Senior WordPress Architect | Gutenberg Migration Lead

Mobomo

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 130,000 - 170,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Mobomo is seeking a Senior WordPress Engineer to lead architecture, development, and maintenance of a delivery framework for migrating websites to WordPress (Gutenberg). You will guide migrations and optimize site applications within an agile team.

You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and developers to deliver reusable code, ensure accessibility, and performance. Strong proficiency in WordPress, Gutenberg, APIs, and modern front-end tech is required.

Qualifications

Strong understanding of WordPress APIs, theme hierarchy, and Gutenberg blocks.
Experience migrating websites to WordPress (Gutenberg).
Proficient in WordPress theme development and accessibility.
Proficient in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React (Gutenberg), ES6+.
Familiar with MySQL and version control (Git).
Knowledge of project management tools like Jira/Slack.

Responsibilities

Contribute to scope of build discussions with development team, project managers, designers, and other developers.
Integrate with third-party APIs and customize WordPress to support specific functionality.
Support current client websites.
Document plugins, new code, theme, and plugin modifications.
Enhance personal and team expertise through training, exploration, and prospecting.
Produce new user-facing features.
Build reusable code and libraries.
Optimize applications for performance and scalability.
Deliver functional, testable code on or before due dates.
Collaborate with team members and stakeholders using Agile methodologies.