Full-Stack Web Developer

Makeway

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Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Job Type: full-time
Work Format: 🌍 Remote Worldwide
Salary: Not specified
Posted: August 12, 2026

Job Description

Overview

This is a remote position and is NOT limited to Pittsburgh, PA.

We are a fully remote team primarily located in New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania—but we work from anywhere with clients all over the country. Team members should be available to collaborate primarily during 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern Time, with some flexibility.

Makeway is a digital experience agency committed to making an impact with visionary brands. We help clients see the possibilities in their challenges and deliver the right creative and technical solutions to realize them.

What Are We Looking For?

We’re looking for an experienced Full-Stack Web Developer who is especially strong in PHP, WordPress, and modern JavaScript. You’ll build and support polished, high-performing websites and digital experiences, working across both back-end and front-end development. Much of the role centers on custom WordPress work—including themes, plugins, blocks, integrations, performance, security, accessibility, and ongoing support—while also contributing to projects that use modern JavaScript frameworks and other platforms.

We’re a small, collaborative team, so flexibility and a genuine can-do attitude are essential. The right person communicates openly, takes ownership, adapts when priorities shift, and readily helps teammates solve what’s in front of us. We value people who are confident in their craft without being rigid about where their responsibilities begin and end.

How We Use AI

AI use is a normal and mandatory part of working at Makeway. We do not use AI to replace jobs; we use it to amplify expertise, improve quality, and accelerate thoughtful work. Team members are expected to use approved AI tools regularly for development, troubleshooting, research, documentation, QA, and workflow improvement—while remaining accountable for accuracy, security, privacy, and sound human judgment. Applicants should be comfortable learning new AI-assisted ways of working as the tools evolve.

Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Build, maintain, and improve responsive websites and digital experiences, primarily using WordPress and PHP.
Develop custom WordPress themes, plugins, Gutenberg blocks, and Advanced Custom Fields implementations.
Build modern front-end interfaces using semantic HTML, CSS, JavaScript or TypeScript, and frameworks such as React, Vue, Next.js, or comparable technologies.
Integrate third-party platforms and services through REST APIs, webhooks, and other data exchanges.
Translate designs into accurate, accessible, responsive, and maintainable interfaces.
Troubleshoot complex issues across the front end, back end, hosting environment, and connected services.
Participate in technical discovery and project scoping by estimating effort, identifying dependencies, and surfacing risks early.
Review code, contribute to shared standards, and use Git-based workflows for collaboration and release management.
Manage work across multiple client projects while communicating progress, blockers, and tradeoffs clearly.
Collaborate closely with developers, designers, strategists, and project managers; step in where needed to help the team deliver.
Use AI tools regularly and responsibly to accelerate development and strengthen the quality of the work.
Continue learning as technologies, platforms, and best practices evolve.

Technical Requirements

Strong professional experience with PHP, including object-oriented programming and modern development practices.
Strong WordPress experience, including custom themes, plugins, Gutenberg, Advanced Custom Fields, and the WordPress data model and APIs.
Strong proficiency with modern JavaScript and front-end development, including at least one current framework or library such as React, Vue, or Next.js.
Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS or Sass, responsive design, and cross-browser implementation.
Experience with SQL and relational databases, especially MySQL or MariaDB.
Experience integrating REST APIs, webhooks, and third-party services.
Comfort with Git, code review, package managers, build tools, and modern local-development workflows.
Working knowledge of website performance, security, accessibility, technical SEO, and browser debugging.
Ability to produce maintainable, well-documented code and make sound technical decisions within real project constraints.
Excellent problem-solving, communication, organization, and remote collaboration skills.

These are the core requirements, but chances are you know more than what’s listed here. That’s great! Tell us what else you bring to the table and how comfortable you are with those skills.

Nice-to-Have Experience

Drupal, Shopify, BigCommerce, or other content-management and commerce platforms.
Cloud and managed hosting environments such as AWS, Pantheon, WP Engine, or similar services.
Automated testing, continuous integration and deployment, containerized development, or DevOps practices.
Agency or client-services experience, including balancing multiple projects and communicating with nontechnical stakeholders.

Education and Experience

At least 5 years of related professional experience. A bachelor’s or associate degree is preferred, but not required. Demonstrated ability, good judgment, and relevant experience matter more to us than a particular educational path.

