Principal Engineer
SAE International
WordPress Developer – iGaming
Medier Agency
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
JavaScriptPHPSCSSWordPress
About the role
- Work with SEO and content teams to support required technical SEO improvements.
- Maintain, update, and optimize existing WordPress websites (themes, plugins, custom blocks).
- Develop new custom features, templates, and components using PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Implement and manage custom post types, ACF fields, taxonomies, and Gutenberg blocks.
- Ensure high performance, SEO-friendly code, and fast page loading times across all devices.
- Debug and fix frontend and backend issues in production and staging environments.
- Work with DevOps teams to manage hosting, CDNs, and caching solutions for optimal website performance.
- Improve site architecture, development workflows, and deployment processes.
- Follow version control (Git) and adhere to clean coding and documentation standards.
- Integrate APIs, website traffic tracking systems, and custom data sources.
Requirements
- 3+ years of hands-on WordPress development experience.
- Strong skills in PHP, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS (SASS/SCSS).
- Experience with ACF, custom post types, taxonomies, and REST API.
- Familiarity with technical SEO best practices, including Core Web Vitals improvements.
- Understanding of website performance optimization and caching strategies.
- Experience working with Gutenberg or custom block development.
- Knowledge of Git and development workflows (staging → production).
- Comfortable working independently and managing multiple projects.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Would be a plus:
- Experience in the iGaming industry would be an asset.
- Experience working with Figma.
- Familiarity with multi-language setups (Polylang, WPML, or similar).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
PHPJavaScriptHTML5CSSSASSSCSSACFREST APItechnical SEOwebsite performance optimization
Soft skills
communicationindependenceproject management
