Wordpress jobs in Germany

SoBold is a high-performance, website design and development agency based in London.

We are a dedicated team that all share the same values in the production and delivery of our work. Our values are kindness, accountability, creative thinking, awareness and teamwork.

We are looking for an ambitious, experienced and creative Back End WordPress Developer to join our growing team. As part of the role, you’ll play a key part in re-architecting one of our key clients’ websites as well as building and maintaining custom WordPress plugins.

In this role, you will work closely with other Back End and Front End WordPress Developers and will report directly to our Technical Director. You must be confident and willing to bring innovative ideas to the table.

• 50% Back End Development
• 30% Testing / Quality Assurance
• 10% Supporting Junior Colleagues
• 10% Front End Development

• Researching, planning and then developing more complicated pieces of back-end functionality that can be used on high-traffic websites and web platforms.
• Ensuring smooth deployment of functionality and fixes ensuring they are thoroughly tested.
• Compile and analyse data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
• Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
• Developing ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends.
• Recording data and reporting it to proper parties, such as clients or leadership.
• Participating in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members.

• An outstanding understanding of specific languages, including PHP and JS, and of MySQL and Rest API’s.
• Strong understanding of the web development lifecycle and programming techniques and tools.
• Very good knowledge of GIT based workflows.
• A proven track record of working using WordPress to develop scalable, high-traffic websites.
• Experience developing WordPress plugins
• Experience building custom Gutenburg themes.
• Focus on efficiency, user experience, and process improvement.
• Excellent project and time management skills.
• Strong problem-solving and verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or with a group.
• Taking lead on back-end elements of projects, as needed.

• Annual discretionary bonus
• Private Healthcare
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)
• A hybrid working environment, with up to two days working from home per week after your probationary period.

• Here’s a brief overview of what you can expect from the rest of our hiring process:
• We review your application and portfolio.
• A 15-minute phone call with our Technical Director so we can find out more about you and you can find out more about the business and role.
• A small WordPress-related task (if you don’t have a portfolio that showcases the types of experience we’re expecting to see).
• A face-to-face meeting with our Technical Director, Managing Director and Lead Developer to give you a flavour of our team and offices so we can give you an introduction to some of our workflows and processes.
• Get an offer!