Senior WordPress Developer (Remote)

Build and optimize custom sites, ensuring performance, security, and responsive design. Collaborate with teams and integrate APIs.

Job Description

Company Description

Outsourced.ph is a leading ISO certified Philippines offshore outsourcing company that provides dedicated remote staff to some of the world’s leading international companies. Outsourced is recognized as one of the Best Places to Work and has achieved Great Place to Work Certification. We are committed to providing a positive and supportive work environment where all staff can thrive. As an Outsourced staff member, you will enjoy a fun and friendly working environment, competitive salaries, opportunities for growth and development, work-life balance, and the chance to share your passion with a team of over 1000 talented professionals.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize custom WordPress websites with a focus on pixel-perfect front-end development and responsive design.
• Create custom themes, plugins, and features, ensuring accurate visual and functional implementations from designs.
• Optimize website performance for page speed and SEO, ensuring fast load times and a smooth user experience.
• Apply best practices for securing WordPress sites, implementing security measures to protect against vulnerabilities, and ensuring regular updates to plugins, themes, and the WordPress core.
• Collaborate with designers, content creators, and marketing teams to ensure projects meet client specifications and deadlines.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to websites, hosting, plugins, and performance.
• Stay current with WordPress updates, trends, and best practices for performance and security.
• Implement third-party integrations and APIs as needed.
• Ensure SEO best practices are embedded into the website structure, design, and content.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a WordPress Developer (3+ years) with a focus on custom theme development and a strong emphasis on front-end development (pixel-perfect coding); experience in plugin development; and experience in API integrations.
• Proven experience managing WordPress websites hosted on WPEngine, including setting up new WordPress sites within the WPEngine hosting environment.
• Expertise in responsive development, ensuring sites are fully optimized across all devices.
• Strong understanding of PHP, MYSQL, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (Including frameworks such as jQuery/React)
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks like Bootstrap or TailwindCSS
• Demonstrated experience in optimizing WordPress sites for performance, page speed, and SEO.
• Knowledge of security best practices for WordPress sites, ensuring they are protected from common vulnerabilities.
• Experience using JIRA for project tracking and task management.
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality, polished work.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git / Bitbucket.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for working with remote teams.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs or GraphQL for WordPress.
• Familiarity with design tools like Figma

Work Schedule:

• Monday to Friday 9am-6pm PH Time

Work Location:

• Homebased ; Should have a strong internet connection (minimum of 20 MBPS); Equipment is provided

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