Full-Time WordPress Developer & SEO Website Manager

FULL-TIME WORDPRESS DEVELOPER & SEO WEBSITE MANAGER
Remote (Philippines-based) | Full-time | $500 USD/month

IMPORTANT: Start your application with the word SAGE so we know you read the full post. Applications without it will not be reviewed.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're a multi-region women's health and fitness franchise (AU/NZ, Canada, US) looking for a full-time developer to own our WordPress website end-to-end — technical build work, security, SEO execution, and getting our blog/email content out the door. You'll work directly with, and be led by, our project lead in Sydney, who will give you clear written briefs, direction, and regular check-ins along the way. You won't be left to figure everything out on your own — this is a genuinely managed role with hands-on leadership.

What we're hoping for is someone who takes real ownership of the work they're given: delivers what was asked, tests it before calling it done, and flags problems early rather than going quiet — and who grows into more independence over time as they learn our systems. We don't expect you to arrive already running the whole website unsupervised.

This is a hands-on technical role, not a support/ticket role. You'll be trusted with real production systems from week one, with clear guidance every step of the way.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

WordPress Development & Site Management

• Customize and extend the site's theme (Sage/Blade framework) and flexible content fields (ACF Flexible Content / Gutenberg blocks) to build new page layouts and modules
• Maintain four regional site variants (AU, NZ, CA, US) via WPML
• Perform monthly core/theme/plugin maintenance with zero downtime
• Work in our GitHub repo — proper branches, pull requests, clear commit messages, staging deploys
• Manage WP Engine hosting (staging, deploys, backups)
• Handle API integrations — booking/scheduling platforms and GoHighLevel (GHL) automations

SEO & AI Search Visibility

• Execute on-page SEO: meta tags, header structure, image alt-text, schema/structured data (Yoast or RankMath)
• Apply AIO/AEO best practices — structuring content (FAQ/HowTo schema, answer-first formatting) so it gets picked up by Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and similar AI search tools
• Evaluate and use SEO/keyword monitoring tools (e.g. SEMrush)

Content & Campaign Distribution

• Publish weekly blog posts provided by the content team — formatting, imagery, links, SEO/AIO structure (you won't be writing the copy)
• Build, test, and deploy Mailchimp email campaigns tied to blog content to drive traffic; manage segmentation and automated workflows

Security & Technical Health

• Manage Wordfence security, credential rotation, and secrets storage
• Run plugin audits and manage license decisions
• Proactively catch bugs, broken functionality, and site speed issues

Working with AI Tools

• Use AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to speed up development — while still reviewing, understanding, and taking ownership of everything shipped
• Be ready to explain specifically how you've used AI tools on past projects, not just that you're aware of them

REQUIRED SKILLS

• 3+ years hands-on WordPress development (PHP, ACF — including Flexible Content field layouts — Gutenberg, a modern theme framework like Sage/Blade, Timber, or Roots)
• Solid Git/GitHub workflow — branching, PRs, resolving conflicts
• On-page SEO execution experience (Yoast/RankMath) and awareness of AI-search optimization trends (AIO/AEO/GEO)
• Experience with Mailchimp or a similar ESP for campaign building
• API integration experience
• Conversational English strong enough to follow Zoom calls and multi-step verbal instructions. You won't be writing marketing copy, so full fluency isn't required — but you do need to understand and be understood live. This is assessed as part of the process.
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools to speed up real development work (not just "I've heard of Copilot")
• Able to take a clear written brief and run with it, asking smart clarifying questions rather than guessing — you'll have ongoing leadership and direction, so this is about taking ownership of assigned work, not managing the whole website unsupervised

NICE-TO-HAVE

• Direct GoHighLevel experience (workflows, Communities, Courses/Memberships, Client Portal)
• Basic graphic skills in Canva or similar, for preparing blog images
• Google Analytics / Search Console experience
• Experience with Notion as a project management tool — all our documentation and project management runs through it, though this is easy to pick up if you haven't used it before

WORK STYLE WE NEED

• Full-time hours, but no fixed 9-5 required — you're welcome to structure your day however suits you, as long as your full-time hours are covered and you're available for scheduled meetings at reasonable times
• Takes a clear, written task and runs with it — you'll get direction and leadership, not silence, so this is about follow-through rather than figuring it all out alone
• Proactive communicator — flags blockers, asks sharp questions, reports back clearly rather than going quiet
• Willing to learn, adapt, and take on new challenges you're unfamiliar with — you won't know everything on day one, and that's expected

COMPENSATION & LOGISTICS

• $500 USD/month, full-time contractor role
• Fully remote
• Reports to: Project Lead (Sydney, Australia)

HOW TO APPLY

Apply through OnlineJobs.ph with a message that starts with the word SAGE and includes LINKS to the following (Google Drive, Loom, or similar — make sure sharing is set to "anyone with the link"):

1. Your CV/resume
2. Portfolio or live site examples
3. Your GitHub profile
4. A short video (max 7 minutes) answering these prompts out loud:

• Introduce yourself and your development background.
• Walk us through a project you're proud of — what was your specific role?
• Tell us about a time you got stuck on a technical problem. What did you do?

Please don't read from a script — you're welcome to think through your answers beforehand, but we want to hear you speak naturally, not recite something written. Applications missing the video or GitHub link will not be shortlisted.

We look forward to reviewing your appliaction and potentially welcoming you to the team.