WordPress Developer/Designer

Job Description – WordPress Developer/Designer Division / Department: Marketing Reports to (position): eCommerce Manager/Web Manager Level / Grade: Individual Contributor Location: Telecommute, US Based Employment Type: Full Time, Exempt Work Conditions: Office Environment Travel: None Telecommute: Yes Minimum Educational Req: Four-year college degree Years of Experience: 5+ years of WordPress development experience Position Summary: This role is primarily technical and requires deep experience with PHP, WordPress architecture, custom theme development, and plugin configuration. While basic design and front-end knowledge are valuable for this role, the core responsibility of is to build, maintain, and optimize high-performing, stable, and scalable WordPress environments. You will play a central role in supporting new product launches, improving site performance, implementing new functionality, integrating third-party systems, and ensuring our WordPress properties remain secure, consistent, and well-maintained. This position works closely with marketing leaders to bring new ideas to life, improve conversion paths, and ensure that all digital experiences are fast, reliable, and aligned with Career Certified goals. The ideal candidate is highly technical, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple sites and requests with minimal oversight. You should be comfortable owning the back-end and infrastructure side of WordPress while also supporting front-end layout updates and collaborating on new landing pages or user-facing features when needed. Essential Functions / Job Responsibilities: • Build, maintain, and optimize common and custom WordPress themes and child themes using PHP. • Develop custom templates, functions, and short codes to expand WordPress functionality. • Configure and customize plugins and troubleshoot plugin and theme conflicts. • Collaborate with engineering and cybersecurity teams to ensure security and operational standards are being maintained. • Implement integrations with third-party APIs, CRMs, analytics platforms, and marketing tools. • Manage WordPress updates, security patches, and server-side configurations across multiple sites in conjunction with cybersecurity and engineering teams. • Diagnose and resolve back-end performance issues, database inefficiencies, and bottlenecks. • Maintain staging environments, deploy changes, and manage version control (Git). • Optimize Core Web Vitals, caching, CDN usage, and overall site load time. • Support the creation of landing pages and front-end enhancements as needed. • Collaborate with marketing teams to implement tracking, experiments, and conversion improvements. • Maintain documentation for technical processes, code changes, and site architecture. • Ensure proper backup strategies, uptime monitoring, and site health reporting. Minimum Requirements: • 5+ years of professional WordPress development experience (backend-heavy). • Strong proficiency in PHP, including custom theme and function development. • Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript for front-end modifications. • Familiarity with Git, staging workflows, Jira, and modern deployment processes. • Experience managing multiple WordPress websites concurrently. • Strong understanding of web performance, security best practices, and accessibility fundamentals. • Ability to work cross-functionally with marketing, design, and product stakeholders. Skills Required: • Strong organizational skills • Ability to think ahead and plan within a strategic window (1-3 years) • Data and detail oriented • Ability to provide clear and actionable feedback on tasks to subordinates • Ability to operate with a sense of urgency • Ability to communicate across departments and provide articulate and clear asks • Ability to work independently and take direction from team members and project leaders • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal • High level of proficiency in MS Office Suite of products (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.) • Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills Supervisory Responsibility: This position does not supervises the work of others. Physical Requirements: The physical demands of this position are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Internal and external interaction: This position interacts with peers both in and out of department and their immediate manager on a regular basis. They may interact with customers and vendors directly in escalation or support situations in a large geographical area. They may interact with managers in other departments. Employment benefits granted upon hire date: Paid Time Off (PTO) structured on a take what you need basis (as referenced in the employee handbook) Paid company holidays (7 days off per year) • 100% discount on Career Certified’s products and services • Tuition reimbursement, subject to approval Additional employment benefits are granted following 30 days of hire date: • Voluntary participation in Career Certified’s medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as supplemental insurance options • Voluntary participation in Career Certified’s 401K plan Apply tot his job