Experienced WordPress Plugin Developer (Freelance / Contract)

Context

We are looking for a senior WordPress plugin developer to design and develop a custom WordPress plugin that imports, manages, synchronizes, and displays job postings from JobsMedia, then presents them effectively on a WordPress site (existing theme).

Mission

Design the architecture and develop a clean, maintainable WordPress plugin and Scalable

Integrate the JobsMedia source (API / feed) to retrieve job offers

Manage synchronization (initial import + updates + deletion / expiration)

Provide front-end display tools (shortcodes / blocks / templates)

Ensure quality, performance, security, documentation, and deployment support

Expected functional objectives

1) Import / synchronization of JobsMedia

Connect to JobsMedia via API (REST / JSON) or feed (XML / JSON / CSV) depending on availability

Import job postings into WordPress as :

Custom Post Type (e.g., job) or other relevant approach

Taxonomies (category, contract type, location, etc.)

Fields (ACF or native meta fields) : title, company, city, province / region, salary, type, date, description, application URL, external identifier, etc.

Scheduling via WP-Cron (or manual endpoint option / "Synchronize" button)

Duplicate management via external identifier

Management of expired offers : deactivation, archiving, or deletion (configurable)

Logs (basic minimum level) : number of offers imported, updated, ignored, errors

2) Administration / configuration

Key / API, feed URL, frequency, filters (optional), debug mode

Field mapping (if necessary)

Expiration / archiving mode selection

"Sync Now" Tool

Displaying Logs / Last Sync Status

3) Front-end Display

Integration Methods :

Shortcodes (required) + optionally Gutenberg blocks (bonus)

Expected pages :

List of offers with pagination / lazy loading (optional)

Filters : keywords, location, category, contract type (minimum)

Offer details page

SEO :

Clean URLs, titles / meta Consistent, structured data if relevant (bonus)

Design :

Respect for the existing theme (use compatible templates, CSS classes, etc.)

Technical Requirements

WordPress (core best practices) : CPT, taxonomies, meta tags, hooks / actions / filters

Modern PHP (ideally 7.4+), OOP, namespaces, autoloading (Composer preferred)

Security : validation / sanitization, capabilities, nonces, admin permissions

Performance : batch import, query limiting, transients / caching if necessary

Compatibility : WP 6.x

Standard themes + common page builders (ideally without dependencies)

strong)

Delivery :

Versioned plugin (Git), clean structure, README + installation doc

Deployment script / procedure

Simple tests or at least a QA checklist

Desired Profile

Proven experience (3+ years) in custom WordPress plugin development

Comfortable with API / feed integrations, synchronization, mapping of Data

Ability to propose a robust architecture and anticipate edge cases (duplicates, network errors, quotas, etc.)

Clear communication, autonomy, rigor

Deliverables

Complete WordPress plugin (zip + Git repo)

Documentation :

Installation + configuration

Usage (shortcodes / options)

Synchronization Strategy + Logs

Maintenance Guide (how to update the mapping, diagnose an error)

Production Deployment Support (e.g., 1–2 weeks depending on the terms)

Process / Application

2–3 examples of similar WordPress plugins or projects (links / repo / screenshots)

Your proposed approach (architecture + steps + estimates)

Your rate (flat fee or hourly rate) and availability

Bonus : experience with job sites / job boards / importers

Bonuses appreciated

Native Gutenberg block

Real-time Webhook / Sync if JobsMedia allows it

Structured JobPosting data (Schema.org)