Our company is searching for an experienced and reliable developer. S/he will work directly with our lead developer and the project manager and will be responsible for performing a number of web development duties.

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, highly organised professional capable of managing their workload and prioritising tasks within teams across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Build custom or themed WordPress sites from scratch as per project requirements
• Work with the senior developer to add new features to existing and newly implemented websites
• Collaborate with the design team to ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Perform browser compatibility assessments and testings
• Maintain websites including testing and identifying technical problems and troubleshooting
• Perform upgrades, maintain existing websites, and implement custom functionality
• Coordinate with third-party support on troubleshooting issues as needed
• Conduct any API integrations between different platforms
• Provide programming language help and support to other team members
• Diagnose and correct any JavaScript, jQuery and JSON script issues

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience as a developer
• Comfortable working with HTML, CSS, PHP,  JavaScript, jQuery
• Extensive experience developing websites using WordPress themes and custom for desktop and mobile
• Comprehensive knowledge of WordPress plugins such as WPML, facetWP, Revolution Slider, Gravity Forms, Advanced Custom Fields, Page Builders like Visual Composer, Beaver Builder and SiteOrigin
• Experience with using WordPress hooks and filters
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them
• Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks
• Familiarity with the following AJAX or angular JS and CSS media queries
• Solid experience in site audit and optimisation for page loading speed
• Experience in e-commerce integration with WordPress
• Ability to work autonomously with creative guidance
• Excellent organisation, problem-solving and time management skills
• Familiarity with the following software or similar: CapsuleCRM, Trello, Everhour, LastPass, Slack

Nice to have

• Ability to write plugins or some back-end knowledge would be looked upon favourably
• Familiar with WP Engine or a similar WordPress hosting provider
• Has worked with Uncode or Astra themes and/or Beaver Builder
• Working knowledge of Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Google Tag Manager
• Ability to implement code for online marketing campaigns such as SEO, PPC and social
• Experienced in cPanel administration, WHM and domain management
• Understanding of web servers and how databases work
• Familiar with Sketch and/or similar prototyping tools
• Experience working with law firms or within the legal industry
• Knowledgeable on using version control service like Github or Bitbucket
• Experience on using CSS preprocessors like .SASS and .SCSS
• Experience on creating websites development tools using Grunt and NPM