Senior Web Developer

Buildertrend Solutions • Omaha, NE

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About The Position

As a Senior Web Developer at Buildertrend, you will shape digital experiences that connect residential construction professionals with tools to build more efficiently and profitably. You will own web initiatives from technical strategy through deployment and measurement, partnering with Marketing, Design, Analytics, Revenue Operations, and Product Engineering. Your work will improve the performance, reliability, accessibility, and security of Buildertrend’s public-facing websites and the customer journeys they support.

The role includes developing and maintaining custom WordPress functionality, helping set web architecture strategy, protecting high-traffic business-critical websites, monitoring site health, and resolving production incidents. You will build automated tests for critical customer journeys, ensure lead-generation paths and integrations work accurately, lead code reviews, and mentor developers. Buildertrend also expects you to use Claude or other AI tools to improve development efficiency while applying critical thinking and taking ownership of your work’s quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, web development, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 5 years of professional web or software development experience, including hands-on experience supporting production applications.
• Deep experience building and maintaining WordPress applications using PHP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience developing custom WordPress themes, plugins, Gutenberg blocks, and reusable components.
• Experience with modern JavaScript development, including React.
• Experience evaluating or migrating CMS platforms and web architectures, including headless or decoupled approaches.
• Experience implementing automated testing with Playwright or a comparable tool.
• Working knowledge of SQL, REST APIs, webhooks, and third-party integrations.
• Strong understanding of web performance, data privacy, security, and accessibility standards, including OWASP, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and WCAG.
• Ability to assess ambiguous problems, evaluate options, recommend a pragmatic path forward, and mentor others.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience supporting B2B SaaS websites is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Marketing, Design, Revenue Operations, and other stakeholders to understand business needs and develop technical solutions.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain functionality across Buildertrend’s public-facing websites.
• Own complex web initiatives from discovery and technical planning through implementation, deployment, measurement, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, Gutenberg blocks, reusable components, and integrations using PHP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Evaluate CMS platforms and traditional, decoupled, and headless web architecture approaches in light of business needs, scalability, maintainability, and long-term strategy.
• Keep high-traffic, business-critical websites fast, secure, accessible, and protected from bot and crawler abuse.
• Monitor site health, investigate production issues, and own incidents through resolution.
• Build automated tests, such as with Playwright, to protect critical customer journeys.
• Ensure lead-generation paths, including forms, APIs, webhooks, and integrations, work accurately.
• Lead code reviews and mentor other developers.
• Use Claude or other AI tools to accelerate problem-solving and improve development efficiency while applying critical thinking and owning the quality of final work.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus life insurance and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• 401(k) plan with Buildertrend matching contributions.
• Generous paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and personal days.
• Parental leave and paid sabbaticals.
• Volunteer time off.
• Wellness program and onsite fitness center.
• Hybrid or remote work opportunities.
• Technology reimbursement for work-from-home technology costs.
• Free daily lunches when working at the HQ office, plus monthly team events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior