Senior Wordpress Developer

This is a remote position.

The Senior Developer is an experienced developer that delivers high-quality work. You are able to do your own scoping and working standalone. The Senior Developer reports to the Team Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Develop technical tasks from simple to complex
  




• Handle most of your own scoping
  




• Deploy your own tasks
  




• Ensure your deliverables are tested and uphold our standards of quality
  




• Work self-sufficiently and be capable of researching technical solutions on your own
  




• Deliver tasks on time and budget or inform otherwise
  




• Review task budget and determine appropriateness
  




• Provide timely feedback and status updates
  




• Communicate clearly about technical issues
  




• Know when challenges need escalation
  




• Help integrate new developers into the team (fill the role of buddy for new developers)
  




• Keep up to date with latest programming developments
  

Requirements

Skills/Proficiencies

• Communication skills
  




• Very experienced with git
  




• Write reliable and maintainable code
  




• Spot poor quality code
  

For backend developers

• Knows WordPress inside and out
  




• Has worked with the most popular WordPress plugins
  




• Extensive hands-on experience with ACF, Yoast, WPML
  




• Proficient WordPress developer
  




• Experienced with WordPress API
  




• Knowledge of the most common hooks and filters
  

For frontend developers

• Advanced user knowledge of WordPress
  




• Knows the impact of certain WordPress features/plugins on frontend development
  




• Experienced with SCSS
  




• Is a specialist in CSS and JS
  




• Is up to date with the latest CSS/JS techniques