WordPress Web Engineer || Contract Position

Amazon.com, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Web Development Software Engineering Systems Integration Web Applications Web Engineering WordPress ReactJS Graphql Web Technologies

Requirements

We are looking for a strong hands-on Web Engineer with deep experience in WordPress CMS, custom WordPress development, GraphQL, and React. The primary focus is on WordPress and GraphQL. Candidates should have recent, hands-on development experience and be comfortable building and enhancing modern web applications. Candidate Profile

  • Strong hands-on Web Engineering background
  • Excellent WordPress + GraphQL experience is the priority
  • React experience is required but secondary
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  • Experience working in modern web development environments
  • Architecture-level breadth is not the priority; we are primarily looking for a hands-on engineer

Key Requirements

  • WordPress 50%

  • Strong and recent hands-on experience with WordPress CMS
  • Custom WordPress development and customization
  • Experience with the latest WordPress versions
  • Strong understanding of WordPress architecture, themes, plugins, and integrations
  • Experience developing and maintaining production-level WordPress websites
  • GraphQL 35%

  • Strong hands-on GraphQL development experience
  • Experience designing and implementing GraphQL APIs
  • Experience with GraphQL queries, mutations, schemas, and integrations
  • Strong understanding of GraphQL-based application development
  • Candidates with only API consumption/exposure are not preferred
  • React 15%

  • Hands-on experience with React
  • Experience building and maintaining React-based web components/applications
  • Ability to integrate React with WordPress and modern web technologies

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