Senior WordPress Engineer — Azure, Performance & Plugins

TECHEAD

United States

On-site

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

TECHEAD is seeking a senior WordPress developer in the United States to design, build, and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, and CPTs with clean, scalable code. You will write and optimize SQL queries, manage WordPress environments on Microsoft Azure, perform performance audits and security hardening, and collaborate during onboarding before moving to a 20-hour schedule in October.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of WP development, strong PHP (OOP, namespaces), MySQL, vanilla JS with

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in custom WordPress theme/plugin development from scratch (not just customizing off-the-shelf themes/builders).
Deep understanding of modern PHP standards (OOP, namespace, hooks/filters).
Strong ability to write custom MySQL queries and understand database relations.
Proficiency in vanilla JS, AJAX, and working with REST APIs / WP REST API.
Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud hosting, deployments, and resource management.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, and CPTs ensuring clean, scalable code.
Write, optimize, and maintain SQL queries to ensure high performance and data integrity across custom database schemas.
Manage, monitor, and deploy WordPress environments and connected services hosted on Microsoft Azure (App Services, Azure SQL / MySQL, Azure Blob Storage, CDN).
Perform regular site updates, performance audits (Core Web Vitals), bug fixes, and security hardening.
Collaborate with the team during onboarding to streamline workflows and document systems before transitioning to a 20 hr/week schedule in October.