Senior WordPress & PHP Architect (Hybrid)

IQbusiness South Africa; Wes-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

IQbusiness South Africa is seeking a Senior Web Developer on a 12-month contract at our Welgemoed, Cape Town office. You will lead full-stack development with a strong WordPress focus, collaborating with an international client and UI/UX teams to deliver robust, secure web solutions.

The role requires deep PHP/WordPress expertise, experience with APIs, MySQL, and modern front-end frameworks. This is a hybrid role combining on-site collaboration with remote work where suitable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 5 years’ full-stack development with strong WordPress focus.
• Proficiency in front-end technologies and responsive UI.
• Experience with Bootstrap for mobile-first UI components.
• Deep PHP/WordPress core, themes and plugin development.
• Extensive MySQL experience for WordPress apps.
• Familiarity with REST APIs and external services.
• Git version control expertise.
• Docker experience for WP development environments (advantageous).
• CI/CD and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) advantageous.
• Testing with PHPUnit for WordPress advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of PHP/WordPress solutions (themes/plugins/APIs).
• Develop and maintain custom APIs and integrate with third-party services.
• Collaborate with UI/UX to translate designs into responsive interfaces (Bootstrap/React/Angular).
• Create complex WordPress platforms with advanced functionality.
• Debug independently and propose effective solutions.
• Optimize WordPress apps for speed, scalability, security.
• Write clean, maintainable code for WP themes/plugins.
• Communicate technical concepts to stakeholders.
• Contribute to requirements gathering and development standards.
• Ensure security and data protection best practices across WP work.
• Participate in code reviews and mentoring.
• Stay current with WordPress and web technologies.

Skills

WordPress

PHP

Front-end tech

Bootstrap

React

Angular

REST APIs

Git

Docker

CI/CD

AWS

Azure

GCP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/related

Tools

MySQL

Job description

IQbusiness South Africa is seeking a Senior Web Developer on a 12-month contract at our Welgemoed, Cape Town office. You will lead full-stack development with a strong WordPress focus, collaborating with an international client and UI/UX teams to deliver robust, secure web solutions.

The role requires deep PHP/WordPress expertise, experience with APIs, MySQL, and modern front-end frameworks. This is a hybrid role combining on-site collaboration with remote work where suitable.