Word Press Engineer

Role Summary

We are looking for a skilled WordPress Engineer to join our team on a full-time contract basis. This role focuses on ongoing WordPress site maintenance and development across a portfolio of client websites, as well as contributing to new builds and occasional platform migration projects.

Our clients span education, nonprofit, defense, and other industries — adaptability across different business contexts is valued.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter who communicates clearly, works independently, and is comfortable collaborating with project managers and other engineers in a structured development workflow.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain custom WordPress themes using PHP, CSS, and JavaScript
• Develop ACF Flexible Content layouts, custom fields, and reusable content blocks
• Manage and troubleshoot WordPress multisite (WordPress Network) environments
• Create and maintain custom post types, taxonomies, and template hierarchies
• Implement responsive designs from provided mockups or HTML/CSS assets
• Build accessible, semantic navigation systems including mega-menus with keyboard support
• Configure and troubleshoot WordPress plugins, cron jobs, and email/newsletter automations
• Integrate forms solutions (e.g., Gravity Forms) across client sites
• Manage WordPress security hardening, plugin/core updates, backup and recovery procedures, and uptime monitoring across client sites
• Follow established development workflows: pull requests, code reviews, and staging/production deployments via Azure DevOps
• Communicate progress, blockers, and questions clearly and proactively to project managers and team members

Required Skills

• WordPress Development — Strong experience building custom themes from scratch or extending existing themes; comfortable with page builders and the block editor
• WordPress Multisite — Hands-on experience managing WordPress Network installations
• Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) — Solid experience with Flexible Content fields, repeaters, custom field groups, and ACF blocks
• PHP — Confident writing custom template logic, hooks, filters, and functions
• CSS/SCSS — Able to implement responsive designs and match provided mockups/assets
• JavaScript — Basic to intermediate JS for frontend interactivity, carousels, menu behavior, and DOM manipulation
• Azure DevOps — Familiar with Git-based workflows including pull requests, code reviews, and staging/production deployment pipelines
• Plugin Management — Able to evaluate, configure, troubleshoot, and extend WordPress plugins
• Security & Maintenance — Experience with WordPress security best practices, plugin/core updates, backup/recovery procedures, and site health monitoring
• Communication — Works well with project managers and other engineers; responsive and proactive

Preferred Skills

• Accessibility (WCAG) — Familiarity with accessibility standards and remediation techniques (ARIA roles, keyboard navigation, semantic HTML)
• CMS Migration — Experience migrating websites from other CMS platforms (e.g., Sitefinity) to WordPress, including use of migration tools such as WP All Import or custom scripting (SQL, CSV, XML imports)
• SSO Integration — Experience integrating single sign-on with WordPress
• Gravity Forms — Experience building and customizing forms
• WP-CLI — Comfortable with command-line WordPress management for efficient multi-site operations
• Performance Optimization — Experience with caching strategies, image optimization, and Core Web Vitals tuning
• Gutenberg Block Development — Experience building native Gutenberg blocks using React/JSX