[Remote] Senior Back-end WordPress/PHP Developer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Teal Media is a full-service creative and design agency focused on positive social change. They are seeking a Senior Backend Developer to lead technical implementations of custom web projects, primarily in WordPress, ensuring high performance, security, and accessibility while collaborating with various teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical implementation of custom web projects, primarily using open-source tools, with a strong focus on WordPress back-end development (themes, plugins, and systems integrations)
• Act as the lead developer on both new builds and ongoing support work, owning technical decisions and translating complex client needs into thoughtful, scalable solutions
• Write clean, well-structured, and well-documented code that meets team standards and supports long-term maintainability
• Ensure sites are fast, secure, accessible, and built to scale
• Handle ongoing site maintenance, updates, and feature enhancements for existing client projects
• Own QA and testing for your work to ensure stability and quality before anything reaches a client
• Support deployment workflows and collaborate with internal or client DevOps teams as needed (version control, staging environments, CI/CD)
• Work closely with designers and front-end developers to ensure designs are technically sound and thoughtfully implemented
• Partner with project teams and clients to scope solutions, explain technical tradeoffs, and solve problems as they come up
• Join internal and client-facing meetings to demo features, explain approaches, and troubleshoot issues
• Create documentation or provide training to help clients and internal teams confidently manage and maintain their sites
• Collaborate with senior developers and technical leadership to align project execution with Teal’s technical direction
• Research, test, and recommend tools, frameworks, and workflows that improve how we build and support sites
• Help define and uphold internal coding standards and documentation so the whole team benefits
• Contribute technical insight to proposals and pitches, helping articulate what’s possible and how we deliver it
• Mentor developers across the team through thoughtful feedback, pairing, and code reviews
• Participate in hiring and evaluation of technical talent as needed
• Model strong communication, collaboration, and accountability within project teams

Skills

• Strong back-end expertise in WordPress development (themes, plugins, and systems integrations)
• Experience leading technical implementation of custom web projects using open-source tools
• Ability to write clean, well-structured, and well-documented code that meets team standards
• Experience ensuring sites are fast, secure, accessible, and built to scale
• Ability to handle ongoing site maintenance, updates, and feature enhancements for existing client projects
• Experience owning QA and testing for work to ensure stability and quality
• Ability to support deployment workflows and collaborate with internal or client DevOps teams
• Experience collaborating closely with designers and front-end developers
• Ability to partner with project teams and clients to scope solutions and explain technical tradeoffs
• Experience creating documentation or providing training to help clients and internal teams manage and maintain their sites
• Ability to collaborate with senior developers and technical leadership to align project execution
• Experience researching, testing, and recommending tools, frameworks, and workflows
• Ability to help define and uphold internal coding standards and documentation
• Experience contributing technical insight to proposals and pitches
• Ability to mentor developers through feedback, pairing, and code reviews
• Experience participating in hiring and evaluation of technical talent
• Strong communication, collaboration, and accountability within project teams
• Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (like React or Vue) and third-party integrations (CRMs, analytics, donation platforms)
• Experience working in a digital agency or client-services environment, including managing multiple projects and collaborating across disciplines

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Generous PTO
• Flexible, people-first workplace that supports balance and professional growth

Company Overview

• Teal Media specializes in web development, web design, UI,UX design, CRM and SEO services. It is a sub-organization of Faircom. It was founded in 2009, and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://tealmedia.com.