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# Junior WordPress Developer

- **Company:** The Waste
- **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $50,000.0 - $60,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, HTML, JavaScript (Programming Language), PHP (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Google Analytics, Performance Tuning, Web Performance Optimization, WordPress, Codebase, Front End Software Development, Programming Languages
- **Published:** May 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9078894d790986d2

## About the Role

Do you have experience in WordPress?, * Creative and design-focused - visionary for website user-flow

 * Ability to write organized, readable, and maintainable code
 * Comfortable working with larger codebases
 * Good communication and collaboration skills
 * Self-motivated and proactive in problem-solving

Technologies & Languages:

 * Required: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
 * Nice to have/know: PHP, GA4, eComm, CRO, UX/UI optimization, AWS, * WordPress: 1 year (Required)

## Description

We're looking for a motivated and curious Junior WordPress Developer who's eager to expand their site-building skills and grow with our team. In this role, you'll get hands-on experience working on frontend WordPress websites - focusing on design, maintainability, and performance optimization. You'll collaborate closely with our lead developer and marketing team, gaining exposure to larger codebases, modern WordPress sites, and real-world project workflows., * Building, maintaining, and optimizing multiple websites in WordPress

 * Creating mockups and helping build templates that drive web performance
 * Collaborate with the team to ensure code is clean, organized, and maintainable
 * Learn and experiment with new coding languages and tools as needed


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