WordPress Developer
Full Spectrum Marketing (FSM) · Akron, Ohio, United States
Marketing Services · 11-50 employees
About the role
Develop, customize, and maintain high-performance WordPress websites by translating Figma designs into functional, responsive code. Ensure website health through performance optimization, accessibility compliance, and troubleshooting within Nginx-based hosting environments.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires 2-5 years of WordPress development experience with a strong foundation in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and PHP. Candidates must be proficient in custom theme development and capable of working from high-fidelity design tools like Figma.
Full description
Position Summary
FSM is seeking a WordPress Developer to join our in-house web team. We utilize visual frameworks to empower our clients for future updates, but our internal development process is code-centric. This role is responsible for developing, customizing, and maintaining high-performance websites, ensuring they are optimized for performance, accessibility, and user experience.
You will be responsible for translating high-fidelity Figma designs into responsive websites while adhering to modern front-end best practices and agency coding standards.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Build and maintain WordPress websites using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, using the Divi framework (or a similar framework) as a structural starting point.
- Implement clean, semantic CSS through child theme stylesheets. You avoid fragile, auto-generated builder classes in favor of descriptive, reusable naming conventions.
- Extend WordPress capabilities by developing custom PHP shortcodes and functions, ensuring all logic is properly documented and follows security best practices.
- Precisely translate Figma designs into functional websites, maintaining design integrity and responsiveness across all breakpoints.
- Maintain website health by optimizing for Core Web Vitals, code minification, and efficient asset loading.
- Ensure all web builds meet WCAG accessibility standards.
- Manage and troubleshoot websites within high-performance, Nginx-based WordPress hosting environments, utilizing browser developer tools and server logs for debugging.
Required Experience & Skills
- Strong foundation in HTML5, CSS3 (Flexbox/Grid), JavaScript, and PHP.
- 2–5+ years of experience in WordPress development, including child theme customization.
- Experience with visual builders is helpful, but you must be comfortable writing custom code to overcome builder limitations. Experience with custom theme development is a plus.
- Proven ability to work from Figma or similar design tools to ensure high-fidelity design implementation.
- Commitment to writing clean, well-documented, and maintainable code following industry and agency-specific naming conventions.
- A commitment to continuous learning in a fast-evolving field.
Work Schedule & Location
This is a Hybrid role. Candidates must be within driving distance of our office in Downtown Akron, OH.
