Full Stack WordPress Developer - Skift

About Us

Skift is the leading business intelligence and media company in travel, delivering news, research, and global events that power smarter decisions across the industry. We convene senior leaders and innovators who rely on Skift for clarity, insight, and meaningful connection in a fast-moving global market.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a highly skilled, proactive Full Stack WordPress Developer to join Skift . This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in a collaborative environment and wants a major voice in the technical decisions shaping our digital platforms. You will work alongside our existing development and editorial teams. We are actively looking for candidates based in LATAM.

Why This Role Matters

As a reader-first company relying on hard and metered paywalls across a portfolio of properties—including Skift .com, Airline Weekly, Skift Research, Daily Lodging Report, and Skift Meetings—our technical infrastructure is the lifeblood of our business. By building robust back-end architecture and intuitive custom features, you ensure that our teams can seamlessly publish influential travel industry coverage, while delivering a high-performing, secure experience to our global audience.

Some of What You’ll Do

Architecture & Custom Development

• Build and maintain our suite of WordPress sites with a heavy focus on back-end architecture and peak performance.
• Develop custom themes, custom post types, taxonomies, hooks, filters, and dynamic WordPress templates.
• Model and flawlessly manage structured content using Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Pro.

Integration & Modern Tooling

• Build and integrate RESTful APIs seamlessly within the WordPress ecosystem.
• Develop and maintain custom Gutenberg blocks to empower our content creators.
• Utilize modern development tooling, including wp-scripts, Webpack, Composer, and BEM CSS architecture using Sass.

Collaboration & Code Quality

• Partner directly with our editorial and design teams to scope, create, and deploy new pages and features.
• Uphold rigorous WordPress performance, security, and coding standards across all properties (including WPVIP environments).
• Participate actively in collaborative code reviews and version control workflows using Git and GitHub, while supporting existing projects when external teams require assistance.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven WordPress Expertise: Deep experience building hybrid WordPress themes, custom Gutenberg blocks, and structured content modeling (ACF).
• Back-End Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in PHP 8+, MySQL, REST APIs, and core WordPress architecture.
• Front-End Competency: Strong working knowledge of JavaScript (ES6+), jQuery, SCSS/PostCSS, an