Skilled Full-Stack WordPress Developer (Contract/Freelancer)
We are seeking a skilled Full-Stack WordPress Developer with 5-8 years of experience. This is product-based work for a proven expert. It is not a salaried position but offers the potential for long-term, stable work. The work is structured in fixed-blocks of planned deliverables, such as a set of tasks, sprints, or milestones. Your professional expertise and accountability are expected from day one.
As a freelancer, you will contribute to an existing WordPress product that requires continuous feature-rich integrations, code improvements, customizations, performance optimizations, and critically, performing thorough regression testing and resolving any identified issues to ensure platform stability.
Professional maturity and well-developed personal skills are required. Core competencies include good communication, organized, a critical thinker, a proactive problem-solver, reliable, honest, and taking full personal accountability for your work. We’re providing freelance work as your “client” and should be treated as such.
Compensation:
Results-driven. Experienced in estimating work (tasks, sprints, milestones) is required. We will use an agreed-upon hourly rate as a baseline to set a target fixed price for each block of tasks or scope of work, ensuring alignment with our budget before work begins. Our payment structure is based on fixed-price deliverables. Qualified candidates may be offered a 4- to 8-week trial period, with compensation based on skills assessment, professionalism, and timely, quality results.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain custom WordPress themes and plugins, utilizing advanced functionality, hooks, actions, and filters.
- Create mobile-first, responsive designs that prioritize performance and usability.
- Implement speed optimization strategies, such as caching and minification, to improve platform load times.
- Ensure design consistency across components by adhering to global CSS standards.
- Collaborate on BuddyPress, BuddyBoss Platform, WooCommerce, Dokan-type integrations, and customizations.
- Build and maintain seamless API integrations with third-party tools.
- Work closely with the Product Manager, taking direction effectively to ensure development aligns with project goals while maintaining the core framework structure.
- Use Git and staging environments to test updates before deployment, ensuring optimized and debugged solutions.
- Rigorously test for cross-browser compatibility, responsiveness, and performance.
- Provide clear video or screenshot demonstrations as proof that deliverables are fully functional, have been tested, and do not introduce regressions.
- Track progress and manage deliverables via Trello, Google Sheets, and other project management tools.
Requirements
WordPress-specific Proven Experience (5–8 Years):
- Developing custom WordPress themes and plugins, utilizing hooks, actions, and filters.
- Frontend tools: HTML, CSS3, Elementor, and Advanced Custom Fields (ACF).
- Creating responsive, mobile-first interfaces with deep knowledge of speed optimization best practices.
- Debugging using tools such as Query Monitor, browser DevTools, responsive testing tools, and the Terminal.
- Expertise with performance tools and knowledge of scalable, modular design principles. Experience with SaaS frameworks is highly advantageous.
- Integrating APIs for seamless functionality.
- Working with BuddyPress, BuddyBoss Platform, WooCommerce, Dokan, and other custom or third-party plugins.
- Managing deployments and version control using Git and robust staging environments.
- Solid understanding and implementation of WordPress professional coding standards for creating stable, quality output.
- Expertise in implementing hooks, actions, and filters is critical for this role.
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills using industry-standard tools (e.g., BrowserStack, LambdaTest, etc.).
- Familiarity with project management tools like Trello and Google Docs/Sheets to manage and align on deliverables.
- Experience with manual quality assurance testing and bug fixing to meet GMetrix/Google speed and performance standards.
Key Details
- The role requires building new features from scratch, as well as expertly debugging, refactoring, and improving the existing codebase.
- The right candidate will play a critical role in maintaining and scaling a product built for growth.
- This is a results-driven position. Compensation is based entirely on performance, defined by the consistent delivery of high-quality, tested, and on-time work.
- You’re honest, have integrity, and take pride in your professional contributions and teamwork.
Qualified Candidates Agree to:
- Complete skills testing (theory and practical) to help us assess your qualifications.
- Deliver consistent work based on sprint timelines and date-driven deliverables.
- Sign an NDA (maintain confidentiality) and a formal contractor agreement.
- Maintain consistent communication and availability as needed (occasional weekend work may be necessary).
- Provide 2–3 examples of prior client work demonstrating both frontend and backend WordPress development skills.
- Provide 1–2 professional references from the past 1–2 years, if requested.
- Must have a WISE account for payment processing.
Tech Stack
- Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)
- APIs (Integrations, minor development)
- Bootstrap v5.x
- BuddyBoss Platform (a BuddyPress fork)
- Cloudflare, CleanTalk, Caching Plugins
- Custom Post Types (CPT)
- Custom Theme & Plugins
- Elementor
- HTML / CSS3
- Industry standards for speed optimization and self-managed hosting tools
- WooCommerce / Dokan
- WordPress (custom themes and plugins, hooks, actions, filters)
- WordPress Shared or Managed Hosting
Application Process
- We will contact well-qualified candidates for skills testing and scheduled interviews. Please do not attempt to contact us directly first.
- We maintain a database of qualified freelancers and may reach out for future opportunities.
