Technical Analyst – WordPress Developer – Senior LevelExperience – 8+ YearsLocation- NoidaSkills: WordPress CMS, WooCommerce, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQueryKey Responsibilities
- Design, develop, customize, and maintain WordPress websites, themes, and plugins.
- Build scalable solutions using PHP, WordPress core APIs, hooks, filters, custom post types, and taxonomies.
- Develop and maintain custom Gutenberg / Block Editor blocks and modern content-editing experiences.
- Integrate WordPress with third-party systems such as REST APIs, CRMs, payment gateways, marketing tools, and analytics platforms.
- Optimize websites for performance, SEO readiness, accessibility, mobile responsiveness, and Core Web Vitals.
- Implement WordPress security best practices, patching, permissions management, and site hardening.
- Troubleshoot complex production issues, plugin conflicts, deployment problems, and performance bottlenecks.
- Collaborate with UI/UX, QA, product, and business stakeholders to convert requirements into technical solutions.
- Review code, define standards, mentor developers, and support technical delivery across projects.
- Contribute to estimation, architecture decisions, release planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in WordPress development, including senior-level ownership of web projects.
- Strong proficiency in PHP, WordPress, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery.
- Proven experience in custom theme and custom plugin development.
- Hands-on experience with Gutenberg / Block Editor and modern WordPress architecture.
- Strong knowledge of WordPress REST API and third-party integration patterns.
- Experience with ACF, custom post types, taxonomies, shortcodes, hooks, filters, and template hierarchy.
- Experience with Git-based workflows, staging environments, and structured deployment processes.
- Strong understanding of performance optimization, caching, image optimization, and troubleshooting.
- Strong understanding of WordPress security best practices and secure coding standards.
- Ability to perform code reviews and mentor junior or mid-level developers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with headless WordPress architectures using REST API or similar approaches.
- Familiarity with theme.json, modern block styling, and structured component-based development.
- Exposure to automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and release governance.
- Knowledge of hosting, backups, monitoring, and recovery practices for WordPress environments.
- Open-source contribution or WordPress community involvement is a plus.
Senior-Level Expectations
- Own end-to-end technical delivery for complex WordPress initiatives.
- Recommend architecture decisions for scalability, maintainability, and security.
- Lead troubleshooting of high-impact issues and production incidents.
- Improve development standards, documentation, and engineering workflows.
- Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and review support across the team.
Tools & Technologies
- WordPress CMS, WooCommerce
- PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery
- Gutenberg / Block Editor, ACF, REST API
- Git / GitHub / Bitbucket
- Managed hosting platforms, debugging tools, analytics and SEO integrations
Soft Skills
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting ability
- Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ownership mindset and attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize across multiple projects
- Mentoring and collaboration skills
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