Senior WordPress & PHP Lead — Remote with AI Skills

Blurn; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly Performance Bonus

Annual salary hike

37 days paid leave

Job summary

Bismath (Blurn Group) seeks an experienced Senior Lead WordPress & PHP Developer with AI skills for a 100% remote, long-term role. You will lead custom WordPress development and Elementor projects, integrate APIs, optimize performance, and ensure WCAG/SEO readiness while mentoring juniors.

Responsibilities include translating client requirements into scalable solutions, maintaining code quality, and driving technical strategy across internal and client teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on PHP and WordPress development.
• Strong expertise in Core PHP and OO PHP.
• Strong experience developing custom WordPress themes and plugins.
• Advanced knowledge of WordPress hooks, filters, CPTs, taxonomies and custom fields.
• Strong WooCommerce development and customization.
• Strong Elementor and Elementor Pro experience.
• Proven experience converting HTML/CSS designs into Elementor websites.
• Ability to reproduce supplied HTML designs with accuracy and responsiveness.
• AI tools experience integrated into development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of custom WordPress websites and WooCommerce functionality.
• Develop using Core PHP and frameworks such as Laravel, CodeIgniter or CakePHP.
• Create reusable Elementor templates and components while keeping clean structure.
• Ensure performance, security and accessibility best practices across sites.
• Integrate REST APIs and third-party services and manage data flows.
• Collaborate with PMs, marketing, and clients to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior developers.
• Estimate effort and manage project delivery timelines.

Skills

7+ years PHP & WordPress

Core PHP

WordPress Theme/Plugin

WooCommerce

Elementor Pro

REST APIs

Git & version control

SEO/AEO

AI tools in development

Web security OWASP

Tools

Git

Elementor

OpenAI Claude (AI tools)

Job description

Bismath (Blurn Group) seeks an experienced Senior Lead WordPress & PHP Developer with AI skills for a 100% remote, long-term role. You will lead custom WordPress development and Elementor projects, integrate APIs, optimize performance, and ensure WCAG/SEO readiness while mentoring juniors.

Responsibilities include translating client requirements into scalable solutions, maintaining code quality, and driving technical strategy across internal and client teams.