WordPress Developer
Our client is looking to hire a Developer to join our fast-paced, energetic development team based in Miami, Fl. We are seeking engineers that truly understand the WordPress CMS at its core and have a proven track record of building custom WordPress solutions at the enterprise level. Projects range from analytics dashboards, social monitoring applications, traditional landing pages, email and data collection campaigns, sweepstakes and e-commerce websites.
Scope of Work
Responsibilities:
- Participate in ideation with account marketing teams & clients.
- Participate in design, planning, documentation, execution, testing, and launch of projects.
- Create websites from start to finish.
- Work collaboratively with internal teams to help keep the agency up to date on marketing and technology trends.
- Monitor live websites for issues and work with the development team to fix.
Requirements:
- WordPress Expert.
- Proficient in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP.
- Strong understanding of UX and UI design principles for websites and mobile apps.
- Knowledge of web security best practices.
- Experience with GIT, and ability to maintain a project with multiple contributors and version control.
- Ability to communicate technical ideas to non-technical colleagues.
- Proficient in building email templates utilizing HTML and CSS and unique email techniques that would accommodate support of most email clients.
- Enthusiasm for working in an organization where change is frequent, structure is evolving, and flexibility, teamwork, and good humor are absolute necessities.
- Multilingual in English and Spanish, both written and verbal, is preferred (not mandatory).
Bonus:
- Knowledge of primary SEO elements and tools such as Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Tools, structured data, tracking pixels, click events.
- A/B Testing, and metadata.
- Familiarity with WooCommerce Website Development.
- Familiarity with Liquid programming language for Shopify preferred.
- Experience with marketing technologies such as Salesforce and/or Mailchimp and/or Klavyio.
Essential job functions:
- Using WordPress themes, create themes and plugins for clients using PHP, CSS, and Javascript.
- Develop, and implement new websites for various brands.
- Update existing client sites.
- Identify and provide solutions for technological issues.
- Maintain and develop proprietary software.
- Understanding of page speed optimization best practices.
Additional job requirements:
- Stay up-to-date on current trends and technologies, Adhere to all usability standards and expectations.
Skills:
- Drive to continually learn and stay ahead of the evolving design and technology landscape.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Desire and ability to learn quickly.
- Ability to balance the requirements of multiple, concurrent projects and meet deadlines.
- Self-starting and comfortable working both individually and as part of a team.
- Equally strong creative and technical skills.
- Superior attention to detail & must be dependable.
