Wordpress Developer (Senior)

Wordpress Developer (Senior) with skills WordPress Development, jQuery, PHP, HTML, WordPress Development, JavaScript Development for location Any Infogain Base Location (Noida, Gurugram, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune)

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Job Summary

We are looking for a WordPress Engineer with strong PHP expertise who can design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance WordPress solutions. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in custom theme and plugin development, performance optimization, and integration with third-party systems while adhering to modern development and security best practices.

Key Responsibilities

WordPress & PHP Development

· Design, develop, and maintain custom WordPress themes and plugins using PHP.

· Build reusable, well-structured, and maintainable code following WordPress coding standards.

· Customize WordPress core functionality using hooks, filters, and REST APIs.

· Implement Gutenberg blocks and modern WordPress features where required.

Frontend & UX Integration

· Convert UI/UX designs (Figma, Adobe XD, PSD) into responsive WordPress experiences.

· Work with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, and modern CSS frameworks.

· Ensure cross-browser and cross-device compatibility.

Performance, Security & Scalability

· Optimize WordPress sites for performance, SEO, and Core Web Vitals.

· Implement caching, CDN, image optimization, and database optimization strategies.

· Apply WordPress security best practices, including vulnerability mitigation and role-based access control.

Integrations & CMS Management

· Integrate WordPress with third-party services such as CRM, payment gateways, analytics tools, and marketing platforms.

· Build and consume APIs (REST / JSON) for headless or hybrid WordPress implementations.

· Manage content workflows, custom post types, taxonomies, and advanced custom fields.

DevOps & Maintenance

· Work with Git-based version control and CI/CD pipelines.

· Handle deployments, backups, upgrades, and ongoing maintenance.

· Debug production issues and provide long-term support.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Skills

· Strong proficiency in PHP (5.x/7.x/8.x).

· Deep experience with WordPress core, themes, plugins, and hooks.

· Solid understanding of MySQL / MariaDB.

· Hands-on experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery.

· Experience with REST APIs and JSON.

· Familiarity with SEO best practices and performance optimization.

Tools & Platforms

· WordPress, WP-CLI

· Git (GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket)

· Composer (good to have)

· Experience with hosting platforms (AWS, Azure, shared hosting, or managed WP hosting)

Good to Have (Preferred Skills)

· Experience with WooCommerce and custom e-commerce workflows.

· Knowledge of headless WordPress (React / Next.js frontend).

· Exposure to ACF, WPML, Polylang, or multi-site setups.

· Understanding of accessibility (WCAG) standards.

· Familiarity with security tools and vulnerability scanning.

EXPERIENCE

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ABOUT THE COMPANY

Infogain is a human-centered digital platform and software engineering company based out of Silicon Valley. We engineer business outcomes for Fortune companies and digital natives in the technology, healthcare, insurance, travel, telecom, and retail & CPG industries using technologies such as cloud, microservices, automation, IoT, and artificial intelligence. We accelerate experience-led transformation in the delivery of digital platforms. Infogain is also a Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Gold Partner and Azure Expert Managed Services Provider (MSP).

Infogain, an Apax Funds portfolio company, has offices in California, Washington, Texas, the UK, the UAE, and Singapore, with delivery centers in Seattle, Houston, Austin, Kraków, Noida, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Pune, and Bengaluru.