Wordpress Fullstack Engineer

WordPress Full Stack Engineer React / GraphQL / PHP
Location: New York City, NY Hybrid, 3 days onsite
Experience: 8+ Years
Interview: In-Person Interview Required Job Description

We are seeking a Senior WordPress Full Stack Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in WordPress, PHP, React, and GraphQL. The ideal candidate will have experience building and supporting scalable, high-traffic content platforms and integrating WordPress with modern frontend and API architectures.

Required Skills

• 8+ years of overall software engineering experience with 5+ years of hands-on WordPress development.
• Strong PHP expertise with custom WordPress plugin and theme development.
• Strong React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript experience, including component architecture, state management, testing, performance, and accessibility.
• Deep GraphQL expertise including schema design, resolvers, query optimization, caching, authorization, API evolution, and documentation.
• Experience operating WordPress at scale, preferably WordPress VIP or similar high-traffic managed platforms.
• Strong experience integrating WordPress with REST/GraphQL APIs, webhooks, cron/scheduled jobs, third-party content feeds, and caching layers.
• Deep understanding of WordPress content modeling including custom post types, custom fields/meta, taxonomies, Gutenberg blocks, publishing workflows, redirects, and search/indexing.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot production issues across CMS, frontend, APIs, caching, and external integrations.
• Good understanding of WCAG/accessibility, responsive design, SEO, Core Web Vitals, and secure development practices.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Mandatory / Must-Have

WordPress + PHP + React + GraphQL

Candidates must be comfortable working onsite in NYC 3 days per week and attending an in-person interview.