The Senior Web Developer will oversee code quality, mentor junior developers, develop custom WordPress themes, optimize performance and SEO, manage hosting, and enhance documentation processes.
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Hello! We are GoFasti, a Talent-as-a-Service. GoFasti bridges the gap between world-class developers and designers from LatAm and first-class companies around the globe.
We need an English-fluent Senior Web Developer, based in Latin America, available to work remotely.
We are looking for someone with exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, who embraces changes while maintaining strong attention to detail. An interested and proactive person, who's constantly learning and improving their skills.
Are you the one we are looking for?
Responsibilities:
- Code Review and Development Oversight: Audit and evaluate code written by junior developers to ensure performance, security, scalability, and adherence to internal standards.
- Provide constructive feedback and mentorship to promote skill development and consistent code quality across projects.
- Custom Theme Development: Build, maintain, and refine custom WordPress themes using advanced Custom Fields (ACF), PHP, HTML, and CSS. Ensure all websites are modular, easy to maintain, and tailored to client-specific needs.
- Design-to-Code Implementation: Translate custom designs from Figma into fully responsive, pixel-perfect WordPress builds.
- Collaborate closely with designers to uphold design integrity while ensuring clean, semantic code implementation.
- Performance Optimization and Technical SEO: Ensure all websites are optimized for speed, mobile responsiveness, and core web vitals.
- Implement on-site SEO best practices, including schema, alt attributes, and structured markup as needed.
- Hosting and Infrastructure Management: Manage deployment, caching, DNS, and SSL configuration within hosting platforms including WP Engine, Kinsta, and Cloudflare.
- Troubleshoot server-level issues and ensure site uptime and performance are maintained.
- Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with junior developers, designers, and the head of Web to coordinate builds, delegate tasks, and maintain project momentum.
- Participate in weekly internal standups and contribute to team-wide development planning.
- Troubleshooting and Issue Resolution: Diagnose and resolve front-end and back-end issues across staging and production environments.
- Debug conflicts between themes, plugins, and third-party services as needed.
- Process and Standards Documentation: Maintain and contribute to internal documentation, workflows, and coding standards.
- Help streamline development processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and consistency.
Requirements:
- 4+ years of experience in professional website development.
- Deep understanding of WordPress, ACF, HTML/CSS, and PHP.
- Ability to write clean, scalable, well-documented code.
- Confidence working in Figma, translating UI/UX into responsive web builds.
- Experience deploying and maintaining sites on WP Engine, Kinsta, and Cloudflare.
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, timelines, and resources efficiently.
- Expertise in web development tools, languages, and best practices.
- Effective communication with clients, team members, and stakeholders.
- Swiftly identifies issues and constructs viable solutions.
- Commitment to staying updated with industry trends and continuous professional development.
Compensation:
- The Salary range offered for this position varies from (USD) $3,000 - $5,000 per month, depending on seniority and skillset.
- This position is for an independent contractor, through a payroll platform.
- The talent will work REMOTELY allocated at our client.
Here are the steps for this process:
Application review/approval > Screening interview with GoFasti's team > We build and send your profile to our client > Profile review/approval by client > Interview with the client > Hiring and onboarding.
Once you apply for the job, our team will review your resume. If it meets the requirements, we will contact you and move forward in the process.
Note for Candidates Approached Directly:
If you were contacted directly by a member of our team and are interested in this opportunity, please do not apply through this link. Instead, reach out to the person who contacted you to coordinate a meeting.
Thank you!
Top Skills
Acf
Cloudflare
CSS
Figma
HTML
Kinsta
PHP
Wordpress
Wp Engine
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