Vistage Worldwide

POSITION SUMMARY

Are you a Full Stack wizard with a passion for building powerful, scalable web experiences? As a Senior Full Stack Developer – WordPress at Vistage, you’ll be a driving force behind our WordPress platform, designing and developing custom plugins, Gutenberg blocks, and complex integrations. You’ll bring deep technical expertise to every challenge — from architecting enterprise solutions to crafting pixel-perfect React-powered block experiences. You’ll partner with designers, product managers, and fellow engineers to deliver world-class digital experiences for our members. If you thrive at the intersection of creativity and engineering, this is your role!

THE COMPANY

Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organization for small and midsize business (SMB) leaders. We offer the most effective approach for SMB enterprises to achieve better results and grow faster and for SMB leaders to maximize their impact.

The 45,000+ members we serve are CEOs, owners and executives of SMB organizations located across the US and in 40 counties worldwide. These SMB executives spend a day or more with Vistage every month, immersing themselves in our comprehensive platform to become better leaders, make better decisions and get better results. Our platform features three core elements: valuable perspectives from a trusted group of peers, professional guidance and meeting facilitation from an accomplished business leader (the Chair), as well as deep insights from subject matter experts.

Vistage was founded more than 65 years ago, and we’ve grown every year since then by innovating to stay on the cutting edge of business and relentlessly delivering value to our members. Our success is demonstrated by Vistage member companies growing 2.2 times faster than non-Vistage peer companies. Learn more about us at www.vistage.com.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable WordPress solutions including custom plugins and complex integrations from the ground up.
• Design and develop custom Gutenberg blocks using React, delivering rich, interactive experiences.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers to translate wireframes and mockups into pixel-perfect, standards-compliant templates.
• Develop and consume RESTful APIs and integrate third-party services (CRM, ESB, AWS, SolR) into the WordPress ecosystem.
• Champion performance optimization across WordPress sites: caching, database tuning, and code optimization.
• Proactively troubleshoot and resolve performance issues across WordPress environments, identifying bottlenecks in code, queries, server configuration, and third-party integrations.
• Design, develop, and integrate AI Agents and AI-powered workflows into WordPress platforms, leveraging APIs such as OpenAI, LangChain, or similar frameworks to automate processes and enhance user experiences.
• Ensure security best practices are applied across WordPress installations: hardening, vulnerability scanning, and regular updates.
• Lead and participate in code reviews to maintain high code quality standards across the team.
• Stay current with WordPress core updates, Gutenberg roadmap, and the broader web development ecosystem.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 5–8 years of proven experience in full stack web development, with a strong focus on WordPress, PHP, RESTful APIs and third-party integrations.
• Expert-level proficiency in WordPress development: custom theme development, plugin development, and the WordPress REST API.
• Strong hands-on experience developing custom Gutenberg blocks using React and the @wordpress/block-editor toolkit.
• Strong command of React for building dynamic, component-based UI within and outside of WordPress.
• Expert-level skills in PHP, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3/SASS.
• Experience extending and customizing social networking plugins such as PeepSo or BuddyPress is highly desired.
• Solid experience with Git and collaborative Git workflows (GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket).
• Experience developing and integrating LearnDash/Grassblade/SCORM learning platforms.
• Working knowledge of MySQL/MariaDB database design, optimization, and query tuning.
• Proven experience troubleshooting WordPress performance issues: slow queries, plugin conflicts, server-side bottlenecks, and front-end rendering problems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing for WordPress (PHPUnit, JUnit).
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills — you bring solutions, not just problems.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Cloud & Hosting Platforms:

Hands-on experience managing and deploying WordPress environments on Cloudways, including environment configuration, staging workflows, CDN setup, and server-level optimizations specific to these managed hosting platforms.

DevOps & Automation:

Advanced experience with Bitbucket for automating WordPress build, test, and deployment pipelines.

Integrations:

Experience with connecting WordPress with enterprise services such as SolR, AWS and MuleSoft.

AI & Intelligent Automation:

Experience building production-ready AI Agents using LangChain, AutoGen, OpenAI Assistants API, or similar orchestration frameworks. Familiarity with RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines, vector databases, and prompt engineering best practices within a WordPress or web-based product context.

JOB LOCATION

Remote from Argentina or the Philippines