Wordpress

Job Title:  WordPress 
Location:  Santa Clara, CA - Onsite 

About This Role
Applied SmartFactory Solutions is the automation software portfolio brand of Applied Materials, covering AI, MES,
Process Quality, Productivity, and Enterprise Planning & Scheduling for semiconductor manufacturing. The digital
platform — — operates independently from Applied Materials; corporate web
presence and is staffed, run, and maintained as its own environment. It includes three multilingual WordPress
sites (English, Japanese, Chinese) and a password-protected customer content platform, all built and architected
by the Global Marketing Lead who remains the strategic and creative owner of this platform.

 

This is not a developer-for-hire engagement. We are seeking a WordPress Platform Partner — a senior,
independent technical steward who takes genuine ownership of a complex, live platform and operates without
hand-holding. The distinction is important:

Developer (not what we need) Platform Partner (what we need)
Waits for direction and tasks
Executes and reports back
Escalates problems up
Requires close oversight
Manages tasks

Proactively manages the platform environment
Communicates without being chased
Flags risks before they become problems
Operates independently in ambiguous situations
Manages the relationship

Core Technical Requirements
All requirements are non-negotiable. Candidates should already own these competencies — this role is not a
growth opportunity in these areas.

Platform Architecture
• WordPress Multisite architecture and operations at enterprise scale
• Multilingual site management (WPML or equivalent) across multiple regional instances
• Custom theme and plugin development — not theme-level configuration
• Template architecture, URL structure governance, and taxonomy management

Security & Compliance
• Enterprise security and vulnerability management — owns remediation, does not escalate anxiety
• Experience handling third-party security audits, penetration testing coordination, and compliance
documentation
• Plugin lifecycle governance: evaluation, approval, patching, and retirement frameworks

Operations & Delivery
• CI/CD pipeline management and deployment workflows
• Performance optimization — Core Web Vitals, caching, CDN, PageSpeed
• Cloud-hosted WordPress environments (WP Engine, Azure, AWS, or equivalent)
• Ability to execute from mockups and rough direction — no Figma dependency required
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (Claude, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent) — active use, not
familiarity

Communication & Partnership
• Proactive, structured communication — owns the working relationship, does not wait to be managed
• Able to translate technical issues into plain language for non-technical marketing stakeholders
• Responsive during core PST business hours; clear about availability and capacity

5. Immediate Platform Priorities
The selected partner will be expected to assess and own the following on engagement start:
• URL structure cleanup and consistency across three regional sites
• Podcast and archive routing conflict resolution
• Category taxonomy gaps and standardization
• Template inconsistencies across regional instances
• Regional sync issues between English, Japanese, and Chinese sites
• Plugin lifecycle audit and governance framework.