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WordPress Developer, Engineering

saint louis, mo • Posted 3 days ago
Onsite Full Time General

WordPress DeveloperWe are looking for an experienced and passionate WordPress Developer to join our Engineering team! As a WordPress Developer, you will be responsible for both back-end and front-end development, working with WordPress themes and plugins. You will be expected to write durable, extensible and secure code.Responsibilities:Designing and implementing new solution features and functionalityMaintaining existing applications and executing bug fixesEnsuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMSProviding timely resolution to reported problems with existing websitesWorking closely with business, product and engineering resources to achieve the best possible results in web projects from conception through deliveryEnsuring all work adheres to current industry best practice and internal coding standardsWriting unit tests, conducting code reviews and validating codeYou are:Laser-focused on customer experience for front-end features, performance and back-end functionalityPassionate about the latest industry trends and content management systemsEnthusiastic about development and solving challenging problems with a positive attitudeCommitted, respectful, sincere, trustworthy and conscientiousAn excellent communicator with the ability to effectively interface with all levels and departments on a formal, informal, written and verbal basisSelf-motivated, goal-oriented and able to work in a team environmentAn avid believer in team collaboration where shared goals and commitments are paramountQualifications:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a similar fieldBasic knowledge of the product development life cycle and software development life cycleMinimum 3 years' experience in the WordPress spaceMinimum 2 years' experience in crafting modern PHPExceptional knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQueryAbility to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers.Experience with WordPress Gutenberg block editorStrong understanding of React, Angular and other front-end frameworksExperience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applicationsExperience designing and developing responsive design websitesKnowledge of SAAS, CSCC or LESS preprocessorsStrong understanding of PHP back-end developmentKnowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)Thorough knowledge of MySQLExperience using command line task runners such as Gulp and GruntComfortable working with browser debugging tools found in Chrome, Firefox and Edge, as well as debugging proxy tools such as FiddlerProficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git and SVNPreferred:5+ years' experience in WordPress2+ years' experience in ReactExperience with CI/CD pipelinesExperience with server-side technologies such as Redis or ElasticsearchExperience in more advanced areas of JavaScript (state management; async operations)

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