WordPress Developer

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. ·         This position requires a combination of programming skills (namely PHP, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript) and aesthetics (understanding element arrangements on the screen, the color and font choices, and so on). ·         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: ·         Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery ·
• 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 ·         Good understanding of cross¬-platform and cross-¬browser issues. ·
• 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 understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers ·
• 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. ·         Client-facing demeanor for Training &
• Support.
• 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 All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.