Location: 1-2 days a week in Washington DC
Type: Direct Hire Full-Time
Were building a flexible WordPress framework to spin up beautiful modular websitesleveraging custom content modules alongside native Gutenberg blocks. As a Mid-Level WordPress Developer youll turn designs and IA blueprints into robust maintainable solutions: from custom Gutenberg blocks and ACF integrations to plugins and themes.
Responsibilities:
- Architect build and maintain custom Gutenberg blocks using React and the WordPress Block API.
- Develop ACF-powered block types and integrate them seamlessly into our block library.
- Create custom plugins to extend WordPress core functionality adhering to best practices and security standards.
- Build and customize WordPress themesensuring responsive performant and accessible front-end implementations.
- Collaborate with designers content strategists and DevOps to translate IA and wireframes into working code.
- Manage code in Git repositories participate in code reviews branch strategies and resolve merge conflicts.
- Troubleshoot and optimize WordPress performance including PHP JS and database layers.
- Document code block patterns and deployment processes for team use.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in computer science or related field.
- 3 years of professional WordPress development experience.
- Proven experience creating custom Gutenberg blocks with React.
- Hands-on experience building ACF block types.
- Strong proficiency with Git version control in a team environment.
- Experience developing custom WordPress plugins and themes from the ground up.
- Solid understanding of PHP JavaScript (ES6) HTML5 and CSS3.
- Familiarity with REST APIs and integrating third-party services.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to maintainable well-documented code.
Required Experience:
Manager