Wordpress Software Engineer
Remote
Full Time
Experienced
As a WordPress Engineer, not only will you create incredible web applications and site overhauls for numerous clients, you’ll also offer exciting creative solutions and outside-the-box ideas to make those products even better. If your troubleshooting hands are the fastest in the West, and you’ve been looking for a work environment where you can discuss The Witcher, you’ve come to the right place.
You are a skilled front end engineer and an enthusiastic open source advocate with an eye for detail and several custom WordPress builds under your belt.
Responsibilities
- Build custom WordPress themes from scratch on your own or as part of a team
- Test, maintain, enhance and troubleshoot existing client sites
- Translate designs and technical requirements into modular, performant, and accessible HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Provide estimates for project work and offer alternatives when challenging tasks threaten project budgets or timelines
- Make recommendations for efficient front end approaches and methodologies
- Collaborate with designers to develop modular design systems to promote efficient code reuse
- Participate in technical discussions and contribute ideas to improve internal tools and processes
Requirements
- Ability to write SEO friendly and semantic HTML
- Expert level knowledge of CSS and modern layout concepts like flexbox and grid
- Well versed in the use and syntax of CSS pre-processors ( we use SCSS )
- Familiarity with modern JavaScript standards and tooling ( we use NPM, Webpack, and Babel )
- Experience with or desire to learn React
- Understanding of WCAG accessibility requirements and how to implement interfaces that meet them
- Experience using Git
- Basic PHP knowledge
- Familiarity with the WordPress ecosystem and advanced theme concepts ( custom post types, custom taxonomies, filters and actions )
- Ability to communicate professionally and clearly with technical and non-technical colleagues and clients alike
- Ability to think creatively and occasionally fill in gaps left by designers such as determining the best layout for an intermediate responsive breakpoint or implementing subtle animations
- Experience with Figma and/or Sketch
- Experience with WooCommerce
- Experience with the Advanced Custom Fields plugin
- Experience with building custom Gutenberg blocks
- Experience with Pantheon and/or WordPress VIP
- Experience integrating third party code and APIs
- Moderate to advanced PHP experience
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