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Senior Web Developer

Remotive · New York, NY, USA ·

Job type:
Contract


Role Description

This role is for the developer who's tired of being a ticket-taker. You'll work directly with the founder, owning the website and shipping improvements weekly.

Your first major project is leading the rebuild of doitrightplumbers.com on our existing stack:

WordPress, Hello Elementor, Elementor Pro, WP Engine, Cloudflare

Scope includes:

Migration planning with zero SEO loss

A reusable component library

Core Web Vitals targets met before launch

Full GTM and GA4 rebuilt cleanly

Schema implementation across the new site

After launch, you transition into ongoing ownership.

What you'll own

Website development: Building and maintaining our WordPress site, shipping new landing pages, location pages, and service pages on demand.

Page speed and Core Web Vitals: Continuous monitoring, image optimization, script auditing, caching strategy.

Cloudflare and WP Engine: Cache rules, page rules, security settings, firewall configuration, staging environments, plugin audits, security updates.

Schema implementation: JSON-LD implementation, structured data testing, deployment, and validation.

Analytics and attribution: GTM, GA4, conversion tracking across multiple platforms.

Technical SEO foundation: Sitemaps, robots.txt, crawl budget, canonicals, 301 redirects.

Conversion rate optimization: Continuous A/B testing.

Mobile-first development and accessibility: WCAG 2.1 AA compliance expected.

How you work with the team

Partner closely with our Senior SEO Specialist.

Weekly working session with our CMO and direct access to the founder.

Qualifications

5+ years of hands-on web development experience.

Deep WordPress and Elementor Pro fluency.

PHP fluency.

Real Cloudflare and WP Engine experience.

Real attribution and analytics chops.

Schema implementation expertise.

Page speed obsession.

Site migration experience.

Home services or local business website experience.

Strong written English and Pacific Time Zone hours.

Requirements

This is a 100% remote role.

Full-time, Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time.

One-hour lunch and two 10-minute breaks.

Independent contractor through our global payroll partner.

How to apply

Submit your resume through this BambooHR posting.

Complete a short video interview through our HireFlix link.

Applications without a completed video will not be reviewed.