Overview
Remote
Depends on Experience
Full Time
Accepts corp to corp applications
Able to Provide Sponsorship
Skills
WordPress
Architect
Job Details
| Job Description for Internal Candidates |
We are seeking an experienced WordPress Architect to lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable, high-performance WordPress solutions. The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise with strategic insight to architect robust websites, themes, and plugins while ensuring security, performance, and maintainability.
| Description for Internal Candidates |
Core WordPress Expertise
- Deep knowledge of WordPress core architecture (hooks, filters, REST API, database schema).
- Multisite setup & management domain mapping, shared users, centralized vs. brand-specific themes.
- Theme & Plugin architecture ability to build enterprise-grade custom themes/plugins that comply with WP VIP coding standards.
- Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) / Gutenberg designing flexible, scalable content models.
WP VIP Hosting Knowledge
- Familiarity with WordPress VIP platform (VIP Go, VIP CLI, and CI/CD pipelines).
- Code review and performance standards strong grasp of WordPress Coding Standards (PHPCS), linting, and VIP Go requirements.
- Caching strategies page/object caching, Advanced Post Cache, Redis, and VIP s built-in caching layers.
Security compliance secure coding practices, restricted plugins, data handling, GDPR compliance.
Performance & Scalability
- Large-scale traffic handling query optimization, scaling multisite databases, use of transient/APIs.
- Front-end performance asset concatenation/minification, lazy loading, Core Web Vitals optimization.
CDN/Edge delivery integration with Cloudflare or VIP s edge caching for global sites.
Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Solution architecture design multisite brand hierarchy, shared vs. isolated codebases, content modeling, headless CMS hierarchy.
- Integration expertise REST APIs, GraphQL, headless/decoupled options, external CRMs/marketing tools.
- DevOps awareness Docker, Lando, WSL, GitHub/GitLab workflows, CI/CD pipelines for VIP.
- Monitoring & observability New Relic, Logstash, VIP logs, debugging performance bottlenecks.
Collaboration & Best Practices
- Agile project collaboration Jira, Confluence, Git workflows (PRs, code reviews).
- Documentation technical architecture docs, coding guidelines, onboarding resources.
- Mentoring developers setting coding standards, ensuring compliance with VIP review processes.
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