WordPress Developer Vacancy (Remote, Contract)
This wordpress developer vacancy is an open remote contract role at SEOSERVICES1 for an experienced WordPress developer who builds and maintains secure, well-structured, and search-friendly websites. The work centers on custom theme and plugin development, performance tuning, security maintenance, and collaboration with SEO and design colleagues.
The role is not for basic installs or page-builder-only builds. It is for someone comfortable working in PHP, modern JavaScript, and SQL, managing migrations and server settings, and documenting work clearly for a distributed team.
What This WordPress Developer Vacancy Covers
This is a contract development role focused on long-term site health, not one-off launches. You will support client websites that need to stay fast, stable, and easy to optimize for search and conversion.
In practice, that means you will:
- Build and maintain custom themes and plugins with clean, scalable code
- Tune performance, including Core Web Vitals, caching, and database efficiency
- Apply security updates, backups, and maintenance routines
- Handle migrations, DNS changes, and staging-to-production deployments
- Implement technical SEO requests in coordination with technical SEO specialists
- Troubleshoot plugin, theme, and API conflicts without breaking production sites
Success looks like reliable deployments, fewer recurring issues, and sites that designers and SEO teams can improve without fighting the codebase.
What You Will Own Day to Day
You will be the technical owner for WordPress implementation details across assigned sites.
Build and customize: Develop custom post types, taxonomies, fields with ACF (Advanced Custom Fields), and REST API integrations. Extend Elementor Pro layouts with code where needed rather than relying on workarounds.
Improve speed and stability: Audit with tools such as Lighthouse and GTmetrix, then address render-blocking assets, image handling, database bloat, and inefficient queries. Related work often connects to website speed optimization.
Protect and maintain: Keep core, themes, and plugins updated, review access controls, verify backups, and respond to security or uptime issues within agreed priorities.
Ship responsibly: Use Git, local development environments, and deployment pipelines. Document changes so others can review, roll back, or extend your work.
| Area of ownership | What it includes | Why it matters for clients |
|---|---|---|
| Custom development | Themes, plugins, custom fields, API connections | Keeps sites flexible and avoids fragile plugin stacks |
| Performance | Core Web Vitals, caching, database tuning | Supports rankings, usability, and conversion |
| Security and maintenance | Updates, backups, monitoring, access review | Reduces downtime and recovery risk |
| Infrastructure tasks | Migrations, staging, DNS coordination | Prevents data loss and launch errors |
| Collaboration | Work with SEO and design on implementation | Ensures technical changes support search and UX goals |
Required Skills for This WordPress Developer Vacancy
You should have at least 4 years of professional WordPress development experience and be able to show custom-coded work.
WordPress depth: Strong working knowledge of the template hierarchy, custom post types, taxonomies, user roles and capabilities, and the WordPress REST API.
Languages: Practical mastery of PHP, HTML5, CSS3, and modern JavaScript (ES6+). You can read existing code, debug it, and write maintainable additions.
Data and tooling: Solid SQL skills and experience optimizing databases using phpMyAdmin or command-line tools. Comfortable with Git version control and local-to-production workflows.
Builder and field tools: Hands-on experience with Elementor Pro and ACF, plus familiarity with performance auditing workflows.
Work habits: High attention to detail, structured debugging under deadline pressure, and clear written documentation for code and processes.
If most of your experience is limited to installing prebuilt themes, configuring plugins, or making only visual edits, this contract role will likely not be a fit.
Preferred Experience That Stands Out
These are not required, but they help for more complex assignments:
- Headless WordPress builds or decoupled front ends
- React or Vue.js used within the WordPress ecosystem
- High-traffic or enterprise WordPress sites with caching, CDN, and scaling considerations
- Complex migrations, multisite setups, or multilingual architectures
- Experience supporting WordPress SEO implementations where development choices affect crawlability and structured data
When you apply, highlight where you have done this type of work and what trade-offs you made.
How We Work and What to Expect
This vacancy is remote and structured as a contract engagement. You will collaborate asynchronously and in shared working hours when releases, migrations, or incident response require coordination.
Expect defined tickets, reviewable pull requests, and clear acceptance criteria. You will be asked to estimate work realistically, flag risks early, communicate blockers, and keep technical debt visible instead of hidden.
SEOSERVICES1 focuses on data-informed, maintainable execution. We value code that others can understand, test, and support after you. SEOSERVICES1 is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive work environment.
This role may not suit you if you prefer only greenfield design builds, do not want maintenance responsibility, or are uncomfortable documenting decisions for team use.
How to Apply for This WordPress Developer Vacancy
To be considered, please submit through the Apply via Email link on this page:
1. Your resume with relevant WordPress contract or employment history 2. A link to your GitHub repository and/or portfolio showing custom-coded WordPress themes, plugins, or integrations 3. A short description of your development philosophy — how you approach clean code, performance, security, and collaboration
Applications with only screenshots and no code samples are difficult to evaluate. Show the work you personally wrote and explain your role in team projects.