WordPress Architect

Americaneagle.com; Illinois; On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous compensation

Benefits package

Good work-life balance

Job summary

Americaneagle.com, a family-owned web design, development, and digital marketing agency in the United States, seeks an experienced WordPress developer. The role focuses on architecting complex WordPress solutions, adhering to coding standards, creating custom blocks, and collaborating with project managers and the development team.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of agency WordPress development, strong Git and DevOps tool experience, and solid communication with clients and vendors.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on WordPress development at an agency
• Experience with Git and dev ops tools such as GitHub Actions, Composer, or Buddy Works
• Knowledge of hosting providers like WP Engine, WPVIP, Pantheon
• Strong communicator with clients and 3rd party vendors
• Performing code reviews for peers and providing constructive feedback
• Integrating external services including payment processors, membership software, CRM systems

Responsibilities

• Architect complex custom WordPress solutions
• Adhere to WordPress coding standards and best practices
• Create custom blocks
• Troubleshoot urgent issues and solve complex problems
• Collaborate with project managers and development team
• Provide actionable feedback to managers and teammates
• Estimate level of effort for project tasks

Skills

WordPress

Git

Agency experience

Communication

Code reviews

API integration

Tools

GitHub Actions

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.