Senior WordPress Developer, Thaltej (Ahmedabad)
This is a full-time, on-site opening for a Senior WordPress Developer, based in Thaltej on the SG Highway stretch of Ahmedabad. The team wants someone who's already built real WordPress sites for years, not someone learning the platform on the job. The role sits within a broader software development function, working on sites that see steady day-to-day traffic rather than occasional low-stakes projects.
Who this role is for
Eight years in software or web development is the mark this opening is set at, with most of that time spent specifically on WordPress rather than picking it up here and there. A four-year degree in computer science, IT, or a related field is the minimum education required, and it's meant to sit alongside a genuine track record of shipped work, since a transcript alone won't show whether someone can keep a live site running smoothly. The category here is straightforward software development, and hiring managers will be reading resumes with that lens rather than expecting a marketing or design-heavy background.
People from agency backgrounds, in-house product teams, or freelance work can all fit here, so long as their WordPress experience is deep and recent. What matters more than the exact career path is whether someone can point to specific sites they've owned, not just contributed small pieces to. A candidate who managed a site through several redesigns, or who's the one people go to when something on the platform behaves strangely, is closer to the mark than one with a longer resume but shallower involvement.
Skills required
- Building and customizing WordPress themes and plugins from scratch
- PHP for writing the logic that drives custom features
- MySQL, including schema design and query optimization
- HTML and CSS for turning designs into working pages
- Deep, hands-on plugin customization rather than surface-level configuration
A few extras aren't required but do help a candidate stand out: comfort with WooCommerce for store builds, experience with a page builder such as Elementor, some JavaScript for interactive elements, and Git for version control. Anyone who's already worked with an SEO plugin like Rank Math or Yoast will find that useful too, given how much WordPress developer hiring in Ahmedabad now expects at least a working grasp of on-page optimization. Basic comfort with server-side troubleshooting, like clearing a stuck cache or spotting a PHP version conflict after a plugin update, tends to save time on the days when something breaks for no obvious reason.
What the work looks like
Expect to spend most weeks building new theme components, adjusting plugin behavior to match specific business rules, and fixing whatever breaks after a content update goes out. Bug reports come in from both end users and the internal team, and tracking one down often means checking three or four different places before finding where a change actually went wrong. A theme update that quietly breaks a checkout flow, or a plugin that starts conflicting with another after a routine update, is a normal Tuesday rather than an emergency.
- Build and customize WordPress themes, templates, and plugins for active projects
- Work directly with product owners and QA to shape requirements into finished features
- Review other developers' code before it merges, catching problems early
- Track down and fix bugs, from a form that silently fails to submit to a page that loads too slowly
- Keep MySQL databases healthy and diagnose slowdowns as site traffic grows
- Coordinate release timing with content and marketing staff, so updates don't collide with live campaigns
Releases go through a staging site first. Nothing reaches production without a check, and the senior developer on the team is generally the one making that final call. Launch weeks and site migrations tend to bunch up, and when they do, this role ends up holding things together while other priorities wait a beat. The rest of the time settles into something steadier, closer to routine maintenance and planned feature work with fewer surprises along the way.
Pay and benefits
Compensation runs up to ₹1,20,000 a month, which sits toward the top of what senior WordPress developer roles in Ahmedabad tend to pay. On top of salary, there's a set of standard perks that come with a senior, full-time role like this one, plus a couple that reflect the fact that this is an office-based position rather than a remote one.
- Group health insurance coverage
- Paid leave beyond the standard public holidays
- A bonus tied to individual performance and delivery outcomes
- Meals provided on-site through the workday
- Support getting to and from the office, either a company vehicle or a travel allowance
Team and day-to-day
The office runs on a shared task tracker rather than ad hoc messages, so priorities stay visible rather than scattered across someone's inbox. A senior developer here is also expected to help junior team members work through more complex problems and make plugin or architectural calls independently rather than escalating every choice. Design and content teams sit close by, so a question about how a page should behave usually gets answered in person rather than through a long comment thread. Naukri Mitra tends to see this kind of opening filled quickly once the right candidate applies, so it's worth moving on it rather than waiting.
How to apply
Send a current resume along with links to WordPress sites you have built or maintained, if available. A short line about the scale of past work, whether that's traffic, plugin count, or team size, gives the hiring team a faster read on where someone fits. Prior involvement in a full site migration, a theme rebuild, or a multi-site setup is worth calling out specifically, since work at that scale closely aligns with what this role covers day-to-day. Screening happens against the resume first, so it helps to be specific rather than general about what was actually built versus what was inherited from someone else's earlier work. Applications are processed on a rolling basis, and candidates who move forward are usually contacted within a week, followed by a brief technical conversation and, ultimately, a final discussion with the hiring manager.
