Wordpress Developer - Senior Level

Job Role: Technical Analyst - Wordpress Developer - Senior Level
Job Locations: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Required Experience: 8 - 11 Years
Budget: INR 2,00,000 LPM + GST
C2H - After 6 Months
Skills: WordPress CMS, WooCommerce, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery

Key Responsibilities
* Design, develop, customize, and maintain WordPress websites, themes, and plugins.
* 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
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
* 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
* Own end-to-end technical delivery for complex WordPress initiatives.
* 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
* WordPress CMS, WooCommerce
* 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