AI-First Senior Full Stack WordPress Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a senior engineer who builds scalable, secure WordPress platforms while embedding AI into every step of the development process. The role combines full‑stack development, performance engineering, and AI‑enhanced workflows to deliver high‑quality digital products.

Key responsibilities

• Architect and develop custom WordPress themes, plugins, and headless solutions using modern PHP OOP practices.
• Design, implement, and maintain REST APIs and third‑party integrations.
• Optimize database schemas, queries, and caching layers to meet Core Web Vitals.
• Build front‑end experiences with HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, Tailwind, and modern JavaScript frameworks such as React or Next.js.
• Set up CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and cloud hosting environments for staging and production.
• Integrate AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude) to accelerate debugging, refactoring, documentation, testing, and automation.
• Conduct code reviews, enforce security hardening, and monitor uptime and performance metrics.
• Mentor junior developers and collaborate with product, design, SEO, and QA teams.

Required profile

• 5+ years of professional experience building complex WordPress solutions.
• Strong mindset of using AI to improve development velocity and quality.
• Proven ability to deliver production‑grade, high‑performance web applications.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and attention to security and scalability.

Required skills

• PHP (OOP), WordPress Core, Hooks, Filters, custom plugin development.
• MySQL optimization and complex query design.
• HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, Tailwind.
• JavaScript, React, Next.js (preferred for headless setups).
• Custom Gutenberg block development.
• Git, CI/CD pipelines, cloud hosting (AWS, GCP, or similar).
• AI tooling such as ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Claude.