Wordpress Developer - PHP/WooCommerce

Job Role : Technical Analyst/Wordpress Developer

Required Experience : 8 - 11 Years.

Skills : WordPress CMS, WooCommerce, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery.

Key Responsibilities :

- Build scalable solutions using PHP, WordPress core APIs, hooks, filters, custom post types, and taxonomies.

- Develop and maintain custom Gutenberg / Block Editor blocks and modern content-editing experiences.

- Integrate WordPress with third-party systems such as REST APIs, CRMs, payment gateways, marketing tools, and analytics platforms.

- Optimize websites for performance, SEO readiness, accessibility, mobile responsiveness, and Core Web Vitals.

- Implement WordPress security best practices, patching, permissions management, and site

hardening.

- Troubleshoot complex production issues, plugin conflicts, deployment problems, and performance bottlenecks.

- Collaborate with UI/UX, QA, product, and business stakeholders to convert requirements into

technical solutions.

- Review code, define standards, mentor developers, and support technical delivery across

projects.

- Contribute to estimation, architecture decisions, release planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- 5+ years of hands-on experience in WordPress development, including senior-level ownership of web projects.

- Strong proficiency in PHP, WordPress, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery.

- Proven experience in custom theme and custom plugin development.

- Hands-on experience with Gutenberg / Block Editor and modern WordPress architecture.

- Strong knowledge of WordPress REST API and third-party integration patterns.

- Experience with ACF, custom post types, taxonomies, shortcodes, hooks, filters, and template hierarchy.

- Experience with Git-based workflows, staging environments, and structured deployment processes.

- Strong understanding of performance optimization, caching, image optimization, and troubleshooting.

- Strong understanding of WordPress security best practices and secure coding standards.

- Ability to perform code reviews and mentor junior or mid-level developers.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience with headless WordPress architectures using REST API or similar approaches.

- Familiarity with theme.json, modern block styling, and structured component-based

development.

- Exposure to automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and release governance.

- Knowledge of hosting, backups, monitoring, and recovery practices for WordPress

environments.

- Open-source contribution or WordPress community involvement is a plus.

Senior-Level Expectations :

- Recommend architecture decisions for scalability, maintainability, and security.

- Lead troubleshooting of high-impact issues and production incidents.

- Improve development standards, documentation, and engineering workflows.

- Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and review support across the team.

Tools & Technologies :

- PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery.

- Gutenberg / Block Editor, ACF, REST API.

- Git / GitHub / Bitbucket.

- Managed hosting platforms, debugging tools, analytics and SEO integrations.

Soft Skills :

- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting ability.

- Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

- Ownership mindset and attention to detail.

- Ability to prioritize across multiple projects.

- Mentoring and collaboration skills.