Wordpress Developer

Kody Technolab Limited; Gandhinagar; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Kody Technolab Limited in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, seeks an experienced WordPress Developer to manage and optimize multiple in-house WordPress sites, including campaigns and content pages. The role focuses on speed, SEO, security, and reliable deployment across environments.

You will audit and提升 performance using tools like PageSpeed Insights, GTmetrix, and Lighthouse, implement caching/CDN strategies, and collaborate with content and marketing teams to ensure high-quality, crawlable websites.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years hands-on WordPress development and maintenance experience.
• Hands-on experience with Elementor, Gutenberg, WordPress themes, child themes, and plugin customization.
• Strong knowledge of website performance optimization and Core Web Vitals.
• Experience with caching plugins, CDN, Cloudflare, and speed optimization.
• Solid understanding of technical SEO basics including schema, redirects, XML sitemaps and robots.txt.
• Experience with security, backups, malware troubleshooting, staging-to-production deployment.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve issues affecting site functionality and crawlability.
• Good communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain, and optimize in-house WordPress websites across multiple brands.
• Improve site speed and Core Web Vitals for desktop and mobile.
• Conduct regular audits using PageSpeed Insights, Lighthouse, GTmetrix, and other tools.
• Identify and fix issues reported in Google Search Console and SEO tools.
• Develop, customize, and maintain WordPress pages and campaigns.
• Handle updates, plugin compatibility, backups, security monitoring, and staging environments.
• Provide periodic health and performance reports.

Skills

WordPress development

Elementor & Gutenberg

Theme & plugin customization

Performance optimization

Technical SEO basics

Security & backups

Cross-functional collaboration

Debugging & problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Caching plugins

Cloudflare

CDN integration

GTmetrix / Lighthouse / PageSpeed Insights

Job description

• Manage, maintain, and optimize all in-house WordPress websites, including Kody Technolab, Kody Robots, Events & Robots, Falcon Tech Robotics, Kody Media Private Limited, and Kody Middle East.
• Improve website speed, performance, and Google Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, and CLS) across desktop and mobile devices.
• Conduct regular website audits using Google PageSpeed Insights, Lighthouse, GTmetrix, and other performance testing tools, and resolve identified issues.
• Identify and resolve technical issues reported in Google Search Console, Semrush, and other SEO tools.
• Develop, customize, and maintain WordPress pages, landing pages, service pages, product pages, blogs, and campaign pages.
• Manage WordPress updates, plugin compatibility, website backups, security monitoring, malware prevention, and staging environments.
• Maintain a website performance and maintenance tracker, conduct regular technical audits, and provide periodic reports on website health, performance, and resolved issues.

Required Skills & Qualifications: (List must-have skills, technical expertise, certifications, etc.)

• 4-5 years of hands‑on experience in WordPress development and website maintenance.
• Hands‑on experience with Elementor, Gutenberg, WordPress themes, child themes, and plugin customization.
• Strong knowledge of website performance optimization, Google Core Web Vitals, PageSpeed Insights, Lighthouse, and GTmetrix.
• Experience with caching plugins, image optimization, CDN integration, Cloudflare, and website speed optimization.
• Good understanding of technical SEO, schema markup, canonical tags, redirects, XML sitemaps, robots.txt, and Google Search Console.
• Experience with WordPress security, backups, malware troubleshooting, website migration, and staging‑to‑production deployment.
• Ability to identify and resolve technical issues affecting website functionality, performance, and search engine crawling.
• Good problem‑solving, debugging, communication, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have):

• Experience managing multiple WordPress websites across different business domains.
• Knowledge of advanced PHP development, custom WordPress plugins, REST APIs, and third‑party integrations.
• Experience with Google Tag Manager, GA4, conversion tracking, and marketing pixels.
• Familiarity with hosting environments, cPanel, VPS, DNS, SSL, and server‑side performance optimization.
• Experience with Git, version control, deployment workflows, and website monitoring tools.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards, website usability, and conversion rate optimization.
• Experience working with digital marketing, SEO, and content teams in an agency or IT services environment.

Educational Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.