Full Stack WordPress Developer

Position: WordPress Full Stack Developer

Location: Seattle, WA

Contract: 12 Months (Extension Possible)

Role Summary:

Client is seeking a part-time Full Stack WordPress Developer to assess its WordPress environment, recommend improvements, collaborate with Pantheon, and support the district’s website ecosystem for design, reliability, performance, monitoring, security, and user experience. The environment includes 104 school websites, one public district website, and one staff-only website.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain WordPress multisite environment
• Assess current sites and recommend improvements
• Collaborate with SPS web services team and Pantheon
• Support testing, deployment, release management, and uptime
• Set up and tune monitoring tools such as ThousandEyes, New Relic, and SolarWinds
• Configure and maintain WordPress CMS for performance and security
• Maintain WordPress core, themes, and third-party plugins
• Create, maintain, and back up databases
• Support new feature development and troubleshooting
• Work on integrations with third-party and enterprise systems
• Ensure responsive design, cross-platform compatibility, and performance optimization
• Support regular WordPress and plugin patching
• Ensure WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance
• Provide reporting, status updates, performance measurement, and retrospectives.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience as a full stack WordPress developer
• At least 5 years of professional web development experience
• Strong skills in PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, HTML5
• Experience with Git
• Experience with APIs and RESTful services
• Strong understanding of WCAG / accessibility
• Good project management, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Nice to Have:

• K-12 academic environment experience
• Public agency experience.