Senior Wordpress Developer

This is a remote position. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior WordPress Developer to design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance WordPress applications. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in WordPress development, custom plugin development, API integrations, and third-party system integrations, with a focus on delivering secure, optimized, and business-critical web solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, customize, and maintain WordPress websites, themes, and plugins following industry best practices. Design and implement custom WordPress plugins and extend existing platform functionalities. Build, integrate, and maintain REST APIs, third-party applications, and external business systems.

Develop and manage integrations with payment gateways, CRM platforms, marketing tools, and other enterprise applications. Customize and optimize WordPress themes to ensure responsive, user-friendly, and visually appealing experiences. Optimize website performance, scalability, security, and overall reliability.

Collaborate with UI/UX Designers, Product Managers, QA teams, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions. Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex website, plugin, and integration-related issues.

Participate in code reviews and contribute to architecture, technical design, and development best practices. Ensure adherence to coding standards, version control processes, and deployment procedures. Monitor and improve website performance through caching, database optimization, and performance tuning techniques.

Support deployment activities, production releases, and post-production maintenance.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in WordPress development. Strong expertise in PHP, WordPress, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery. Hands-on experience with REST API development and integration. Proven experience with third-party integrations, including payment gateways, CRM platforms, marketing tools, and ext