Senior WordPress Developer / Technical SEO Specialist – Full-Time Remote

We are looking for a highly capable **WordPress developer with strong technical SEO experience** to help repair, optimise and grow an established Australian marine/classifieds website.

This is **not** a basic web design role. We need someone who can improve website performance, indexing, crawlability, site architecture, structured data, rankings and lead generation.

The first project is a **4–6 week full-time SEO recovery and website optimisation project**. For the right person, this may become a long-term role helping build and optimise a group of related marketplace/classifieds websites.

## Experience Required

Minimum requirement:

* 5+ years professional WordPress development experience
* Strong technical SEO experience
* Experience with Google Search Console
* Experience improving Core Web Vitals and page speed
* Experience troubleshooting WordPress themes, plugins and site architecture

Preferred:

* 7+ years WordPress / PHP / technical SEO experience
* Experience with listing, directory, marketplace, real estate, automotive, marine or classifieds websites
* Experience recovering websites that have lost rankings or indexing visibility

## Main Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

* Technical SEO audit
* WordPress theme/plugin review
* Google Search Console review
* Google Analytics review
* Fixing indexing and crawlability issues
* Improving sitemap, robots.txt, redirects and canonical tags
* Improving Core Web Vitals and page speed
* Mobile optimisation
* Image optimisation
* Internal linking improvements
* URL structure improvements
* Listing/detail page SEO improvements
* Category and location landing page strategy
* Schema / structured data implementation
* Conversion improvements for enquiry forms
* Basic CRM/form integration where needed
* Daily progress updates
* Weekly performance reports

## Required Skills

You must have strong experience with:

* WordPress development
* PHP
* HTML
* CSS
* JavaScript
* Technical SEO
* Google Search Console
* Google Analytics
* Core Web Vitals
* Schema markup / structured data
* Custom post types
* Custom taxonomies
* Mobile optimisation
* Page-speed optimisation
* Plugin/theme troubleshooting
* Website backups and security

## Preferred Experience

Experience with any of the following is highly valued:

* Classified websites
* Directory websites
* Marketplace websites
* Listing/inventory websites
* Real estate, automotive or marine websites
* HubSpot
* Zapier
* Google Tag Manager
* Rank Math / Yoast
* Elementor
* Cloudflare
* Local SEO
* Programmatic SEO
* AI search / LLM search optimisation

## AI Search / LLM Optimisation

We also want the website structured for modern AI search and answer engines.

You should understand, or be willing to learn deeply about:

* Answer engine optimisation
* Entity-based SEO
* Structured data for AI systems
* Clear expert content architecture
* FAQ and Q&A content structures
* Topical authority
* Comparison pages
* Citation-worthy content
* Making a business easy for AI tools to understand and recommend

## Communication Requirement

Proactive and clear communication is a must.

We need someone who:

* provides updates without being chased
* explains technical issues clearly
* flags problems early
* asks clear questions when needed
* gives realistic timelines
* does not hide blockers
* documents what has been changed
* can explain the commercial reason behind technical work

This role requires someone who can work independently and communicate like a professional. Silent workers, vague updates and unclear reporting will not be suitable.

## Daily Reporting

Daily reporting is required.

At the end of each workday, send a short update covering:

* what you worked on
* what you completed
* issues found
* fixes made
* what you will work on next
* anything needed from us

Daily reports must be specific. For example, do not write “worked on SEO”. Explain exactly what was checked, fixed or improved.

## Weekly Reporting

Weekly reporting is also required, covering:

* ranking movement
* Search Console changes
* indexed pages
* speed improvements
* Core Web Vitals changes
* completed work
* remaining issues
* next priorities
* blockers or risks

## Pay and Hours

Rate: **AUD $10 per hour**
Hours: **Full-time preferred**
Initial project: **4–6 weeks**
Long-term role possible for the right person

## Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who is:

* a serious developer, not just a designer
* strong in technical SEO
* detail-oriented
* reliable
* proactive
* analytical
* commercially minded
* able to work independently
* clear in communication
* focused on measurable results
* comfortable giving daily updates
* willing to take ownership of outcomes

## How To Apply

Please answer the following:

1. Briefly describe your WordPress development experience.
2. How many years of professional WordPress experience do you have?
3. Describe your technical SEO experience.
4. Share examples of websites where you improved SEO, speed, indexing or rankings.
5. What is your experience with Google Search Console?
6. What is your experience with Core Web Vitals?
7. What is your experience with schema / structured data?
8. Have you worked on classified, directory, marketplace or listing websites?
9. What do you know about AI search / LLM search optimisation?
10. What are the first 10 things you would check on a website that has lost Google rankings?
11. How do you normally communicate progress on a technical project?
12. What are your usual working hours and internet speed?

## Attention-to-Detail Test

At the very top of your application, write this exact phrase:

**TECHNICAL SEO RECOVERY - MARINE**

Also include one sentence explaining the difference between technical SEO and on-page SEO.

Applications that do not include the exact phrase and explanation will not be considered.