Objective
We are looking for an ambitious and self-driven Senior WordPress Developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming. For this role, you will be responsible for translating the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application. The ideal candidate should have proven experience of back-end wordpress development standards and best practices.
Responsibilities:
Developing a front-end and back-end architecture of the websites.
Ensuring cross platform and responsiveness of the application
Seeing through a project from conception to product
Designing and developing APIs and also working with third-party APIs.
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 plugin.
Scoping, writing, and testing new product features and addons and should be able to document them.
Competent with version control through Git.
Managing the team and providing guidance whenever needed.
Troubleshooting and fixing website and application-related issues.
Providing feedback and peer review for other developers.
Quality and Responsive check for the web pages.
Maintaining and improving the website for maximum speed.
Building reusable code and libraries for future use.
Ensuring the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
Staying up-to-date on emerging technologies.
Participating in agile ceremonies and continuous improvement initiatives that support personal and team development.
Working closely with a large, cross-functional team of designers, marketers, and web devs.
Development of email templates.
Requirements
4 years of proven work experience as a Back-end WordPress/PHP developer.
Education should be Bachelor in Computer Science (Preferred).
Professional experience with WordPress theme development, architecture, and standards.
Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3 and bootstrap.
Strong Experience with JavasScript (jQuery, ES6, AJAX).
Advanced proficiency with PHP and MySQL, including modern PHP practices.
Exposure to migrate a website from local to production.
Working experience of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS.
Familiarity with software like Figma Photoshop, and content management systems.
Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them.
Be a problem solver and have the ability to prioritize, multitask, and manage time.
You should be a team player who is comfortable working alongside and helping other developers.
Founded in 2008, Gaditek is a new age technology company that believes in employee-centricity. Over the past decade, we have grown from a team of 3 people and 1 product to over 550 employees, 15 internationally recognized brands in 7 different industries including Managed Cloud Services, Cyber Security, VbaaS, Athleisure, Lifestyle, Media & Publications, and Financial Services. At Gaditek, our employees choose to question and are expected to question everything around them, and then find ways to do things differently. The result? Amazing people, great teams, awesome business units, and people-centric culture that always end up going to new and unknown places.