Own the end-to-end development of custom WordPress sites, themes, and plugins from technical architecture to final polish.
Translate client goals and designs into performant, maintainable, and scalable WordPress implementations.
Collaborate directly with clients: understand their needs, present technical solutions clearly, and guide them toward best-practice approaches.
Build reusable components, optimize performance, ensure accessibility, and maintain pixel-perfect execution across devices.
Work closely with design, content, and technical teams to integrate APIs, third-party services, marketing tools, and custom functionalities.
Troubleshoot complex issues quickly and communicate solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Manage staging/production deployments, version control, environment setups, and QA processes to ensure high reliability.
Uphold Lateral’s standards of engineering excellence: thoughtful decisions, crisp execution, and clean, well-reviewed code.

6+ years of hands-on professional WordPress development (custom themes, plugins, APIs, Gutenberg blocks, performance tuning, security best practices).
Expert-level PHP, JavaScript, HTML/CSS plus modern tooling, bundlers, and frameworks as needed.
Advanced understanding of WordPress architecture: hooks, filters, WP REST API, custom post types, taxonomies, roles, caching layers, security, and database internals.
Strong experience integrating third-party APIs and building custom backend logic.
Perfect English both written and spoken.
A track record of presenting work to clients, managing expectations, and providing consultative guidance.
Experience working in fast-paced environments with high expectations for quality and clarity.
A mindset of ownership: proactive, detail-oriented, autonomous, and able to run with complex projects with minimal oversight.

Remote-First, Office Friendly: Work from wherever you’re most productive.
An Outstanding Team: Talented, kind, and hard-working people who care deeply about their craft.
Growth: You’ll be supported in growing your craft, exploring new paths, and stepping into greater responsibility – at your own pace.
A Culture of Excellence: We care deeply about doing the right thing.
Variety & Stability: The company is profitable, independent, and over a decade strong.

Senior WordPress Developer

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