WordPress Engineer

Our company is currently seeking a WordPress Developer to join our team. This is a remote working position.

We are seeking an experienced, motivated and resourceful PHP / WordPress developer with a blend of back-end and front-end skills to serve as lead developer. In this highly collaborative role, you will work with front end developers, designers and content developers to build efficient, beautiful and responsive media/news focused websites.

Responsibilities

Code new WordPress themes, page templates, and plugins from scratch and modify existing themes and plugins

Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules including dynamic content and personalization features

Integrate wide range of WordPress plugins, API calls and third party apps and forms, such as Eloqua

Manage back-end services and interchange of data between server and user, including server-side logic and database integration

Ensure high performance and responsiveness to requests from front-end

Provide front-end development of digital marketing communications, including full websites and micro-sites, landing pages, emails, and other initiatives

Develop, test and troubleshoot across multiple browsers, platforms and devices, including tablets and smartphones, to support a consistent and positive customer experience

Provide guidance on SEO best practices for site development

Research and recommend new technologies and tools for effective integration across various platforms

Skills

Must have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

3+ years of experience as a web developer

Experience creating and integrating custom WordPress plugins, themes, working with WordPress hooks and filters

Experience creating websites for a mobile-first strategy

Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks

Strong knowledge of common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions

Experience with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds

Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, Sass, JavaScript, jQuery, and responsive frameworks (Foundation, Bootstrap)

Experience with online usability, accessibility, and web analytics

Experience with development languages (Java or Python)

Experience integrating or working with ad serving technologies (prebid, DFPP)

Experience with software versioning and revision control systems (Subversion or Git)