Fullstack WordPress Developer (SEO-Focused)

About This Role

We need a WordPress developer who builds sites that rank not just sites that look good.

At NMG Technologies www.nmgtechnologies.com, the WordPress developer owns the full pipeline: you build pages, publish content, implement internal links, set up schema markup, and make sure every page follows SEO best practices before it goes live. Our clients are US and UK enterprises, so the bar is high.

What You'll Do

WordPress Development:

Build and maintain WordPress sites using Elementor, custom CSS, HTML5, JavaScript

Create pixel-perfect, responsive pages across all devices

Custom Elementor widgets, PHP hooks/filters, child themes as needed

Manage projects end-to-end no dependency on a separate frontend dev

WordPress security best practices and cross-browser compatibility

SEO Implementation (Mandatory Not Optional):

Publish content with proper H1/H2/H3 structure, meta titles, descriptions, image alt text

Build and manage internal linking contextual links, link equity flow, orphan page fixes

Configure Yoast SEO / Rank Math canonicals, redirects (301/302), noindex, breadcrumbs

Implement JSON-LD Schema Markup (Article, FAQ, HowTo, Product, LocalBusiness)

Manage robots.txt, XML sitemaps, and Google Search Console

Optimize Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, INP) image compression, lazy loading, font optimization, render-blocking fixes

Handle URL structures, site migrations, and redirect mapping without losing rankings

Must-Have Skills

Development: 3+ years WordPress, advanced Elementor, HTML5/CSS3/JS, PHP basics, responsive design, Git

SEO (Mandatory): Yoast/Rank Math daily use, on-page SEO fundamentals, Schema Markup (JSON-LD), internal linking strategy, robots.txt & sitemaps, Google Search Console, Core Web Vitals optimization, 301 vs 302 redirects

What Sets You Apart

WordPress sites you've built that rank on page 1 (show us)

WP Rocket / Perfmatters / ACF experience

Handled a site migration without losing rankings

Screaming Frog or similar crawlers for technical audits