Senior Full-Stack Developer: WordPress, Web Ops & Workflow Automation

Senior Full-Stack Developer — WordPress, Web Ops & Workflow Automation Tax Relief Helpers helps individuals and businesses resolve tax debt and IRS issues. Our websites are the front door of our business — they drive our lead generation and run our paid and organic marketing. We're looking for a senior developer to own that web stack end to end and help us tighten the operations behind it. This is a full-time (~40 hrs/week), ongoing, remote role with real autonomy. We want someone who can diagnose problems, propose solutions, and ship them without heavy supervision. WHAT YOU'LL DO Own our WordPress sites (on WP Engine): keep them fast, secure, and up to date — themes, plugins, updates, backups, performance. Build responsive landing pages and site sections that convert visitors into leads, and run A/B tests to improve them. Own conversion tracking and integrations: Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, ad pixels (Google, Meta, Microsoft), call tracking, and form-to-CRM connections. Evaluate our workflows: audit how work moves through our tools, document it, and automate the manual, repetitive steps. Protect the stack: secure forms, SSL, access controls, and reliable backups for sensitive customer data. Support technical SEO: Core Web Vitals, page speed, structured data/schema, clean markup. REQUIRED SKILLS (please only apply if you can show real work in each) 7+ years building and maintaining production WordPress sites — child themes, plugins, PHP, page builders (Elementor and/or Gutenberg). WP Engine a strong plus. Solid HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+), PHP, MySQL, and REST APIs. Proven track record building responsive, high-converting landing pages and running A/B tests. Hands-on with GA4, Google Tag Manager, and conversion tracking/pixels for Google, Meta, and Microsoft ads. Experience connecting forms and web apps to CRMs via APIs, webhooks, or Zapier/Make, and scripting automations (JavaScript/Node or Python). Secure handling of sensitive/PII data, SSL, and least-privilege access. Git version control and a disciplined staging-to-production workflow. Technical SEO fundamentals (Yoast familiarity a plus). NICE TO HAVE Experience in lead-generation, financial services, or a tax/legal business. Modern JS framework (React), headless WordPress, or custom API development. Basic DevOps — monitoring, uptime alerts, CDN configuration. HOW TO APPLY In your proposal, please answer these and include links to 2–3 sites you've built or manage (proposals without work samples won't be considered): Which WordPress sites have you built or managed (ideally on WP Engine or similar)? Share links. Describe a manual workflow you automated — what tools did you use, and what was the result? How do you approach conversion tracking and analytics for a lead-gen website? How would you spend your first two weeks auditing our sites and workflows? What's your weekly availability, timezone, and expected rate? Rate: $60-$80/hr depending on experience