Full Stack WordPress Developer

Position: WordPress Full Stack Developer

Location: Seattle, WA

Contract: 12+ Months (Extension Possible)

Role Summary:

Client is seeking a part-time Full Stack WordPress Developer to assess its WordPress environment, recommend improvements, collaborate with Pantheon, and support the district's website ecosystem for design, reliability, performance, monitoring, security, and user experience. The environment includes 104 school websites, one public district website, and one staff-only website.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain WordPress multisite environment

Assess current sites and recommend improvements

Collaborate with SPS web services team and Pantheon

Support testing, deployment, release management, and uptime

Set up and tune monitoring tools such as ThousandEyes, New Relic, and SolarWinds

Configure and maintain WordPress CMS for performance and security

Maintain WordPress core, themes, and third-party plugins

Create, maintain, and back up databases

Support new feature development and troubleshooting

Work on integrations with third-party and enterprise systems

Ensure responsive design, cross-platform compatibility, and performance optimization

Support regular WordPress and plugin patching

Ensure WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance

Provide reporting, status updates, performance measurement, and retrospectives.

Required Skills and Experience:

Proven experience as a full stack WordPress developer

At least 5 years of professional web development experience

Strong skills in PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, HTML5

Experience with Git

Experience with APIs and RESTful services

Strong understanding of WCAG / accessibility

Good project management, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Nice to Have:

K-12 academic environment experience

Public agency experience.