The Senior WordPress Engineer/Developer is a subject matter expert in PHP and WordPress development with impeccable attention to detail.
You will be in a lead role gathering project requirements and responsible for helping define and develop the technical vision of the projects you contribute to and ensuring the code being delivered is of substantial quality. In practice this means estimating effort, defining technical solutions, leading the delivery of high quality code efficiently, with excellent verbal and written communication — while adhering to our values, Agile methodologies, coding best practices, and established organizational processes.
Responsibilities
Hands-on development of both proofs-of-concept and production-ready code
Take web application projects from concept or mock-ups to completion
Ability to multitask and shift priorities effectively
Enforce coding best practices and testing requirements
Estimate effort to complete user stories & tasks
Liaison with other departments and initiate projects at the behest of the CTO/CEO
Monitor all existing WordPress and non WP websites and ensure maximum uptime
Review and write unit, integration, and regression tests when appropriate
Follow Agile SCRUM methodologies
Lead, mentor, and support other Web Developers
Managing multiple existing websites and making code and content updates on an ongoing basis
Be available during established work hours and in emergency situations
Troubleshoot and solve complex technical bugs/challenges
Eager to learn new technologies and adapt to requirements and assignments as needed
Requirements
BSCS/MSC or equivalent technical degree and 5+ years of experience or proven demonstrable skill and experience in Web Development
Ability to self-start, self-manage, understand, and prioritize work
Vast knowledge of WordPress platform, Gutenberg, WP-REST-API and WP-CLI
Experience to build WordPress themes, plugins, widgets and sites from scratch with minimum information