WordPress and Shopify power an enormous share of the web for good reason: they are quick to launch and easy for non-technical teams to run. What ruins them is the accumulation of plugins and page builders that turn a fast site into a slow one nobody can safely update.
We place developers who write custom themes properly, use plugins deliberately rather than reflexively, and treat page speed as part of the build rather than a later fix.
How hiring through Qalmax works
- 1Tell us the role
The stack, the seniority, and the actual problems this person will work on — not just a job title.
- 2Shortlist within days
Pre-vetted engineers with profiles, availability, and monthly rates.
- 3You interview
You meet every candidate and make the final call. We never assign someone you have not spoken to.
- 4Start
Contract, NDA, equipment, and access handled by us. First meaningful pull request in week one.
- 5Thirty-day review
An honest checkpoint with your lead. Wrong fit? Replaced at no cost.
What we screen for
- Custom WordPress theme development without page builders
- Block editor development and Advanced Custom Fields
- Custom plugin development and safe modification of existing ones
- WooCommerce customisation: checkout, shipping, pricing rules
- Shopify Liquid themes, Online Store 2.0, and metafields
- Shopify app development and checkout extensions
- Core Web Vitals work: caching, image handling, script discipline
- Technical SEO implementation and structured data
- Migrations between platforms with redirect mapping preserved
- Security hardening, malware cleanup, and update management
What they build
- Marketing sites that load fast and rank
- WooCommerce and Shopify stores with custom functionality
- Membership and subscription sites
- Multilingual sites with proper hreflang handling
- Headless WordPress with a Next.js front end
- Rescue work on slow, hacked, or unmaintainable sites
Engagement terms
- Minimum term
- One month, then rolling — no annual lock-in
- Timezone overlap
- Minimum four hours with your working day, in writing
- Replacement
- No cost, within days, if the fit is wrong
- You interview
- Always — nobody is assigned without your approval
- IP and code
- Assigned to you; work happens in your repository
- Employment
- Ours — no payroll, visas, benefits, or hardware to manage
Typical stack
Alternatives worth considering
| Dedicated wordpress & shopify developers | Fixed-price project | In-house hire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to start | Days | Days | Two to four months |
| You direct the work | Yes | No — we deliver to scope | Yes |
| Cost structure | Monthly rate | One agreed price | Salary plus overheads |
| Best when | Ongoing or shifting scope | Defined deliverable and deadline | Core long-term role |
| Scale down | One month's notice | Project ends | Redundancy process |
If your scope is well defined and you want the delivery risk on us rather than on you, a fixed-price project is usually the better deal. Dedicated engineers suit work where the roadmap is still moving.
Questions, answered.
Can you make our slow WordPress site fast?
Should we use a page builder like Elementor?
Shopify or WooCommerce?
How quickly can we start?
What if the engineer is not a good fit?
Who owns the code they write?
Six things we put in writing.
Not values on a wall — contract terms. Ask any other supplier to match them line by line.
A price in 24 hours
Send a brief, get a fixed written price and a delivery date the next working day. Free, no obligation, and the scope document is yours to keep even if you go elsewhere.
The price does not move
Fixed, not an estimate. If scope changes we re-quote in writing and you approve before we build it. You will never open a surprise invoice.
Half on delivery
50% to start, 50% when it is live and you are satisfied. You never fund the whole project up front.
Unlimited design revisions
We do not write production code until you approve the screens. Changing your mind at that stage costs nothing.
You own everything
Full source code, design files and credentials on delivery. No licence, no platform fee, nothing that stops another developer taking over.
30 days of fixes included
Free bug fixing for a month after launch, then an optional retainer only if you want one.
Every one of these is in the agreement before you pay anything. See how we evidence our claims →
Tell us what you're building.
A paragraph is enough to start. You get a scoping conversation and a fixed written price with a delivery date within 24 hours — free, and yours to keep whether or not you go ahead with us.
- A senior engineer replies, not a salesperson
- Written quote inside 24 hours
- NDA before you send anything sensitive — just ask
- No obligation, no follow-up sequence
Prefer to talk now? WhatsApp +92 300 097 0544 or hello@qalmax.com.
Need wordpress & shopify developers this month?
Shortlist in days. You interview. Replace at no cost if the fit is wrong.