WordPress Architect

Americaneagle.com; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Americaneagle.com is a family-owned web design, development, and digital marketing agency focused on transforming businesses through technology. We are seeking a WordPress developer with 3+ years of agency experience to architect complex WordPress solutions, adhere to coding standards, and create custom blocks.

Collaborate with project managers and developers, participate in code reviews, and estimate efforts for tasks.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience of hands on WordPress development at an agency level.
• Use of Git (GitHub, Azure, GitLab) as well as dev ops tools such as GitHub Actions, Composer, or Buddy Works
• Knowledge of hosting providers such as WP Engine, WPVIP, Pantheon
• Strong communicator to technical & non-technical stakeholders including clients and 3rd party vendors
• Performing code reviews for peers giving constructive feedback
• Integrating external services including payment processors, membership software, CRM's

Responsibilities

• Architecting complex custom WordPress solutions
• Adhering to WordPress coding standards & best practices
• Creating custom blocks
• Aiming to solve complex problems and troubleshooting urgent issues
• Collaborating with project managers and development team
• Providing actionable feedback to managers and teammates
• Estimating level of effort for project tasks

Skills

WordPress development

Git

Communication

Tools

GitHub

Azure

GitLab

Composer

Buddy Works

Job description

Americaneagle.com is a family-owned web design, development, and digital marketing agency with a passionate belief in the power of technology to positively transform business practices. Our focus is on helping customers grow and achieve success in the digital space. We cover a variety of different industries, including eCommerce, associations & nonprofits, government, healthcare, sports & entertainment, transportation, and more. The company was recently named by Built in Chicago as one of the best places to work and to Inc.com's list of 5000 fastest-growing private companies multiple times!

Responsibilities

• Architecting complex custom WordPress solutions
• Adhering to WordPress coding standards & best practices
• Creating custom blocks
• Aiming to solve complex problems and troubleshooting urgent issues
• Collaborating with project managers and development team
• Providing actionable feedback to managers and teammates
• Estimating level of effort for project tasks

Requirements

• 3+ years experience of hands on WordPress development at an agency level
• Use of Git (GitHub, Azure, GitLab) as well as dev ops tools such as GitHub Actions, Composer, or Buddy Works
• Knowledge of hosting providers such as WP Engine, WPVIP, Pantheon
• Strong communicator to technical & non-technical stakeholders including clients and 3rd party vendors
• Performing code reviews for peers giving constructive feedback
• Strong communication - both technical and non-technical
• Integrating external services including payment processors, membership software, CRM's

Nice to Haves

• Experience working within an agency
• Experience conducting code reviews
• Creating headless WordPress - including Next.JS
• Using composer
• Experience of testing - including Cypress
• Contributing to Open Source projects - including WordPress
• Working with Gutenberg & custom blocks
• Experience integrating with 3rd party APIs
• Experience mentoring and leading a team

Americaneagle.com provides its employees with an energetic work environment and opportunities to further develop their skills. Our dedication to growing our development team is how we can produce excellent sites and applications for our clients. We do all of this while maintaining a family value focus and pushing for a good work-life balance. We offer a generous compensation and benefits package. The US-based salary range for this full-time position is $95,000-$130,000 per year. Within this range, individual pay is determined by job related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. At Americaneagle.com, we are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package, a positive work environment, company activities and more.