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WordPress Developer

We’re looking for a mid-level WordPress Developer to build and maintain high-quality websites and web experiences. You’ll work independently on well-defined work, collaborating with design, content, and engineering stakeholders to deliver reliable updates and improvements across our WordPress properties.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain custom WordPress themes and templates aligned with design specifications
Build reusable components using modern WordPress best practices (blocks, template parts, and theme architecture)
Implement and troubleshoot WordPress plugins and integrations as needed for specific features and content workflows
Ensure performance, security, and accessibility improvements for WordPress pages and templates
Collaborate on content and UX requirements by translating wireframes/designs into functional WordPress implementations
Write maintainable front-end code that integrates cleanly with WordPress (HTML/CSS/JavaScript)
Participate in code reviews and support deployment readiness for WordPress changes in production

Must-have qualifications

Hands-on experience developing custom WordPress themes and templates in production
Practical experience building and maintaining WordPress plugins or plugin-like functionality
Strong proficiency with HTML/CSS and JavaScript for WordPress front-end implementation
Experience with WordPress performance optimization techniques (Core Web Vitals–oriented work)
Working knowledge of WordPress security best practices (hardening themes/plugins and safe handling of inputs)
Experience debugging WordPress issues using logs, browser/dev tools, and WordPress-specific tooling

Nice to have

Experience with Gutenberg/block editor development (custom blocks or block-based layouts)
Familiarity with Git-based workflows and code review practices for web teams
Experience integrating third-party services into WordPress (APIs, webhooks, analytics, CRMs)

What success looks like in 12 months

Ship maintainable WordPress theme and template updates
Improve WordPress site performance
Reduce WordPress-related incidents and regressions
Strengthen security posture for WordPress changes
Increase developer independence on well-defined work

Logistics

Full-time (40 hours a week), remote from Latin America.
Working hours overlap with US business hours.

About the company

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Interview scorecard

Score every candidate against the same bar

Deliver secure, fast, and maintainable WordPress features that improve user experiences across our websites.

Outcomes to measure

What this hire should deliver in the first year. Replace [N] with your own targets.

Ship maintainable WordPress theme and template updates. Measure: Ship [N] features or template/theme improvements while maintaining agreed code quality standards across releases
Improve WordPress site performance. Measure: Improve performance metrics by achieving [X] target improvements in Core Web Vitals (as measured in production or production-like environments)
Reduce WordPress-related incidents and regressions. Measure: Reduce WordPress-related production incidents or regressions by [X]% over the first 12 months
Strengthen security posture for WordPress changes. Measure: Complete security hardening for [N] high-impact areas (e.g., input handling, permissions, dependency hygiene) with documented verification
Increase developer independence on well-defined work. Measure: Deliver [N] independent work items end-to-end (from implementation through review/merge) with no critical rework due to missed requirements

Competencies and weights

What to evaluate, how much it counts and what a strong answer looks like.

Theme Architecture · 20%
Theme/template design quality directly affects maintainability, speed, and consistency across pages. Evaluated in Round 1.

Weak: Modifies templates with limited separation of concerns and minimal reuse, leading to repeated code and hard-to-maintain changes
Meets the bar: Implements clear template parts and reusable theme components, keeps structure aligned with WordPress conventions
Strong: Designs extensible theme architecture (template parts, reusable components, conventions) that reduces duplication and enables rapid future updates

Plugin Development · 18%
Reliable feature delivery often requires plugin-level work or plugin-like functionality. Evaluated in Round 1.

Weak: Relies on brittle hooks or ad-hoc code placement without clear boundaries and version-aware behavior
Meets the bar: Builds plugin functionality using appropriate hooks, shortcodes/blocks (when applicable), and clean activation/deactivation patterns
Strong: Creates robust, well-scoped plugin functionality with maintainable APIs, configuration, and safe defaults

Performance Optimization · 17%
Performance work is essential for user experience and SEO and requires WordPress-specific approaches. Evaluated in Round 2.

Weak: Applies generic performance changes without validating impact in context
Meets the bar: Uses WordPress-aware techniques (asset loading, caching where appropriate, reducing costly queries) and validates improvements
Strong: Systematically identifies bottlenecks and improves metrics with careful measurement and targeted changes

Front-End Implementation · 15%
WordPress work depends on accurate front-end implementation and integration with templates. Evaluated in Round 2.

