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Word Press Engineer
Ref No.: 26-00145
Location: Arvada, Colorado
Role Summary
We are looking for a skilled WordPress Engineer to join our team on a full-time contract basis. This role focuses on ongoing WordPress site maintenance and development across a portfolio of client websites, as well as contributing to new builds and occasional platform migration projects.
Our clients span education, nonprofit, defense, and other industries — adaptability across different business contexts is valued.
The ideal candidate is a self-starter who communicates clearly, works independently, and is comfortable collaborating with project managers and other engineers in a structured development workflow.
Key Responsibilities
  • Build and maintain custom WordPress themes using PHP, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Develop ACF Flexible Content layouts, custom fields, and reusable content blocks
  • Manage and troubleshoot WordPress multisite (WordPress Network) environments
  • Create and maintain custom post types, taxonomies, and template hierarchies
  • Implement responsive designs from provided mockups or HTML/CSS assets
  • Build accessible, semantic navigation systems including mega-menus with keyboard support
  • Configure and troubleshoot WordPress plugins, cron jobs, and email/newsletter automations
  • Integrate forms solutions (e.g., Gravity Forms) across client sites
  • Manage WordPress security hardening, plugin/core updates, backup and recovery procedures, and uptime monitoring across client sites
  • Follow established development workflows: pull requests, code reviews, and staging/production deployments via Azure DevOps
  • Communicate progress, blockers, and questions clearly and proactively to project managers and team members
Required Skills
  • WordPress Development — Strong experience building custom themes from scratch or extending existing themes; comfortable with page builders and the block editor
  • WordPress Multisite — Hands-on experience managing WordPress Network installations
  • Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) — Solid experience with Flexible Content fields, repeaters, custom field groups, and ACF blocks
  • PHP — Confident writing custom template logic, hooks, filters, and functions
  • CSS/SCSS — Able to implement responsive designs and match provided mockups/assets
  • JavaScript — Basic to intermediate JS for frontend interactivity, carousels, menu behavior, and DOM manipulation
  • Azure DevOps — Familiar with Git-based workflows including pull requests, code reviews, and staging/production deployment pipelines
  • Plugin Management — Able to evaluate, configure, troubleshoot, and extend WordPress plugins
  • Security & Maintenance — Experience with WordPress security best practices, plugin/core updates, backup/recovery procedures, and site health monitoring
  • Communication — Works well with project managers and other engineers; responsive and proactive
Preferred Skills
  • Accessibility (WCAG) — Familiarity with accessibility standards and remediation techniques (ARIA roles, keyboard navigation, semantic HTML)
  • CMS Migration — Experience migrating websites from other CMS platforms (e.g., Sitefinity) to WordPress, including use of migration tools such as WP All Import or custom scripting (SQL, CSV, XML imports)
  • SSO Integration — Experience integrating single sign-on with WordPress
  • Gravity Forms — Experience building and customizing forms
  • WP-CLI — Comfortable with command-line WordPress management for efficient multi-site operations
  • Performance Optimization — Experience with caching strategies, image optimization, and Core Web Vitals tuning
  • Gutenberg Block Development — Experience building native Gutenberg blocks using React/JSX