[Remote] WordPress Engineer (Enterprise Engineering)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Tailored Management is seeking an experienced Web Developer to support large-scale WordPress marketing and informational web properties. The role focuses on building new functionality, maintaining enterprise WordPress applications, optimizing site performance, and implementing secure development practices while leveraging AI-assisted engineering workflows.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain enterprise WordPress applications using PHP and JavaScript
- Build custom WordPress themes and plugins from scratch, including bug fixes and updates
- Design and implement Gutenberg custom blocks and reusable components
- Support WordPress multisite environments and scalable content architectures
- Optimize Core Web Vitals, page speed, caching, and site reliability
- Troubleshoot production issues and deploy safe, incremental releases
- Implement secure coding practices and dependency management
- Collaborate with Marketing, Design, Product, and Engineering stakeholders
- Participate in code reviews, testing, documentation, and deployment activities
- Implement an AI-first development workflow using modern toolsets such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, DevMate, and Codex to accelerate delivery
- Support technical maintenance and enhancement initiatives across web ecosystem
Skills
- 5+ years WordPress engineering experience
- Experience supporting large-scale WordPress environments
- Custom plugin development
- Custom theme development
- PHP
- JavaScript (ES6+)
- HTML5
- CSS3 / SCSS
- WordPress REST API
- Gutenberg Block Editor
- WordPress Hooks
- WordPress PHP APIs
- Secure coding practices
- Code review experience
- Performance optimization
- Scalability and reliability engineering
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Experience utilizing AI coding tools
- Claude
- GitHub Copilot
- DevMate
- Codex
- WordPress VIP
- Enterprise CMS environments
- Media company experience
- High-traffic public websites
- React
- WordPress Multisite
- Core Web Vitals optimization
- Accessibility (WCAG)
- Meta experience
- Agile/Scrum environments
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k)
- Paid Vacation
- Sick Leave
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