What are the responsibilities and job description for the Front End Wordpress Developer position at ASCENDING?
Location: 1-2x a week in Washington, DC (Out of state candidates can be remote but must be willing to be onsite once a month for 2-3 days. Travel and hotel will be paid for)
Salary: $90k/yr
We’re building a flexible WordPress framework to spin up beautiful, modular websites—leveraging custom content modules alongside native Gutenberg blocks. As a Mid-Level WordPress Developer, you’ll turn designs and IA blueprints into robust, maintainable solutions: from custom Gutenberg blocks and ACF integrations to plugins and themes.
Responsibilities:
- Architect, build, and maintain custom Gutenberg blocks using React and the WordPress Block API.
- Develop ACF-powered block types and integrate them seamlessly into our block library.
- Create custom plugins to extend WordPress core functionality, adhering to best practices and security standards.
- Build and customize WordPress themes—ensuring responsive, performant, and accessible front-end implementations.
- Collaborate with designers, content strategists, and DevOps to translate IA and wireframes into working code.
- Manage code in Git repositories, participate in code reviews, branch strategies, and resolve merge conflicts.
- Troubleshoot and optimize WordPress performance, including PHP, JS, and database layers.
- Document code, block patterns, and deployment processes for team use.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
- 3 years of professional WordPress development experience.
- Proven experience creating custom Gutenberg blocks with React.
- Hands-on experience building ACF block types.
- Strong proficiency with Git version control in a team environment.
- Experience developing custom WordPress plugins and themes from the ground up.
- Solid understanding of PHP, JavaScript (ES6 ), HTML5, and CSS3.
- Familiarity with REST APIs and integrating third-party services.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to maintainable, well-documented code.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience working with Bootstrap or other CSS frameworks.
- Familiarity with Web Components (Stencil, LitElement, etc.).
- Prior work integrating third-party APIs (payment gateways, CRM, analytics).
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Salary : $90,000
