WordPress Engineer (Enterprise Engineering)
Location: Fully Remote - US Only
Pay Rate: $70 - $75/hr (W2)
Duration: 12-month contract possible extension/conversion
Schedule: Full-Time | 40 Hours/Week
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Paid Vacation, and Sick Leave
Job Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Web Developer to support large-scale WordPress marketing and informational web properties. This role will focus on building new functionality, maintaining enterprise WordPress applications, optimizing site performance, and implementing secure development practices while leveraging AI-assisted engineering workflows.
The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in custom WordPress development, PHP, JavaScript, WordPress VIP, Gutenberg block development, and enterprise-scale website operations.
Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain enterprise WordPress applications using PHP and JavaScript
• Build custom WordPress themes and plugins from scratch, including bug fixes and updates.
• Design and implement Gutenberg custom blocks and reusable components
• Support WordPress multisite environments and scalable content architectures
• Optimize Core Web Vitals, page speed, caching, and site reliability
• Troubleshoot production issues and deploy safe, incremental releases
• Implement secure coding practices and dependency management
• Collaborate with Marketing, Design, Product, and Engineering stakeholders
• Participate in code reviews, testing, documentation, and deployment activities
• Implement an AI-first development workflow using modern toolsets such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, DevMate, and Codex to accelerate delivery
• Support technical maintenance and enhancement initiatives across web ecosystem
Must-Have Qualifications:
Enterprise WordPress Development
• 5+ years WordPress engineering experience
• Experience supporting large-scale WordPress environments
• Custom plugin development
• Custom theme development
Technical Skills
• PHP
• JavaScript (ES6+)
• HTML5
• CSS3 / SCSS
• WordPress REST API
• Gutenberg Block Editor
• WordPress Hooks
• WordPress PHP APIs
Engineering Practices
• Secure coding practices
• Code review experience
• Performance optimization
• Scalability and reliability engineering
• Cross-functional collaboration
AI Development
• Experience utilizing AI coding tools
• Claude
• GitHub Copilot
• DevMate
• Codex
Nice to Have Qualifications:
• WordPress VIP
• Enterprise CMS environments
• Media company experience
• High-traffic public websites
• React
• WordPress Multisite
• Core Web Vitals optimization
• Accessibility (WCAG)
• Meta experience
• Agile/Scrum environments
Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.
Remote
Skills:
Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Operations, CSS (Cascading Style Sheet), Caching, Code Reviews, Content Management Systems (CMS), Cross-Functional, Documentation, ECMAScript, Ecosystems, Engineering, Entertainment and Media, GitHub, HTML5, Identify Issues, JavaScript, Marketing, Online Marketing, PHP Scripting Language (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor), Performance Tuning/Optimization, Product Design, Product Engineering, REST (Representational State Transfer), React.js, Reliability Engineering, Secure Coding, Software Administration, Technical Support, Web Client Plug-ins, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Web Programming, Website Traffic, Wordpress
About the Company:
Tailored Management
CONNECTING TOP TALENT WITH TOP-TIER OPPORTUNITIES
Tailored Management is a global staffing firm that specializes in partnering with large organizations that run their contingent labor program in a VMS/MSP environment. We have the unique capacity to support programs across all scopes and geographic locations from a single headquarters, successfully elevating program performance across the board and minimizing costs, miscommunication and delivery times. But what do we really do? We bring together the best talent with the greatest opportunities.
Company Size:
1,000 to 1,499 employees
Industry:
Staffing/Employment Agencies
Founded:
1968
Website:
https://www.tailoredmanagement.com/