WordPress Developer
Remote Office
- Gold Coast, QLD
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Reviewing and analysing websites (WordPress) along with the areas of improvement and optimisation.
- Strong understanding and expertise of frontend UI (CSS and JavaScript)
- Develop web applications (Themes) from scratch in WordPress (Having Shopify experience will add value).
- Work in the development of the frontend in JavaScript • Develop custom functionalities(plugins/extensions) when required.
- Perform site backups & version controlling (GitHub).
- Develop and manage the ecommerce functionalities.
- See out a project from conception to final product, requiring good organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Create a functional yet visually appealing user interface that is both intuitive and practical to use.
- Creating the website architecture and helping the team with your own opinion to select development & design patterns.
- Designing and managing the website back-end including database and server integration (Mostly on cPanel based server).
- Implement functionality, design and integrate it with relevant services and workflows
- Work directly with product and customer teams to deliver the best outcomes for practitioners.
- Access to industry best practice tools and concepts, including APIs, cloud hosting, UI frameworks, deployment and more.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skill is required (Professional-level English)
- Passion for the Front-end Development
- Strong experience in JavaScript
- Expert in the CSS frameworks (Twitter Bootstrap/Tailwind CSS/Foundation framework)
- Creative mindset in creating and designing websites
- Prior experience working with marketing agencies
- Expert is raw PHP as this will be the main stack for this role.
- Experience with UI is a must have, i.e., Figma is preferred
- Proven SEO experience will add great value.
- Ability to develop new Plugins and Custom Themes using WordPress API and following WordPress coding(W3C) standards.
- Must have experience in Theme Options (e.g.: Customizer & Builder).
- Clear concepts of WordPress actions, hooks, custom queries, and meta-fields to extend the theme's functionality. Excellent command over resolving cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility issues(windows/mac/iOS/android).
- Display a thorough understanding of the WordPress ecosystem including the standard ecommerce functionalities. Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages (PHP & React).
- Prior experience in WooCommerce
- Ability to write W3C verified source codes.
- Experience in working with React applications and Headless CMS will add value.
- Full-time
- 4+ years in WordPress
- Work hour: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM (AEST)
- Week days: Monday to Friday
- Type: Remotely (WFH) at the moment
- Needed ASAP
- Remote
- Negotiable