WebOps WordPress Developer

WebOps WordPress Developer

Salary: Up to $3,000 USD/month
Remote – LATAM-based candidates only

At TalentCross, we connect top talent across LATAM with US-based clients who are scaling aggressively in digital marketing and web development. Our client is seeking a WebOps WordPress Developer to join their growing team. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on technical troubleshooting, debugging, and ensuring site stability across a large portfolio of WordPress websites.

About the Role
The WebOps WordPress Developer will focus on diagnosing and resolving issues across hosting environments, plugins, integrations, and performance systems. You'll be the go-to expert for site outages, server errors, plugin conflicts, and performance optimization, ensuring websites remain stable, fast, and functional.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve issues such as site outages, slow load times, timeouts, server errors, plugin conflicts, PHP errors, broken forms, email delivery problems, and performance issues
• Investigate root causes across hosting environments, DNS, CDN, caching layers, and security/firewall configurations
• Review and interpret logs to identify issues quickly
• Perform routine maintenance, updates, and QA
• Proactively identify risks related to plugin updates, security vulnerabilities, and performance degradation
• Implement smaller feature updates and fixes when needed, working within custom PHP/ACF templates, Gutenberg-based themes, and page builder environments
• Own issues from identification through resolution, communicating clearly about root causes, fixes, and preventative steps
• Partner with internal teams and escalate when deeper engineering support is needed

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of WordPress experience (agency experience preferred)
• Strong troubleshooting ability across PHP errors, plugin conflicts, and front-end issues (HTML/CSS/JS)
• Comfortable reading logs and debugging issues end-to-end
• Experience with WP Engine or similar hosting platforms, DNS, domains, SSL, CDN, and caching systems
• Experience troubleshooting site outages, server errors, SMTP/email delivery issues, and performance tools like NitroPack
• Experience with ACF-based custom themes, Gutenberg environments, and Gravity Forms
• Strong understanding of WordPress fundamentals (hooks, filters, etc.)

Why Join Us

• Work remotely from anywhere in LATAM
• Flexible PTO
• Be part of a team that values growth, collaboration, and innovation