Wordpress Developer

WordPress Developer

About GradRight

Our vision is to be the world’s leading Ed-Fin Tech company dedicated to making higher education accessible and affordable to all. Our mission is to drive transparency and accountability in the global higher education sector and create significant impact using the power of technology, data science and collaboration.

GradRight is the world’s first SaaS ecosystem that brings together students, universities and financial institutions in an integrated manner. It enables students to find and fund high return college education, universities to engage and select the best-fit students and banks to lend in an effective and efficient manner.

a $ 2.8+ Billion of loan requests

GradRight’s team possesses extensive domestic and international experience in the launch and scale-up of premier higher education institutions. It is led by alumni of IIT Delhi, BITS Pilani, IIT Roorkee, ISB Hyderabad and University of Pennsylvania. GradRight is a Delaware, USA registered company with a wholly owned subsidiary in India.

Core Responsibilities

1. Website Development & Maintenance

• Develop, customize, and maintain WordPress themes and plugins
• Ensure the website is mobile-responsive, fast-loading, and SEO-friendly
• Fix bugs, troubleshoot issues, and update core WordPress files securely
• Set up and manage hosting, staging environments, and backups

2. Blog Management

• Design and manage blog templates, categories, tags, and post formats
• Work with content writers and marketers to publish and optimize blog posts
• Automate blog scheduling and content archiving
• Implement schema markup, internal linking, and SEO best practices

3. Optimization & Analytics

• Optimize for Core Web Vitals, page speed, and image compression
• Implement tracking via Google Analytics, Search Console, Tag Manager, and Hotjar
• Generate monthly reports on blog performance and technical health

4. Feature Enhancements & Integrations

• Integrate 3rd-party tools: CRM forms, email marketing tools (e.g., Mailchimp, Hubspot), chatbots, and analytics dashboards
• Manage redirects, custom post types, and dynamic landing pages
• Build micro-interactions or lightweight animations as needed

5. Security & Compliance

• Regularly audit plugins for compatibility and security risks
• Set up firewall rules, SSL, spam protection, and GDPR-compliant data handling

Qualities desired:

1. Qualifications:

2. Degree: BTech/BCom
3. Experience working with marketing teams in a startup/SaaS/edtech environment
4. Familiarity with multilingual site setup or WordPress multisite
5. Understanding of structured content (Headless CMS is a plus)

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

1. 2–4 years of WordPress development experience
2. Proficient in PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and MySQL
3. Experience with page builders (Elementor, WPBakery, or Gutenberg)
4. Familiar with Git and deployment workflows (optional but preferred)
5. Strong grasp of SEO, performance optimization, and accessibility
6. Good communication and documentation skills

Tools

1. WordPress + Elementor/Block Editor
2. Google Analytics, Search Console, Tag Manager
3. Bitbucket, Cloudflare, SMTP tool
4. Trello/Jira, Notion/Confluence, Slack

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