Job Description

• Reports To: CTO > CEO
• Direct Reports:
• Web Developer
• Jr. Web Developer
• Fully remote anywhere in the US

The Senior WordPress Engineer/Developer is a subject matter expert in PHP and WordPress development with impeccable attention to detail.

You will be in a lead role gathering project requirements and responsible for helping define and develop the technical vision of the projects you contribute to and ensuring the code being delivered is of substantial quality. In practice this means estimating effort, defining technical solutions, leading the delivery of high quality code efficiently, with excellent verbal and written communication — while adhering to our values, Agile methodologies, coding best practices, and established organizational processes.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on development of both proofs-of-concept and production-ready code.
• Take web application projects from concept or mock-ups to completion.
• Ability to multitask and shift priorities effectively.
• Enforce coding best practices and testing requirements.
• Estimate effort to complete user stories & tasks.
• Liaison with other departments and initiate projects at the behest of the CTO/CEO.
• Monitor all existing WordPress and non WP websites and ensure maximum uptime.
• Review and write unit, integration, and regression tests when appropriate.
• Follow Agile SCRUM methodologies.
• Lead, mentor, and support other Web Developers.
• Managing multiple existing websites and making code and content updates on an ongoing basis.
• Be available during established work hours and in emergency situations.
• Troubleshoot and solve complex technical bugs/challenges.
• Eager to learn new technologies and adapt to requirements and assignments as needed.

Requirements

• BSCS/MSC or equivalent technical degree and 5+ years of experience or proven demonstrable skill and experience in Web Development.
• Ability to self-start, self-manage, understand, and prioritize work.
• Vast knowledge of WordPress platform, Gutenberg, WP-REST-API and WP-CLI
• Experience to build WordPress themes, plugins, widgets and sites from scratch with minimum information.
• Advanced proficiency with PHP, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, SASS, Twitter Bootstrap, MySQL, GIT, WP Advanced Custom Fields(ACF).
• Optional: NodeJS, React, TypeScript, Vue.js, SASS, Gulp, Docker, Apache.
• Strong API & Integration design skills.
• Strong knowledge of web server technologies such as Apache, Nginx, cPanel, MySQL.
• Solid understanding of cross browser capabilities and web standards.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience debugging performance and caching issues.
• Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage teams.
• Great attitude and sense of humor.

Benefits

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Bonus opportunities

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