Duties & Responsibilities

* Develop, maintain, and enhance CALSTART websites, landing pages, and web applications using WordPress, PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and MySQL.
* Independently manage assigned CALSTART web properties, including routine maintenance, technical troubleshooting, testing, deployments, and post-launch support.
* Build and modify WordPress themes, templates, reusable components, blocks, plugins, and custom functionality.
* Translate approved designs and business requirements into responsive, accessible, and user-friendly web experiences that meet WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
* Support website launches, redesigns, migrations, integrations, and strategic projects, including the upcoming CALSTART.org rebrand and rebuild.
* Develop and maintain integrations with REST APIs, forms, analytics platforms, CRM systems, Salesforce, and other third-party services.
* Collaborate with the Senior Web Developer, designers, Marketing, IT, program teams, and other stakeholders throughout planning, development, quality assurance, and launch.
* Monitor and improve website performance, security, accessibility, uptime, scalability, and Core Web Vitals across CALSTART’s web portfolio.
* Maintain technical documentation and contribute to development standards, reusable components, testing practices, deployment procedures, and Web Team workflows.

Qualifications

* Bachelor’s degree in computer science, web development, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
* Five or more years of professional web development experience, including experience developing and maintaining WordPress websites.
* Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, responsive design, modern JavaScript, and building or modifying WordPress themes, templates, blocks, plugins, or custom functionality.
* Working knowledge of PHP, MySQL, REST APIs, third-party web services, and Git-based development workflows.
* Experience applying web accessibility standards, preferably WCAG 2.1 or newer, along with an understanding of website security, privacy, performance optimization, cross-browser compatibility, and testing practices.
* Ability to independently troubleshoot issues across front-end, back-end, CMS, database, integration, and hosting environments.
* Strong organizational and project administration skills, with the ability to manage multiple assignments across a portfolio of websites.
* Strong communication, collaboration, accountability, adaptability, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to explain technical information to non-technical stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications

* Experience with hosting and infrastructure platforms such as WP Engine, GoDaddy, Cloudflare, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
* Experience with Advanced Custom Fields, Gutenberg, WPBakery, or similar WordPress development tools.
* Experience with CI/CD pipelines, multi-environment deployment workflows, Docker, or containerized local development.
* Familiarity with Salesforce, HubSpot, marketing automation platforms, CRM integrations, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, or consent-management tools.
* Familiarity with React, Vue, or another modern JavaScript framework.
* Experience with automated testing tools such as Cypress, Playwright, Jest, or similar technologies.
* Experience supporting website migrations, redesigns, maintenance transitions, data visualizations, GIS tools, or multisite web portfolios.
* Experience working within a nonprofit, public-sector, clean transportation, or other mission-driven organization.

Originally posted on Himalayas