Key purpose:
Were on the lookout for a WordPress Developer who is able to pair the art of design with strong technical ability. Were looking for nononsense hardworking people with a cando attitude.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Ability to work in a team
- Good at proactively identify and implement new ideas/solutions
- Great communication skills
- Planning structuring and configuring WordPress systems
- Developing custom PHP modules themes and plugins for WordPress
- Improving the quality and functionality of our existing systems
- Monitoring and analysing our software under realworld production conditions
- Evaluating new technologies for their feasibility and usefulness
- Collaborating with other development teams and freelancers
- Continually growing learning and sharing as we strive to keep pushing our technical boundaries
- Manage your own time well and meet deadlines
Qualifications and experience:
- 3 years WordPress experience and web development experience
- Good understanding of responsive web design and a mobile first approach to development
- Strong portfolio of work
- Clean coding methods
- Skillset must include:
- CSS/CSS3 for front end templating
- HTML 5
- PHP
- Javascript
- Adobe Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator
- SEO and UX understanding
- Experience with:
- Subversion (Git)
- Database administration (MySQL)
- Must be able to code own responsive template from PSD
- Able to manipulate plugins to perform required functions (mentioning examples will
be beneficial) - Experience using child themes and familiar plugins
- Building new WordPress sites/systems from scratch (including themes and plugins)
- Ability to work on Macintosh computer
Brownie points:
- Understanding SEO
- Understanding of different CMS platforms such as Drupal Joomla and Umbraco
- You have an appreciation for testing and automation.
- eCommerce experience (WooCommerce)
- Demonstrates potential leadership qualities