Custom WordPress Developer for Animal Shelter

We are seeking an experienced WordPress developer to help build a custom adoptable pets experience for an animal shelter website. The website is being built in native WordPress (Gutenberg), with Figma designs already completed. We are looking for a developer who can translate those designs into a polished, responsive frontend while integrating dynamic data from the shelter's existing CMS. This is a custom development project and is best suited for someone with experience building dynamic WordPress websites, API integrations, and custom functionality. Project Overview The shelter manages all of its animals through an existing shelter management system (CMS). We are looking to create a seamless adoption experience where animal information is automatically displayed on the website while maintaining the CMS as the single source of truth. The frontend should be fully customized to match our approved Figma designs while remaining responsive, performant, and easy to maintain. Scope of Work Custom Adoptable Pets Listing We are seeking a developer to build a custom adoptable pets page that includes: - Responsive grid layout - Dynamic pet cards - Custom styling based on our Figma designs - Search functionality - Filtering - Pagination or "Load More" - Dynamic data pulled from the shelter CMS Potential filters include: - Dog / Cat - Breed - Age - Size - Sex - Adoption Status - Custom Pet Detail Pages Develop a custom single pet template featuring: - Hero image - Photo gallery - Pet biography - Breed - Age - Sex - Size - Vaccination status - Spay/Neuter status - Compatibility information - Special needs - Adoption call-to-action - Responsive design across all devices - Shelter CMS Integration The selected developer will work with the existing CMS integration to: - Retrieve adoptable animals via API - Populate custom frontend layouts dynamically - Ensure information remains synchronized between the CMS and the website - Eliminate duplicate data entry wherever possible - WordPress Development The project will require custom development using: - WordPress (Gutenberg) - PHP - HTML - CSS - JavaScript - WordPress coding best practices We are seeking a clean, maintainable solution that prioritizes long-term performance and scalability.