WordPress Developer

Virtasant•Austin, TX

5d•Remote

About The Position

Virtasant is hiring a WordPress Developer to work with its US client, an online real estate marketplace. The developer will build and maintain the client’s consumer-facing WordPress website using WordPress, PHP, and frontend technologies, creating a seamless and responsive experience. This is a fully remote role for someone based in Latin America. The work is full-time (40 hours per week), with an eight-hour schedule aligned with US Central or Eastern office hours. The engagement is long-term, with no specified end date, under an independent contractor agreement.

Requirements

3 to 5+ years of experience in the specified development stack.
Strong frontend development skills, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and AJAX.
Expertise in CSS, SCSS, jQuery, JavaScript, scoping JavaScript and CSS, and AJAX requests and responses.
PHP experience creating and working with custom classes, hooks, filters, and actions, as well as troubleshooting.
Strong WordPress experience with custom post types (CPTs), custom PHP templates, plugins, themes, built-in WordPress functions, and troubleshooting.
Experience integrating external REST and/or GraphQL APIs, including endpoints, JSON payloads, request/response handling, and data integration using PHP and JavaScript.
Experience with MySQL and efficient database queries, including WordPress built-in functions, with a focus on performance.
At least 2 years of experience using Git for WordPress, including command-line Git and repository control.
Ability to identify and defuse potential issues.
Must be based in Latin America.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) and Gutenberg.
Experience with GA4 and Google Tag Manager (GTM), including custom JavaScript events, data layer pushes, and tracking parameters.

Responsibilities

Develop and enhance consumer-facing WordPress websites using WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, and CSS.
Work with SEO and content teams to develop, document, and implement technical SEO requirements.
Apply SEO best practices, including site speed, mobile-first indexing, and schema markup, across frontend and backend work.
Identify and apply practices that improve code efficiency and website performance; troubleshoot potential issues.
Integrate external REST and/or GraphQL APIs, handling endpoints, JSON payloads, requests, responses, and data using PHP and JavaScript.
Use MySQL and efficient database queries, including WordPress built-in functions, with attention to performance.
Identify potential issues and propose solutions that improve efficiency and code quality.
Collaborate with teammates in a fast-paced environment and ask questions when requirements or solutions are unclear.