WordPress engineer Santa Clara CA
Arundeep Rayabandi
WordPress platform engineer
Location: Santa Clara (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 — appliedsmartfactory.com — 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.
The resource submitted must be the individual who will perform the work.
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:
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Developer (not what we need) |
Platform Partner (what we need) |
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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 |
Candidates must be genuinely comfortable with the following conditions. These are not aspirational — they describe day-to-day reality:
• Lean, fast-moving environment inside a large enterprise — minimal process infrastructure, high accountability
• Work often begins from rough mockups, general direction, or verbal briefs — not fully specced requirements
• Enterprise security and compliance requests (vulnerability scans, GIS audits, patching mandates) arrive without warning and require calm, independent resolution
• Stakeholders span US, Japan, and China — cross-cultural communication awareness required
• Platform carries significant brand and business weight — production errors have real consequences
• No internal Applied Materials IT support team dedicated to this platform; the Partner owns it
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
Thanks & Regards,
Arundeep Rayabandi
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
American IT Systems
1116 S Walton Blvd, Suite 113 Bentonville, AR 72712
https://americanitsystems.com/
linkedin.com/in/arundeep-r-713a421b8
Phone No:::(479) 265 8527
