Job Description

WordPress Developer

At Huzzle, we connect high-performing B2B sales professionals with global companies across the UK, US, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Our clients include startups, digital agencies, and tech platforms in industries like SaaS, MarTech, FinTech, and EdTech. We match top sales talent to full-time remote roles where they're hired directly into client teams and provided ongoing support by Huzzle.

Role Type: Full-time

Engagement: Independent Contractor

We're looking for an experienced WordPress Developer with 4–5+ years of professional experience to join a growing team in a fully remote role.

You'll be responsible for building, customizing, optimizing, and maintaining high-quality WordPress websites. This role requires strong expertise across both front-end and back-end WordPress development, with hands-on experience in custom themes, plugins, PHP, JavaScript, databases, performance optimization, SEO, and website security.

The ideal candidate is comfortable owning WordPress projects end-to-end, troubleshooting complex technical issues, and delivering fast, secure, responsive, and maintainable websites.

Key Responsibilities

• Theme Development: Build and customize WordPress themes, website layouts, templates, and styles using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
• Plugin Development: Develop custom WordPress plugins, extensions, and functionality to meet specific business and website requirements.
• Front-End Development: Create responsive, user-friendly interfaces that perform seamlessly across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
• Back-End Development: Work with PHP, WordPress core functionality, databases, APIs, and server-side logic to support reliable website functionality.
• Performance Optimization: Improve Core Web Vitals, page-loading speeds, caching, database performance, and overall website efficiency.
• SEO Optimization: Implement technical and on-page SEO best practices to improve website structure, crawlability, performance, and search visibility.
• Security & Maintenance: Conduct security checks and audits, manage WordPress core/theme/plugin updates, troubleshoot bugs, and maintain regular website backups.
• Troubleshooting: Identify and resolve compatibility issues, broken functionality, performance bottlenecks, and other technical problems.
• Quality Assurance: Test websites and new functionality across browsers and devices before deployment.
• Ongoing Development: Maintain existing WordPress websites while continuously improving their functionality, performance, security, and user experience.

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