WordPress Developer (Mid-Senior Level)

Discover Africa Group is a team of innovative, experienced, and ambitious go-getters passionate about sharing Africa’s best with travellers from around the world.

Our portfolio includes:

• Discover Africa Safaris: Bespoke luxury safari travel in Southern and East Africa.
• 4x4 Hire: Adventure 4x4 self-drive exploration.
• Drive South Africa: Africa’s leading rental car comparison and booking engine.

Our in-house digital marketing and development team operates as a dedicated "internal agency," bringing together permanent staff, contractors, and agencies to create high-quality products and campaigns for our core travel brands.

We embrace a Kaizen approach of continuous improvement, based on the idea that small, ongoing positive changes can reap significant improvements.  This ensures that every project is customer-centric and aligned with our mission to make travellers’ dreams come true. By collaborating closely with our travel experts, we craft engaging, results-driven marketing that inspires and connects with our audience.

Our team culture is friendly, supportive, and professional—we value creativity, collaboration, and personal growth. Based in the northern suburbs of Cape Town, you might even enjoy a smoother commute, travelling against peak traffic.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Custom Theme & Plugin Development
   Architect, build and maintain PHP-based themes and plugins that scale.
• Advanced Templating
   Craft performant WP queries for complex CPTs, taxonomies and relationship fields.
• Frontend Magic
   Implement engaging UI animations with GSAP; optimise workflows with vanilla JS (no React/Vue required). We’re not big on jQuery.
• CMS Configuration
   Deep dive into ACF (fields, repeaters, flexible content), custom post types and Gutenberg blocks.
• Multilingual Implementation
   Configure and troubleshoot WPML/TranslatePress so that every language shines.
• DevOps Awareness
   Hands-on hosting basics (Linux, Nginx/Apache, CDNs), enough to know when to triage or ping Ops.
• Collaboration & Agile Practices
   Work within Kanban/Scrum boards (Jira), pair-program when it makes sense, review and approve pull requests.
• AI-Enhanced Productivity
   Use LLMs and AI-powered tools to speed up grunt work—yet able to code confidently without them.

• 5+ years of professional WordPress development
• Strong skills in PHP, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5 and CSS3
• Mastery of ACF, CPTs, WP_Query, and WordPress hooks
• Track record of building multilingual, responsive, accessible sites
• Experience collaborating in hybrid teams (3 days in-office in Cape Town)
• High autonomy and ownership—you know when to ask and when to execute

Bonus Points For:

• GSAP or other animation libraries
• Tailwind CSS or utility-first frameworks
• Laravel or headless WP experience
• Basic AI/ML integrations in a web context
• Past work in luxury or travel industries

At Discover Africa Group, we believe that our team’s passion and dedication deserve to be celebrated and rewarded. Here’s what you can look forward to:

• 20 days of paid annual leave
• After 5 years, earn one extra annual paid leave day per year, up to a max of 25 days

• Extra paid birthday leave - because no one should work on their birthday!
• Paid sabbatical leave days without tapping into your annual leave, after 5 years of service
• Hybrid Working Opportunities with flexible working conditions
• A team led by actively engaged owners who encourage a caring and positive culture
• Working alongside a diverse and dedicated team of professionals who share your love for Africa.
• Africa travel at discounted rates, giving you the chance to explore and deepen your connection to the continent.