Build, maintain, and optimize WordPress websites with focus on backend performance and capacity. Develop eCommerce sites and may produce site content. Provide links to past work for review.
This is a remote position.
The Wordpress Web Developer will create and maintain websites. They will be responsible for the site's technical aspects, such as its performance and capacity, which are measures of a website's speed and how much traffic the site can handle. It is possible that they may create content for the site.
Requirements
- Adept at working in the back end of WordPress
- Experienced in creating eCommerce websites
- Should share links to the sites you've worked on (as reference)
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