Senior Wordpress Developer

WordPress Developer

Read more about us at http://planetmedia.com.au

Job Brief

We are looking to hire a skilled WordPress developer to design and implement attractive and functional websites for our clients. You will be responsible for both back-end and front-end development including the implementation of WordPress themes and plugins as well as site integration and security updates. You should have in-depth knowledge of front-end programming languages, a good eye for aesthetics.

• Responsibilities:

· Developing WordPress themes and plugins from scratch.

· Designing and implementing new features and functionality

· Establishing and guiding the websites 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 plugin.

· Conducting website performance tests.

· Troubleshooting content issues.

Skills & Qualifications:

· 3+ years of experience is must

· Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery

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

· 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

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

· Proficient understanding of code versioning tools {{such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial}}

· Strong understanding of PHP back-end development.