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Recruitment agency · Pavago KenyaWordPress Developer
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About this role
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Role overview
A company is hiring a WordPress Developer to work remotely in Kenya during U.S. business hours. This role suits someone with experience in building and maintaining WordPress websites who enjoys combining technical skills with creative front-end design.
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What you will do
- Build and customize WordPress websites using page builders like Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, or custom coding.
- Develop and maintain landing pages, blogs, and content-driven websites.
- Customize themes, child themes, and templates to ensure scalability.
- Install, configure, and optimize plugins such as WooCommerce, Yoast SEO, and Contact Form 7.
- Troubleshoot bugs, plugin conflicts, and website performance issues.
- Convert designs from Figma, Adobe XD, or Sketch into responsive WordPress pages.
- Ensure websites are mobile-friendly, cross-browser compatible, and user-optimised.
- Improve site speed using caching, lazy loading, image optimisation, CDN integration, and tuning.
- Conduct website audits with tools like Google Lighthouse, GTmetrix, and PageSpeed Insights.
- Maintain Core Web Vitals and SEO standards across sites.
- Apply updates to WordPress core, themes, and plugins while ensuring security.
- Set up backups, recovery systems, and security tools such as Wordfence or Sucuri.
- Collaborate with marketing, content, and design teams on campaigns and website projects.
- Manage staging environments, version control, and deployment processes.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience building and maintaining WordPress websites.
- Strong skills in WordPress, PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Experience with page builders including Elementor, Divi, or WPBakery.
- Good knowledge of responsive design and front-end user experience.
- Ability to optimise WordPress site performance, page speed, and Core Web Vitals.
- Familiarity with SEO best practices and SEO tools like Yoast SEO.
- Experience managing hosting environments such as cPanel, WP Engine, SiteGround, or Kinsta.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
- Attention to detail and commitment to maintaining polished websites.
- Good communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in remote teams.
Benefits
The role offers full remote work with flexible hours aligned to U.S. business times. There is an opportunity for long-term growth and exposure to SEO, web performance optimisation, UX, and front-end development. No salary or additional benefits were stated.
How to apply
Apply through the employer's official contact by submitting examples of websites, landing pages, or WordPress projects you have built or managed. The employer has not published a closing date.