
WordPress Developer – Full-Time Contractor
Radish Lab
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $25 - $35 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
JavaScriptLaravelMySQLNode.jsPHPWordPress
About the role
- Build and maintain custom WordPress sites using Roots.io Sage, Gutenberg, and ACF Blocks
- Implement clean, accessible, responsive front-end code with Tailwind + modern JavaScript
- Ensure cross-browser compatibility
- Use AI tools to speed up development, refactor code, and explore new approaches
- Ask smart questions early to clarify requirements and avoid downstream issues
- Deliver stable, maintainable code that meets WCAG AA
- Collaborate closely with PMs, designers, and other developers on the team
- Work within CI workflows and a ticketing/time-tracking system
- Build and maintain internal tools using Laravel for multiple purposes, such as data migration or third party services integration.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience developing complex WordPress websites
- 3+ years of PHP and MySQL experience
- 3+ years of front-end experience using HTML5, CSS/Tailwind, and JavaScript
- Has actively explored modern AI developer tools and is interested in how AI is shaping development workflows
- Strong experience with Gutenberg block development and ACF Blocks
- Roots.io Sage experience (must show past projects)
- Experience with composer-based WordPress installations and managing node packages
- Experience with the MVC architectural pattern (Laravel, CakePHP, CodeIgniter, etc.)
- Experience working with a Continuous Integration setup
- Experience working with a ticket and time-tracking system
- Proficient understanding of responsive + cross-browser compatibility
- Git CLI familiarity
- Experience developing accessible websites (WCAG AA)
- Excellent written and spoken English, including communicating clearly in meetings
- Comfortable explaining technical ideas to teammates with varied technical understanding
- MUST LIVE in North or South America. Other candidates will NOT be considered.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation for LATAM
- USD payments every two weeks
- Unlimited PTO after 3 months
- Choose your own paid holidays
- Paid professional development
- Equipment stipend
- Inclusion in team meetings, Slack, and internal learning
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
WordPressPHPMySQLHTML5CSSJavaScriptGutenbergACF BlocksLaravelContinuous Integration
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingclarificationadaptabilitytechnical explanationteamworkattention to detailresponsivenesscreativity