Weak: Produces markup/CSS/JS that works but is inconsistent, hard to reuse, or causes regressions across templates
Meets the bar: Implements responsive, accessible front-end code that integrates cleanly with WordPress templates
Strong: Delivers high-quality front-end integration with consistent component patterns, accessibility, and minimal template-specific duplication

Security Best Practices · 15%
Security issues can quickly become production-impacting; WordPress-specific hardening is required. Evaluated in Round 3.

Weak: Uses unsafe input handling or unclear permission boundaries in theme/plugin code
Meets the bar: Implements safe input/output handling, follows capability checks, and avoids common WordPress security pitfalls
Strong: Applies defense-in-depth (sanitization/validation, escaping, permissions, secure defaults) and documents verification of changes

Debugging and Issue Resolution · 15%
Mid-level independence requires strong debugging skills to resolve WordPress issues efficiently. Evaluated in Round 3.

Weak: Fixes symptoms without tracing root cause or reproducing issues reliably
Meets the bar: Traces issues using logs and dev tools, reproduces when possible, and implements fixes with regression awareness
Strong: Performs rigorous root-cause analysis, uses evidence to choose fixes, and prevents recurrence through better patterns/tests/monitoring

Interview questions

Questions for every interview round

Each round has an owner, a time box and questions that test the competencies above.

Round 1: WordPress Core & Architecture
Engineering Lead · 45 min

Walk me through a WordPress theme you built or significantly modified. What was your approach to template hierarchy and reusability?
Describe a WordPress plugin or plugin-like feature you implemented. Which hooks/APIs did you use and why?
How do you structure theme and plugin code so that future changes don’t force risky edits across many templates?

Round 2: Front-End & Performance
Senior Front-End Engineer · 45 min

Tell me about a time you improved a WordPress page’s loading performance. What specific bottlenecks did you look for and how did you verify improvements?
How do you integrate JavaScript and front-end assets in a WordPress environment to avoid conflicts and unnecessary re-renders/requests?
Give an example of implementing a design faithfully in WordPress (responsive and accessible). What did you do to ensure consistent results across templates?

Round 3: Security & Debugging
Full-Stack Engineer · 45 min

Describe a security issue you prevented or remediated in WordPress theme/plugin code. What was the risk and what changes did you make (sanitization/escaping/capabilities/permissions)?
When something goes wrong in WordPress production, how do you debug it end-to-end? Walk through your process from identifying the symptom to confirming the fix.
Tell me about a WordPress bug that required root-cause analysis across templates, hooks, and data. How did you prevent similar issues afterward?

Red flags to watch for

Relies on copy-paste template changes without using reusable WordPress patterns (template parts, clear hook boundaries)
Cannot describe how they validated performance or security improvements with evidence
Difficulty explaining how they debug WordPress issues using logs/dev tools and reproducing root causes
Uses unsafe input/output handling in code examples (e.g., missing sanitization/escaping or unclear permission checks)

How much does it cost to hire a WordPress Developer in Latin America?

In 2026, a senior WordPress Developer in Latin America costs $4,875 to $5,625 a month all-in, versus $14,625 in the US: up to 67% less. Mid-level starts at $3,250.

Country

Mid-level

Senior

Argentina

$3,250

$4,875

Brazil

$3,625

$5,375

Colombia

$3,250

$4,875

Mexico

$3,750

$5,625

United States

$11,875

$14,625

Monthly cost in USD, all-in: the talent's salary plus Teilur's flat 20% fee, from our 2026 rates. The United States row shows what the same role typically costs there.

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Frequently asked questions

What does a WordPress Developer do?

Typical responsibilities include: develop and maintain custom WordPress themes and templates aligned with design specifications; build reusable components using modern WordPress best practices (blocks, template parts, and theme architecture); implement and troubleshoot WordPress plugins and integrations as needed for specific features and content workflows. The full list is in the template above.

How much does it cost to hire a WordPress Developer in Latin America?

In 2026, a senior WordPress Developer in Latin America costs $4,875 to $5,625 a month all-in, versus $14,625 in the US: up to 67% less. Mid-level starts at $3,250.

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