Software Development Engineer-II (Wordpress)

About Everest Group

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Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior WordPress Developer (Software Development Engineer-II) to join our Product Engineering team. In this highly technical role, you will leverage your deep expertise in WordPress VIP (WPVIP), PHP, WP DevOps, integrations, and Generative AI technologies to build innovative, client-facing digital products on WordPress VIP.

You'll be instrumental in developing and maintaining strategic high value products, creating sophisticated plugins, seamless integrations, and utilizing emerging technologies like Generative AI to drive significant business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• WordPress Product Engineering:

Independently design, architect, and develop new client-facing products hosted on WordPress VIP.

Build robust, scalable, and secure custom plugins and themes, strictly adhering to WordPress coding standards.

• Advanced Integration & APIs:

Celigo

MemberPress

• WordPress DevOps:

Manage end-to-end WPVIP DevOps workflows, including automated deployment, CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), performance tuning, and WPVIP-specific infrastructure considerations.

Optimise deployment processes to ensure rapid, secure, and stable product releases..

• Plugin & Custom Feature Development: Develop and customise sophisticated WordPress plugins, ensuring performance, security, scalability, and ease of maintenance.
• Security, Performance, and Compliance:

Implement and maintain rigorous performance optimisation (caching, CDN, asset management) for all new products.

Ensure strict adherence to security practices, WPVIP guidelines, GDPR compliance, and accessibility standards.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Work closely with Product Managers, UX/UI designers, and stakeholders to translate product requirements into robust technical solutions.

Document technical solutions, processes, and best practices clearly and effectively.

Education and Experience

• 5+ years of professional WordPress development experience, specialised in

  WordPress VIP (WPVIP)

  environments.
• Expert-level proficiency in

  PHP

  ,

  JavaScript

  ,

  HTML5

  ,

  CSS3

  , and modern front-end tooling.
• Hands-on experience managing WPVIP DevOps, CI/CD workflows, Git-based deployments, and WPVIP hosting environments.
• Demonstrated success independently developing complex WordPress plugins, themes, and customisations from scratch.
• Experience integrating Generative AI solutions (OpenAI, ChatGPT, Azure AI) into WordPress products (not mandatory).
• Solid experience with

  MySQL

  and database optimisation techniques specific to WordPress.

Personal Attributes

• Passionate, hands-on developer committed to innovation.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, independent contributor.
• Strong communicator and collaborator.

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