Hiring Backend WordPress Developer! $4 to $10 / hour (depending on your expertise and experience)

Position: Backend WordPress Developer

Rate is between $4 to $10 / hour (depending on your expertise and experience)

Our mission at CyberOptik is to provide amazing websites for our customers, as well as support those on an ongoing basis. This is a non-client-facing position. We're looking for someone who enjoys helping others, is a team player, and is eager to learn. You'll work alongside our 3 US-based team members, as well as other PH-based team members.

Your day-to-day will involve handling general WordPress maintenance, troubleshooting trouble plugins/updates, dealing with more advanced plugin configuration, as well as website builds using Elementor and our own internal theme.

This is not an entry-level position. We're looking for someone with at least 3 years of deep experience working within WordPress and sees themselves as a backend developer. Frontend developer experience is a plus but not required.

We’re looking forward to growing our team further, we added 3 new team members in 2020 and are excited for our growth, both as a company and for each of our team members, moving forward.

The people we most appreciate are...

• paying attention to detail
• being proactive, both in working through client requests/issues, as well as in improving your role
• working closely with teammates with excellent communication
• mission-driven problem solvers
• generally positive and optimistic

This job...

• is part-time to start, flex to grow to full time
• is 100% remote
• challenging at times, but fulfilling and fun
• utilizes Teamwork Projects, Teamwork Desk, and Teamwork Chat
• deals with time-sensitive technical issues/requests
• has an allocation of between $4 to $10 hourly rate for the successful hire, depending on the qualifications
• is open to all Filipino applicants/freelancers only

The skills and knowledge you need...

• perseverance & patience
• general technical aptitude & willingness to learn new skills
• WordPress: general knowledge of WordPress, plugins, themes
• programming: PHP, MySQL, Basic HTML/CSS

Bonus skills/experience… (can be taught)

• plugins: ACF, Elementor, custom post types
• experience handling WordPress updates (plugin updates, troubleshooting updates)WordPress speed optimization
• WooCommerce setup, maintenance, customization, add-on plugin configuration