Senior Wordpress Developer

Envisionit, a Chicago-based, award-winning digital marketing agency, is seeking a Senior Wordpress Developer to join our growing team. Our clients span a number of industries including CPG, Emerging Tech and Destinations, and our teams boast many talents across the spectrum of digital. Come work alongside a tight-knit bunch of seriously skilled people who genuinely like each other, have fun, and work hard for the collective success!

You'll be the senior technical lead for web projects—owning architecture, implementation, and delivery for high-visibility client work. You'll set coding standards, collaborate with creative and SEO on performance, create measurable experiences, and ship reliable code on fast-paced timelines.

Our ideal candidate is proactive, a self-starter, and thinks beyond just today, about how the site will be used in the future to limit re-work. You'll own custom WordPress builds end to end, architect content models, craft bespoke themes, extend or write plugins, and enforce standards. You'll lean on AI as a force multiplier—coding assistance, docs, audits—while keeping client data safe.

Key functions:

• Build bespoke themes with PHP 8, modern HTML/CSS (Sass/PostCSS), and ES6+ JS.
• Create blocks or ACF fields, theme.json, and editor styles.
• Implement CPTs, taxonomies, fields, menus, options pages; write/extend plugins when needed.
• Extend Bootstrap or a similar framework to make for efficient code theming and customization.
• Design, create, and manage relational databases utilizing MySQL.
• Use AI for code generation/refactoring.
• Integrate third parties: GA4, GTM, marketing pixels, CRM, DAMs, and APIs.
• Ensure SEO/technical hygiene: schema, metadata, routing, sitemaps, redirects, Core Web Vitals.
• Partner with Creative/UX to translate concepts into scalable components and design systems.
• Partner with Analytics to ensure accurate tagging, experimentation (A/B), and data capture.
• Stay current with industry technologies and research emerging ones. Be prepared to share your knowledge internally and with clients.
• Ensure websites function correctly across various browsers and devices, addressing compatibility issues as needed.
• Ensure websites comply with accessibility standards and provide an inclusive user experience.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for code, processes, and workflows to support knowledge sharing and onboarding.

What we're looking for:

• 6+ years professional web dev (agency or similar pace), with a deep WordPress focus.
• Demonstrated custom theme and plugin builds (portfolio/GitHub required).
• PHP 8, MySQL, and WordPress internals: theme hierarchy, hooks/filters, WP_Query, REST API.
• Gutenberg and ACF expertise: custom blocks, theme.json, editor experience design.
• Developers who see the bigger picture and avoid using inline styles and compartmentalizing code blocks as much as possible.
• Strong understanding of UX for both web and mobile experiences.
• Understanding of git and git flow and typical versioning practices.
• Experience with headless CMS or Multisite and/or experience with open source frameworks like Laravel a plus.
• Ability to empathize with clients' needs and translate into an exceptional result, along with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• A strong portfolio showcasing a range of design and development projects, illustrating proficiency in translating designs into functional websites.

A portfolio highlighting your WordPress experience is required for submission.

Perks, Salary & Benefits:

The salary range for this position is $100,000 - 120,000 USD. This is a good-faith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and any potential offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process.

Our benefits include:

• A hybrid office model, with the option to WFH 2+ days/week
• A minimum of 20 days off yearly + 12 company holidays + summer hours
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability Insurance
• Employer-matched 401k
• Transit benefits, corporate discount programs, free fitness center membership
• Career pathing, dedicated budget towards opportunities for professional growth
• A culture focused on collaboration, curiosity & support, with regular events, volunteerism, and an employee-led recognition program

Due to the high volume of applicants, we are not currently accepting phone calls about employment opportunities or application status. In addition, we cannot pay for relocation expenses or act as an immigration sponsor at this time. Please peruse our website and socials to learn more about us:

At this time, we can only consider candidates from the following US states: FL, GA, IL, IN, MI, MN, NV, OH, SD, TN.

Envisionit is an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with diverse strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for the work we do. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one's identity. All of our employee's points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility. Envisionit is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact HR Manager, Ali Aguilar at [email protected] or 312-262-6602.

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