Wordpress Developer | Part time

seek.com.au; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

seek.com.au in Sydney is hiring a developer to join a Sydney-based startup building a community platform for expats in Australia, near launch, then growing revenue and commercialising it as members arrive and provide feedback.

You will work in person with the founder in Sydney to make technical and commercial decisions, owning WordPress/BuddyBoss development, launch infrastructure, affiliate tracking, ads, and revenue dashboards.

Qualifications

• Advanced WordPress development including plugins and REST API.
• WooCommerce subscriptions, payment gateways and orders.
• BuddyBoss or similar community plugin experience.
• Affiliate tracking platforms integration (AffiliateWP, ShareASale, CJ).
• Ads integration (Google AdSense or direct server).
• MySQL queries for revenue and member data.
• Git version control on live platforms.
• Hosting/server management (Cloudways/cPanel), PHP tuning and caching.
• Experience with marketplaces/jobs boards or membership communities.

Responsibilities

• Review and own the WordPress and BuddyBoss codebase from the external agency.
• Identify and resolve issues before launch.
• Set up launch infrastructure - email, payments, content moderation, registrations and analytics.
• Integrate affiliate tracking so links are tracked from day one.
• Be available at launch and fix issues in the first days.
• Maintain and extend the paid jobs board with subscriptions and employer dashboards.
• Implement and manage ads across the platform and sponsor placements.
• Build affiliate tracking system for partnerships and generate reports.
• Develop revenue-share mechanics for community admins and dashboards.
• Set up dashboards showing revenue, growth, conversions and sponsor performance.

Skills

WordPress

PHP

MySQL

Git

Performance optimization

Tools

BuddyBoss

WooCommerce

AffiliateWP

ShareASale

Commission Junction

Google AdSense

Cloudways

cPanel

WP_Query

REST API

child theme development

Job description

You are joining a Sydney-based startup building a community platform for expats in Australia just before launch to help get the platform live, then staying on to manage, grow and commercialise it as real members arrive and give feedback. This role sits at the intersection of technical development and commercial growth. The developer hired is not just maintaining a platform but building the revenue engine that funds everything else. You will work in person with the founder in Sydney making technical and commercial decisions together.

Key responsibilities

Review and take ownership of the existing WordPress and BuddyBoss codebase from the external agency

Identify and resolve any issues before the platform opens to real members

Set up the launch infrastructure - email automation, payment processing, content moderation, member registration and analytics tracking

Integrate affiliate tracking so every partner link is tracked and attributable from day one

Be present and available when the platform launches and fix anything that breaks in the first days

Maintain and extend the paid jobs board including tiered subscription packages, featured listing upgrades, WooCommerce payment processing and employer dashboards

Implement and manage display advertising across the platform including Google AdSense or a direct ad server, sponsored content placements in the community feed and new arrival targeting placements for brand partners

Build and maintain the affiliate tracking system for brand partnerships so every referral is accurately tracked, attributed and reported

Build the revenue share mechanics for community group admins - tracking sponsored content placements, calculating commissions and generating payment reports

Set up and maintain dashboards showing revenue by stream, member growth, conversion rates and sponsor performance

About you

WordPress at an advanced level - custom plugins, PHP hooks and filters, WP_Query, REST API, child theme development and performance optimisation

WooCommerce - subscription products, variable products, payment gateway integration, order management and custom hooks on purchase and renewal events

BuddyBoss or a comparable community plugin - xProfile fields, groups, activity feed and template overrides

Experience integrating affiliate tracking platforms such as AffiliateWP, ShareASale, Commission Junction or similar

Experience implementing ad placements on a WordPress site - Google AdSense, a direct ad server or custom placement code

MySQL - comfortable writing custom queries for revenue reporting and member data

Git - version control is non-negotiable on a live platform

Hosting and server management - Cloudways or cPanel, PHP configuration, caching and performance troubleshooting

Experience building or working on a marketplace, jobs board, classifieds platform or membership community

About us

We are a Sydney-based startup building a community platform for expats in Australia. The platform connects people across different nationality communities through jobs, housing, events, groups and buy and sell. The platform has been built by an external development agency and is ready to launch.

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