If you can build, fix, migrate, and optimize WordPress sites without panicking when something breaks, VaVa wants you. This is a contract Website Developer role for someone who can own client relationships, ship clean builds, and keep sites fast, secure, and conversion-friendly.
About VaVa Virtual Assistants
VaVa Virtual Assistants is a remote company based in Atlanta, GA that connects businesses with specialized virtual professionals. Contractors work closely with clients across industries and stay connected internally through collaboration, daily communication, and virtual team gatherings.
Schedule
Contract (1099)
Remote (United States)
Availability: 20+ hours per week (high-touch, deliverable-focused clients)
Expect business-hour responsiveness (8am–5pm in your time zone, Monday–Friday)
Occasional evenings/weekends possible depending on client needs
What You’ll Do
- Build new websites end-to-end (planning, structure, build, launch)
- Write clean, testable, efficient code using best practices (HTML/CSS, and beyond as needed)
- Create layouts and UI using standard HTML/CSS and modern UI/UX best practices
- Gather requirements, refine specs, and translate business needs into technical solutions
- Integrate sites with back-end services, databases, and third-party tools
- Maintain websites: updates, bug fixes, security hardening, and performance improvements
- Troubleshoot WordPress issues that impact uptime, usability, or security alerts
- Customize themes with CSS and implement plugins to deliver requested functionality
- Migrate WordPress sites across domains/hosts and validate everything post-move
- Optimize SEO fundamentals, load speed, and user engagement
- Track and report relevant website KPIs (traffic, conversions, performance, engagement)
- Coordinate with designers to match visual intent while protecting performance and usability
- Document builds, changes, and processes so clients and teams aren’t guessing later
- Communicate clearly and professionally with clients and the VaVa team, including progress updates and next steps
- Handle fast pivots and last-minute changes without sacrificing quality
What You Need
- Must reside in and be authorized to work in the United States
- 5+ years of professional website development experience (including the responsibilities listed)
- 5+ years working full-time in a virtual/remote role
- Strong WordPress troubleshooting ability (downtime, conflicts, security issues, usability bugs)
- Working knowledge of CSS for theme customization and design adjustments
- Experience with multiple website builders/platforms and various hosting providers
- Experience migrating sites across platforms/domains/hosts (and validating DNS, SSL, forms, redirects)
- Solid understanding of SEO best practices and performance optimization (Core Web Vitals mindset)
- UI/UX best practices for clean structure, navigation, accessibility, and conversion flow
- E-commerce experience (platforms and payment/shipping integrations)
- Strong tool fluency: Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Slack, and project management tools
- Professional written communication and client-facing confidence (you can explain “why,” not just “what”)
Benefits
Not listed (contract role). Expect contractor setup: you provide your own equipment and manage your own benefits/taxes.
Quick gut-check (because I’m not letting you waste time): this role is WordPress-heavy with client management. If your portfolio is mostly “I can code but I don’t touch WP,” you’ll feel pain here. If you’ve done WP builds, migrations, plugin triage, and speed + SEO cleanups, you’re in the pocket.
Happy Hunting,
~Two Chicks…