Web Developer II — WordPress, APIs & Accessibility

Worky; United States; On-site; USD 72,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Paid sick time

Family leave

Job summary

Catalyst Mobility (formerly CALSTART) in the United States seeks a Web Developer to build, maintain, and optimize our WordPress-based websites and applications, ensuring accessibility, security, and performance. You’ll collaborate with Marketing, design, and program teams to deliver high-impact digital experiences.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of web development experience, strong HTML/CSS/JavaScript and WordPress expertise, plus knowledge of REST APIs, PHP, MySQL, and version control.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, web development, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Five or more years of professional web development experience, including experience developing and maintaining WordPress websites.
• Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, responsive design, modern JavaScript, and building or modifying WordPress themes, templates, blocks, plugins, or custom functionality.
• Working knowledge of PHP, MySQL, REST APIs, third-party web services, and Git-based development workflows.
• Experience applying web accessibility standards (WCAG) and security, privacy, performance optimization, and cross-browser compatibility.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance websites, landing pages, and web applications using WordPress, PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and MySQL.
• Independently manage assigned web properties, including maintenance, troubleshooting, testing, deployments, and post-launch support.
• Build and modify WordPress themes, templates, reusable components, blocks, plugins, and custom functionality.
• Translate designs into accessible, responsive web experiences meeting WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
• Support launches, migrations, and integrations including upcoming rebrand and rebuild.
• Develop and maintain integrations with REST APIs, analytics platforms, CRM systems, Salesforce, and third-party services.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across planning, development, QA, and launch.

Skills

HTML5

CSS3

Responsive design

Modern JavaScript

WordPress themes

WordPress plugins

REST APIs

Git workflows

PHP

MySQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Web Dev/Software Eng

Tools

WP Engine

GoDaddy

Cloudflare

AWS/Azure/Google Cloud

Advanced Custom Fields

Job description

Catalyst Mobility (formerly CALSTART) in the United States seeks a Web Developer to build, maintain, and optimize our WordPress-based websites and applications, ensuring accessibility, security, and performance. You’ll collaborate with Marketing, design, and program teams to deliver high-impact digital experiences.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of web development experience, strong HTML/CSS/JavaScript and WordPress expertise, plus knowledge of REST APIs, PHP, MySQL, and version control.