Jobs in Ipoh, Malaysia

🌐 Senior Full Stack Developer – Events Platform (Full-Time / Contract)

About Us: JYQ.com.au is a Chinese event hosting platform based in Australia. We connect event organizers and vendors with the Chinese community through the platform. We’re now looking for a creative, tech-savvy individual to join our team.

Remote (Preferred: Malaysia-based)

We are looking for a skilled Senior Full Stack Developer to lead the technical development of our site — from improving our current WordPress • CMS setup to building scalable features like ticketing, attendee tracking, and potentially helping us transition to a headless WordPress architecture in the future.

• Design, develop, and maintain WordPress websites using custom post types (CPTs) and Advanced Custom Fields (ACF).
• Build and structure scalable event, ticket, and attendee data models.
• Create responsive, SEO-optimized bilingual pages.
• Integrate custom user flows for event uploads (by admin or organisers), search, and categorization.
• Build admin tools for staff to bulk upload events easily and manage event content.
• Work with plugins (e.g., The Events Calendar, WooCommerce, Gravity Forms, etc.) and extend them where necessary.
• Upload and source events on the website.
• Create or customize REST API endpoints for external app/frontend use.
• Optimize site performance through caching, lazy loading, and CDN strategies.
• Collaborate with marketing and design to improve UI/UX, loading speeds, and SEO.
• (Optional) Architect and build a headless front-end using React or Next.js.
• (Optional) Set up a custom GraphQL API or integrate with headless CMS infrastructure.
• (Optional) Develop a scalable ticketing and user management database structure using custom database tables or external storage.

• Strong experience with WordPress CMS development, including theme and plugin customization.
• Experience building or migrating to Headless WordPress.
• Proficient in PHP, JavaScript (Vanilla & jQuery), HTML5, CSS3.
• Familiarity with React, Next.js, or Vue.js.
• Familiar with Custom Post Types (CPTs) and Advanced Custom Fields (ACF).
• Experience with WordPress REST API.
• Familiarity with custom database structures for large-scale apps.
• Solid understanding of website performance optimization.
• Experience with Git or similar version control tools.
• Good grasp of UI/UX and mobile responsiveness.
• Able to work independently with clear communication.

• Experience using GraphQL (e.g., via WPGraphQL).
• Knowledge of Stripe or Square payment integration.
• Experience with multilingual setups (e.g., WPML, Polylang).
• Understanding of WordPress multisite.
• Prior work with ticketing, booking, or user submission platforms.

We are looking for Mandarin-speaking candidates who will be working on Chinese and English content.

MYR 7,000–10,000/month (depending on experience and hours)

Please provide us with your CV, past portfolio, Communication Style for a remote position and a short message explaining how you would make JYQ better.

The successful applicant will undertake a probation period of 1 month.

This job is open for both full-time applicants, the position can potentially lead to fast career growth.

At JYQ, we celebrate diversity and make hiring decisions based on merit, skills, and experience.

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