WordPress Developer - Remote Job
Remote WordPress developer building and maintaining WordPress sites end to end — creating custom themes and plugins with PHP on the back end and HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript on the front end — while guiding site architecture, ensuring performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Not listed
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Experience creating WordPress themes and plugins
- Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
- Strong understanding of PHP back-end development
- Strong understanding of industry trends and content management systems
- Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
- Experience designing and developing responsive design websites
- Comfortable working with debugging tools like Firebug, Chrome inspector
- Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications for consistent style across platforms and browsers
- Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into working HTML pages
- Knowledge of interacting with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)
Nice to have
- Understanding of the entire web development process, including design, development, and deployment
Full description
This is a remote position.
We are seeking a WordPress Developer responsible for both back-end and front-end development, including creating WordPress themes and plugins. This position requires a combination of programming skills (namely PHP, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript) and aesthetics (understanding element arrangements on the screen, the color and font choices, and so on). The candidate should have a strong understanding of industry trends and content management systems. Experience with the responsive and adaptive design is strongly preferred. Also, an understanding of the entire web development process, including design, development, and deployment is preferred.
Responsibilities:
- Designing and implementing new features and functionality
- Establishing and guiding the website’s architecture
- Ensuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS
- Helping formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working theme and plugin.
Requirements
- Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
- Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
- Experience designing and developing responsive design websites
- Comfortable working with debugging tools like Firebug, Chrome inspector, etc.
- Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers
- Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into working HTML pages
- Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)
- Strong understanding of PHP back-end development
Benefits
- Opportunity to be a part of a dynamic growth-focused tech startup
- Great learning opportunities to develop new skills and understanding of cutting-edge software tools and processes
- Opportunity to work closely with serial tech entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley
- Fun-loving environment, caring teammates, and inclusive culture of the company