WordPress Developer

Artech Information Systems; Summit (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an experienced WordPress Developer for a 9-month project in Summit, NJ. The role involves both back-end and front-end development, focusing on WordPress sites and additional digital projects. Candidates should have a strong understanding of PHP and a proven record creating dynamic and responsive websites.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience in PHP programming and web technologies.
• Strong understanding of WordPress, including custom themes and plugins.
• Experience with responsive design and cross-platform compatibility.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain WordPress websites, ensuring high performance.
• Collaborate with design and project resources throughout development.
• Troubleshoot and provide timely resolutions to reported issues.

Skills

WordPress CMS

PHP

JavaScript

HTML/CSS

MySQL

Responsive Design

RESTful APIs

Git

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Job description

Role: WordPress Developer
Duration: 9+ months
Location: Summit, NJ

Job Description:

· Looking for an experienced WordPress developer to support development, maintenance and management of Corp and Country affiliate sites on WordPress Network (Multisite) platform and other digital projects as assigned.

· The successful candidate would be responsible for both back-end and front-end development, including creating WordPress themes and updating plugins.

· The candidate should have a strong understanding of industry trends and content management systems.

· Experience with the responsive and adaptive design is strongly preferred.

· Also, an understanding of the entire web development process, including design, development, and deployment is preferred.

Skills:

· Extensive knowledge and experience of building WordPress CMS websites using the best practice & de¬facto standard plugins

· Experience working with WordPress at a PHP code level:

· Knowledge of existing inbuilt WordPress functions.

· Customizing WordPress to support specific functionality

· Creation of custom post types.

· Creation of plugins/widgets written to conform with WordPress coding standards.

· Creation of clean, logical, well ¬documented and reusable code.

· Theme/template integration.

· Knowledge of WordPress Network (Multisite) required.

· Familiar with AWS LAMP Stack Configuration

· Experience creating multilingual websites.

· eveloping wire-frame mock-ups to illustrate possible solutionsD

· Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications

· Use of AJAX / Prototype / script.aculo.us an advantage.

· Experience designing and developing responsive design websites

· Comfortable working with debugging tools like Firebug, Chrome inspector, etc.

· Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wire-frames into working HTML pages

· Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)

· Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)

· Knowledge of different PHP frameworks, libraries, or any other technology relevant to WordPress Multisite

· Strong understanding of PHP back-end development.

Responsibilities:

· Establishing and guiding the website's architecture

· Ensuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS

· Helping formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working theme and/or plugin.

· Build websites, prototypes and applications using the latest front¬end and back-end technologies

· Providing timely resolution to reported problems with existing websites.

· Working closely with both the design and project resources to achieve the best possible results in web projects from conception right through to delivery.

· Ensuring all work adheres to current industry best practice.

· Self-motivated, goal oriented and able to work in a team environment.

· Use common sense at all times and pay close attention to detail.

Experience:Minimum 4 years' experience of PHP programming, MySQL, HTML/CSS/LESS/SASS, JavaScript, XML/JSON and 3rd party APIs, Cross-platform and cross-browser, Responsive, Web standards and accessibility, Code testing, Security, Deployment

Education:Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related disciplines (MIS, Web Development, etc) preferred.

Qualifications

Education:Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related disciplines (MIS, Web Development, etc) preferred.

Additional Information

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