Senior Wordpress Developer

Wordpress Developer - Nottingham

Ref: 19Wednesday 24 August 2022

£ Negotiable

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We are looking for a Senior Wordpress Developer with frontend capabilities to join our dynamic and fast moving digital agency. You will work with our team of talented designers and engineers to develop and maintain frontend code and Wordpress CMS solutions for our expanding client list.

The web development team works closely with our designers and other development teams to ensure system consistency and excellent user experience. Ultimately, you should be able to develop and maintain functional and stable frontend web applications and CMS to meet our clients’ needs.
 

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Develop high performance, frontend code for responsive web interfaces

  • Maintain a keen focus on usability and user experience

  • Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on UI and UX

  • Write clean code to develop highly usable web applications

  • Work with our design team to develop static designs and prototypes into working frontend applications

  • Review code written by others in the development team

  • Create CMS solutions for our clients needs with Wordpress (and occasional custom solutions)

  • Build reusable code and libraries for future use

  • Follow emerging technologies

  • Work on bug fixing and improving application performance

  • Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximise development efficiency

  • Review code written by others in the development team

 

Knowledge & Experience Required

  • Proven commercial experience as a Wordpress Developer

  • A demonstrable portfolio of high-end responsive web interfaces

  • In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)

  • Proficient in HTML5, CSS, SASS, javascript

  • Proficient with PHP and WordPress CMS

  • Experience of working with source control systems (Git, SVN)

  • Strong understanding of browser rendering process and code optimisation

  • Experience optimising web applications for Search Engine Optimisation

  • Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude

  • Being proficient in one major frontend javascript framework would be advantageous (React or Angular preferred) but is not necessary

  • Experience with Docker or similar would also be advantageous

 

Remuneration & Benefits

  • Salary negotiable according to experience

  • Company profit share

  • Private Healthcare Insurance from Vitality

  • Hybrid working

  • Ongoing personal development

  • Generous holiday allowance