project management abilities. Ability to encourage the team to stick to timelines.

•       Follow best-in-class coding practices and review the solutions vis-à-vis the requirements and technical specifications.

•       Should demonstrate strong client interfacing capabilities like emails and calls with clients in the US/UK

Job Description

• Build and maintain WordPress sites from scratch, including custom themes, plugins and widgets
• Convert Figma/PSD designs into pixel-perfect, responsive pages
• Create custom post types and custom fields for case studies, services, blogs and job listings
• Optimize for speed, Core Web Vitals, SEO and scalability
• Own site security, backups, updates and deployments
• Integrate forms, CRM, analytics and third-party APIs
• Write clean, documented, reusable code that follows WordPress coding standards

Key Responsibilities

• 4+ years of hands-on WordPress development, including full builds from scratch
• Strong PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, HTML5 and CSS3
• Solid grasp of WordPress core functions, hooks, filters and the template hierarchy
• Proven experience building custom themes and plugins
• Responsive design and cross-browser compatibility
• Good knowledge of WordPress security best practices
• MySQL knowledge
• Clear verbal and written communication

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Spikegrow is a full-service digital marketing agency. Since 2018, we have offered a variety of services to customers across different sectors, such as search engine optimisation (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC) advertisements, Amazon shop optimisation, copywriting, conversion rate optimisation (CRO), and more.

Website - https://spikegrow.com/

Location : Noida (Work from Office)

Timing : 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Working Days : Monday to Saturday

Salary : ₹20,000–₹25,000 (based on skills and experience)

Experience Required :1 year - 3 years

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and maintain WordPress websites
• Customize WordPress themes and plugins
• Build responsive and mobile-friendly websites
• Create and manage pages using Elementor/Gutenberg
• Develop custom WordPress features using PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript