Wordpress Developer
University of Tennessee
- Knoxville, TN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Gathers requirements from UTIA's Web Oversight Committee (WOC) about needed features.
- Meets with ITS's Senior Web Applications Developer and Project Manager to discuss features and plan development of new and updated features and functionality for UTIA's WordPress environment.
- Meets with CIO and ITS web team members to keep them informed about development progress and needed maintenance updates.
- Develops WordPress themes, plugins, custom blocks, features and functionality under the direction of ITS's Senior Developer.
- Designs and features will meet current user experience/user interface industry standards ensuring a responsive and accessible design.
- Maintains UTIA's current WordPress environment.
- Test new features for desired functionality and accessibility standards.
- Uploads new features to the staging environment and leads user acceptance testing.
- After successful user acceptance testing, uploads new features into the production environment.
- Strong understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
- Strong understanding of PHP back-end development
- Demonstrated ability to build WordPress theme and plugin utilizing front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery and back-end PHP
- Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)
- Good understanding of accessibility standards and implementation of those standards
- High School Diploma with four or more years working as a WordPress Developer experience is required.
- Associate’s degree in an applicable field with two or more years working as a WordPress Developer experience is preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field with one or more years working as a WordPress Developer experience is preferred.