Senior WordPress Engineer

Green Street; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Green Street, a fast-growing FinTech company in the Commercial Real Estate space, seeks a Senior WordPress Developer. Join an Agile team to build custom WordPress solutions and enhance their news platform. This role requires 4+ years of WordPress experience and proficiency in JavaScript, PHP, SQL, and AWS.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including medical and dental insurance

Personal pension plan with matched employer contributions

Company paid holidays and summer half day Fridays

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional WordPress experience in an Agile team environment.
• Experience with Altis and API’s a significant plus.
• Strong attention to detail and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the technology team to build new sites for the Green Street News Business.
• Translate user stories into polished applications.
• Participate in full-stack code and architecture reviews.

Skills

JavaScript

PHP

SQL

HTML

CSS

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

Git

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Auth0

Altis

Highcharts

Job description

Position Overview

Interested in working at a fast-paced growing FinTech company? Have a desire to work in a cutting-edge environment building custom WordPress solutions with the latest technologies including highly interactive interfaces, custom-built APIs, and artificial intelligence? If so, we are excited to have you join the Green Street technology team. We are a group of innovative technologists working together to fuel the growth of one of the fastest growing technology companies in the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Space.

We are looking to hire a talented, hands-on Senior WordPress Developer who is interested in working on Green Street’s news platforms including (https://greenstreetnews.com) among others. You will be working on an Agile team dedicated to building and improving this modern web platform that meshes best-in-class news and data into an intuitive UI.

What’s it like working with our team of dedicated technologists? We are passionate about great Agile teams, engineering excellence through paired programming, automated testing, close collaboration with each other, and a highly transparent tech organization.

You’ll have multiple opportunities to work on interesting projects and engage with some of the brightest engineering minds anywhere.

We love great engineers, and we are excited to get to know you better. Please share your resume today!

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the broader technology team and stakeholders to support and build new sites and platforms for our Green Street News Business
• Translate user stories into polished applications
• Work with business stakeholders to provide end-to-end solutions, ultimately developing applications – from creation of new product to launch
• Participate in full-stack code and architecture reviews
• Play a key role in platform build-out for several new News geographies
• Work with outside contractors, including Human Made, when designing and developing the news sites

Candidate Profile

• 4+ years of professional WordPress experience in an Agile team environment using JavaScript, PHP, SQL, HTML, and CSS to build and deploy WordPress applications
• Experience developing scalable and configurable web applications using WordPress.
• Experience with Altis (managed WordPress platform) from Human Made a significant plus
• Experience with API’s and Authentication Engines (Auth0)
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) experience
• Proficiency with SCM (e.g. Git, Bitbucket)
• Proficiency with REST-based APIs
• Enjoy problem solving, have excellent communication skills and demonstrate impeccable attention to detail
• Willingness and desire to keep up with new web technologies, languages, standards, practices
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience through coding bootcamp

Nice-to-Haves

• User Experience and User Interface Design
• Experience creating custom data visualizations (e.g. Highcharts, D3.js, SVG)

Compensation, Benefits and Work Authorization

In addition to a basic salary, this position is eligible for a performance bonusand benefits (subject to eligibility requirements). Total compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to, type of position, location, education level, work experience, and certifications. This information is applicable for all full-time positions.

Green Street will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United Kingdom without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including company provided medical, dental insurance and cash plan
• Company provided life assurance, critical illness and income protection coverage
• Personal pension plan with matched employer contributions
• Company paid holidays and summer half day Fridays
• Access to employee assistance programme and wellbeing resources
• Tax free cycle scheme and IT equipment
• Season ticket loan
• Company sponsorship to further education
• Flexible work arrangements

Company Overview and EEOC/Diversity

Green Street is a forward-thinking real assets company at the forefront of transforming the commercial real estate market with cutting-edge predictive analytics, data-driven insights, and actionable intelligence. With over 40 years of expertise, Green Street empowers investors, lenders, banks, and industry stakeholders across the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia to make optimized investment and strategic decisions. To learn more, please visit www.greenstreet.com.

About React News

Our mission is to drive real estate action via market-leading news, insightful analysis and comprehensive content in every sector in real estate. React News delivers the best coverage in the UK, and continental Europe – day in, day out. Run by the UK’s most experienced journalists, with a proven track-record of breaking the biggest real estate stories in the market, React News is the only place to find crucial, business-sensitive information before the competition. Packed with breaking news, features, interviews and exclusive analysis, React News’ 2-4 daily email alerts deliver content you are not able to read anywhere else.

The success of Green Street is directly attributable to the strength of our people. A diverse and inclusive work environment where top talent can thrive, think freely and offer different perspectives makes our insights even stronger. We’re building a company culture where differences are celebrated and valued.

Green Street is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Green Street does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

Incentive Performance Bonus

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