WordPress Developer
Data Group
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Data Group is open to applicants from South Africa. The estimated monthly salary is R123,333 – R169,583 ZAR. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
About This Role
Data Group Inc. is hiring a WordPress Developer for part-time remote client work across corporate, marketing, and conversion-focused web properties. This role is best suited to someone who can independently ship custom WordPress functionality, improve performance and security, and collaborate with design, content, and project stakeholders in a consulting environment.This position is fully remote within the United States and follows a flexible part-time schedule with regular u.s. eastern time overlap.
Responsibilities:
- Build, extend, and maintain custom WordPress websites, themes, blocks, and plugins for client engagements
- Translate approved designs and content requirements into responsive, production-ready templates and components
- Optimize site speed, accessibility, and technical SEO across desktop and mobile experiences
- Troubleshoot plugin conflicts, deployment issues, and production bugs with minimal supervision
- Integrate third-party services such as CRMs, forms, analytics, scheduling, and marketing automation tools
- Perform routine updates, security hardening, backups, and QA before release
- Document implementation details, reusable components, and support handoff notes
- Collaborate with project managers, designers, and stakeholders to keep delivery on scope and on schedule
Requirements:
- 3+ years of professional WordPress development experience in production environments
- Strong proficiency with PHP, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, and responsive front-end development
- Hands-on experience building custom themes, Gutenberg blocks, and plugins from scratch
- Working knowledge of WordPress REST API, custom post types, ACF/meta fields, and headless-friendly patterns
- Experience with WooCommerce or other payment, form, CRM, and marketing tool integrations
- Strong understanding of performance optimization, Core Web Vitals, caching, image optimization, and CDN workflows
- Experience applying WordPress security best practices, update management, and vulnerability mitigation
- Familiarity with technical SEO, accessibility standards, and cross-browser QA
- Proficiency with Git-based workflows and modern deployment practices
- Ability to manage priorities independently in a remote, client-facing - environment with regular U.S. Eastern Time overlap
Benefits & Perks:
- Fully remote part-time schedule with outcome-based planning
- Competitive hourly compensation aligned to U.S. market benchmarks for experienced WordPress talent
- Steady project variety across B2B, enterprise, and marketing-focused web builds
- Structured Git-based workflow with modern tools and clear review processes
- Opportunity to expand into broader CMS, integration, and web-platform work over time
- Direct collaboration with experienced delivery and client teams
- Long-term engagement potential as project volume grows
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
At R123,333/month, this role pays well above the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($6,667/mo) benefits from the favourable exchange rate.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
About Data Group
Data Group is a company in the dev industry that hires remote workers from South Africa.