WordPress Developer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Madison, WI
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 2–3 years of professional web development experience, with meaningful hands-on WordPress theme development experience.
- Comfort using GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted development and as part of the problem-solving process.
- Strong HTML, CSS and JavaScript fundamentals.
- Working knowledge of PHP and WordPress development.
- Experience with WordPress themes, plugins, Gutenberg/block editor and common marketing-site integrations.
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
- Experience working with Git-based version control.
- Ability and willingness to work across different types of technical assignments rather than specializing exclusively in one area.
- Resourceful and comfortable researching unfamiliar problems and identifying solutions independently.
- Self-motivated, with the ability to take ownership of work and follow it through to completion.
- Curious and eager to learn new technologies, platforms and approaches.
- Familiarity with analytics, tagging and marketing integrations, including GA4/GTM, consent tools, A/B testing, email providers and CDPs.
- Accessibility awareness, including WCAG fundamentals, and experience implementing accessible UI patterns.
- Able to manage multiple priorities and shift between projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Collaborative, dependable and committed to producing high-quality work.
Nice to have
- WooCommerce or Shopify experience, including checkout optimization, payment and shipping plugins, and catalog organization.
- Comfort with WP-CLI, Composer, deployment automation and modern WordPress build pipelines.
- Experience implementing WordPress hardening practices, including secure configuration, plugin governance and least-privilege access.
- Familiarity with unit testing or automated regression testing.
- Hands-on experience with Email on Acid or Litmus to create visual and brand consistency across email devices and clients.
Full description
Love building new things—but also get a weird amount of satisfaction from tracking down the one plugin, line of code or integration causing everything to misbehave? Hiebing is looking for a curious and resourceful Web Developer who’s excited to build smart digital experiences, solve unfamiliar problems and keep growing alongside a collaborative team. WordPress will be at the center of the role, but your work—and your opportunity to make an impact—will extend well beyond it.
Hiebing is seeking a curious, motivated and innovative WordPress Developer who is eager to build intelligent solutions in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment. Our team values learning, support and innovation, creating a culture where developers can grow, contribute and have fun doing great work. WordPress development and maintenance will be at the center of this role, but we’re looking for someone who is equally energized by troubleshooting an integration, helping implement tagging, debugging an email or figuring out something they haven’t encountered before.
The ideal candidate is a self-starter who is curious, resourceful and motivated to find answers independently. They see unfamiliar challenges as opportunities to learn rather than barriers and are comfortable moving between different types of digital work as client and team needs evolve.
This role will initially be divided between new WordPress development and maintenance for existing clients, with the potential to create new capabilities and offerings for our clients and eventually lead the WordPress development practice at Hiebing.
Responsibilities
- Develop, enhance and maintain WordPress websites, including block editor/Gutenberg development, theme customization, plugin configuration and integrations.
- Troubleshoot and resolve website issues, including plugin conflicts, third-party integrations, browser and device inconsistencies, and performance problems.
- Support ongoing website maintenance, landing pages, forms, content migrations and other digital enhancements across multiple client properties.
- Assist with analytics and tagging implementations using tools such as Google Tag Manager and GA4, including implementation, troubleshooting and QA.
- Support email development and production needs, including building and modifying HTML emails, troubleshooting rendering or template issues, and conducting technical QA.
- Implement and troubleshoot marketing technology integrations, including forms, analytics, consent management, email platforms and other third-party tools.
- Work within Git-based development workflows and follow established practices for commits, branching, pull requests, releases and documentation.
- Collaborate with developers, digital strategists, project managers, designers and other team members to solve problems and deliver high-quality work.