WordPress Full-Stack Developer at Severion Inc

Job Summary

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth. We are looking for an experienced WordPress Full-Stack Developer to develop, maintain, and support custom WordPress websites. This is primarily a development-focused role. You will work with designs provided by our design team and turn them into responsive, polished, and reliable WordPress websites. The ideal candidate is a strong developer who also has a good eye for design, layout, typography, and color composition. You should be comfortable making minor visual and UX adjustments independently when needed, without requiring a designer for every small change. We are looking for someone who understands WordPress beyond page builders and pre-built themes and is comfortable working directly with PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, custom themes, and custom plugins.

Responsibilities

• Develop responsive WordPress websites from provided Figma designs.
• Build, modify, and maintain custom WordPress themes.
• Develop, modify, and troubleshoot custom WordPress plugins.
• Write clean and maintainable PHP, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Accurately translate designs into polished, responsive web interfaces.
• Make sensible minor design adjustments involving spacing, layout, typography, colors, and responsive behaviour when required.
• Work with WordPress hooks, actions, filters, custom post types, taxonomies, metadata, and custom fields.
• Work with ACF and other commonly used WordPress development tools.
• Maintain and support existing custom-developed WordPress websites.
• Troubleshoot PHP, JavaScript, CSS, database, theme, and plugin issues.
• Perform WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates and resolve compatibility issues.
• Optimize websites for performance, responsiveness, SEO, and accessibility.
• Work with forms, AJAX, REST APIs, and third-party integrations when required.
• Perform website migrations, backups, restores, and staging-to-production updates.
• Manage WordPress websites through cPanel, including files, databases, PHP settings, SSL, redirects, and cron jobs.
• Use WP-CLI and basic SSH commands when needed.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional WordPress development experience.
• Strong PHP development skills.
• Excellent knowledge of HTML5 and CSS3.
• Strong practical knowledge of JavaScript.
• Proven experience developing and maintaining custom WordPress themes and plugins.
• Strong understanding of WordPress architecture, templates, hooks, and APIs.
• Ability to accurately implement responsive websites from Figma designs.
• Strong visual judgment and attention to detail, particularly around layout, spacing, typography, and color.