Wordpress Developer (Freshers and above) - 15 Roles available

WordPress Developer (Remote)

Company:

https://za.linkedin.com/company/everest-tutors

About Everest Tutors

WordPress Developers

Role Overview

Youll own end-to-end WordPress development: custom themes/plugins, performance, SEO, integrations, and secure deployments. Youll collaborate with design, content, and product teams to ship fast, reliable, and beautiful websites.

What Youll Do

• Build and maintain custom

  themes

  and

  plugins

  (Gutenberg/block editor first).
• Implement

  responsive UI

  from Figma/Design specs with pixel-perfect quality.
• Create custom post types, taxonomies, and flexible content models (ACF/Block patterns).
  
• Integrate third-party services:

  payment gateways

  (Stripe/PayPal),

  LMS

  (e.g., LearnDash/TutorLMS),

  CRM

  , email and marketing tools.
• Optimize

  performance

  (Lighthouse/Core Web Vitals),

  SEO

  (schema, sitemaps), and

  accessibility

  (WCAG 2.1 AA).
• Ensure

  security

  (hardened configs, least-privilege, OWASP basics) and

  reliability

  (backups, monitoring, rollback plans).
• Configure hosting stacks (cPanel/Plesk, NGINX/Apache, Cloudflare, CDNs, caching with Redis/Varnish).
  
• Set up CI/CD and staging workflows; manage version control with

  Git/GitHub

  .
• Troubleshoot, document, and continuously improve code quality.
  

Tech You Likely Use

• WordPress Core

  ,

  PHP 8+

  ,

  MySQL/MariaDB

  ,

  Composer

  ,

  WP-CLI

• Frontend:

  HTML5

  ,

  CSS/SASS/Tailwind

  ,

  JavaScript/TypeScript

  ,

  Gutenberg/Blocks

• Tooling:

  Git/GitHub

  , CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Docker (nice to have)
• Performance & SEO: Core Web Vitals, image pipelines (WebP/AVIF), schema/structured data
  
• Optional/Bonus:

  WooCommerce

  ,

  Multisite

  ,

  Headless

  (e.g., WP +

  Next.js

  /

  React

  ),

  GraphQL/REST

  , GA4/GTM, Sentry

Qualifications

• Demonstrable WordPress development skills (portfolio, GitHub, or live sites).
  
• Solid PHP and modern JS fundamentals; ability to write clean, reusable code.
  
• Experience building custom themes/plugins and working with block editor.
  
• Understanding of performance, security, and accessibility best practices.
  
• Comfortable collaborating in a remote, async team and meeting deadlines.
  

Open to all levels.

Nice-to-Have

• WooCommerce at scale (checkout optimization, subscriptions).
  
• Headless WP with Next.js or similar.
  
• Experience with LMS products and booking flows.
  
• Automated testing (PHPUnit/Playwright) and observability (Sentry/LogRocket).
  
• Multilingual setups (WPML/Polylang) and multisite networks.
  

Benefits

• Competitive salary from

  $3000

  up to

  $7,000/month

  (DOE).
• Full company benefits (paid leave, health allowance, equipment stipend).
  
• Fully remote work with flexible hours;

  relocation options

  for top performers.
• Learning budget, certifications, and clear growth paths.
  
• Impactful work on high-visibility education products.
  

How to Apply

1. Must apply on Naukri.com and follow us on linkedin to begin discussions @ Everest Tutors https://za.linkedin.com/company/everest-tutors
   
2. Provide 35 live WordPress links (what you built) on https://za.linkedin.com/company/everest-tutors
   
3. Brief note on your strongest WP skills and a performance/security win you’re proud of
   
4. Expected monthly salary and soonest start date
   

Everest Tutors is an equal opportunity employer.

Please message on https://za.linkedin.com/company/everest-tutors