Benefits

One of the best benefits is the people and clients you work with every day. Seriously, they’re pretty great 😁

In addition, we offer:

Health, dental, and vision insurance, with employee premiums covered at 100%.
401(k) plan with a generous company match.
Ten days of paid time off and five sick days per year; ten paid holidays, plus a company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s.
Six weeks of paid parental leave.
A strong commitment to work/life balance.
An annual continuing-education fund for personal and professional development, including online training, conferences, trade shows, books, and other learning resources.
A company-provided laptop, extra monitor, and computer accessories, plus an annual stipend for additional office expenses or supplies.
Flexibility to work from wherever you’d like.

Equal Opportunity

Makeway is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants with different backgrounds, identities, perspectives, and experiences. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the application and employment process.

🎯 Who is this job for?

This role is suitable for a Senior Full-Stack Web Developer with at least five years of professional experience, especially in PHP, WordPress, and modern JavaScript frameworks.

The candidate should be skilled in custom WordPress themes, plugins, Gutenberg blocks, ACF, React or comparable frameworks, HTML, CSS, TypeScript or JavaScript, SQL, REST APIs, Git, performance, security, accessibility, and responsive design.

They should be familiar with building and troubleshooting full-stack websites, integrating third-party services, translating designs into interfaces, estimating and scoping projects, reviewing code, managing multiple client projects, and collaborating effectively in a remote agency environment.

💬 Potential Interview Questions

How would you structure a custom WordPress theme to keep it maintainable, performant, and easy to extend?

I would use a modular architecture with clear separation between presentation, data, and reusable components. I would follow WordPress coding standards, enqueue assets properly, minimize dependencies, and use a consistent template and component structure.

How would you develop a custom Gutenberg block for a client project?

I would define the block’s attributes and editor experience, implement the React-based editing interface, and create a secure server-side rendering strategy when appropriate. I would also ensure the block is accessible, responsive, validated, and compatible with the project’s theme.

How do you use Advanced Custom Fields while avoiding maintainability problems?

I use ACF to model structured content and define predictable field groups, locations, defaults, and validation rules. I keep field access centralized where practical, document the expected data shape, and avoid creating overly complex field structures that are difficult for editors and developers to manage.

How would you secure a custom WordPress plugin or REST API integration?

I would validate and sanitize all incoming data, escape output according to context, enforce authentication and authorization checks, and use nonces where applicable. I would also protect secrets, handle errors safely, limit unnecessary permissions, and review third-party responses before storing or displaying them.

How would you diagnose a slow WordPress website?

I would profile server response time, database queries, plugins, theme code, external requests, asset loading, and caching behavior using browser and server-side tools. I would then address the highest-impact issues, such as inefficient queries, oversized assets, excessive JavaScript, missing caching, or slow integrations, and verify improvements with measurements.

How do you approach integrating a third-party REST API and webhooks?

I would define the data contract, authentication method, retry behavior, timeouts, rate-limit handling, and failure states before implementation. Webhook endpoints should verify authenticity, validate payloads, process events idempotently, log useful diagnostic information, and avoid exposing sensitive data.

How would you build an accessible responsive interface from a design?

I would begin with semantic HTML and an accessible interaction model rather than reproducing visuals alone. I would implement responsive layouts with CSS, support keyboard navigation and focus states, use appropriate labels and landmarks, test contrast and screen-reader behavior, and verify the result across browsers and viewport sizes.

How would you organize a modern JavaScript or React front end within a WordPress project?

I would define clear component boundaries, manage state only where necessary, and use a package manager and build process that produces optimized assets. I would ensure the JavaScript integrates cleanly with WordPress data and authentication, avoids unnecessary hydration or bundle size, and remains testable and maintainable.

What is your approach to estimating and scoping a multi-project client request?

I would break the request into technical tasks, identify dependencies and unknowns, estimate implementation and QA effort, and explicitly document risks and assumptions. I would communicate tradeoffs early, distinguish essential scope from optional enhancements, and update estimates as new information emerges.

How do you use AI tools responsibly in development?

I use approved AI tools for research, code exploration, debugging, documentation, test generation, and workflow automation, but I review and validate every output. I do not provide confidential information unnecessarily, and I remain responsible for security, accessibility, performance, licensing, and correctness.

📋 Job Summary

Makeway is a fully remote digital experience agency seeking an experienced Full-Stack Web Developer to create and support high-performing websites for visionary brands. You’ll build custom WordPress themes, plugins, Gutenberg blocks, and integrations while developing responsive front ends with PHP, MySQL, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Vue, or Next.js. This is a remote, full-time role with collaboration primarily during Eastern Time hours; salary is not specified. Apply to join a collaborative, impact-driven team offering fully covered insurance premiums, a generous 401(k) match, paid parental leave, professional-development funding, and excellent work-life balance.