WordPress Developer

Great chance to join a growing business in Reading where you can bring your experience and passion for pushing and leading the development lifecycle.

You must have a solid understanding of HTML & CSS, JQuery, JavaScript & PHP.

Responsibilities

Developing new websites in WordPress
Supporting existing sites in WordPress, including regular managed updates
Ensuring sites are secure and well maintained
Supporting clients with issues and changes to sites
Working with designers and SEO Executives and implementing required SEO changes.
Taking a strong lead in technical implementation, improvements and development within the company

Key skill requirements

A strong technical understanding of WordPress, CMS platforms and eCommerce
WordPress – a deep understanding of the platform, creating custom themes, modifying themes, configuring plugins like WooCommerce.
PHP – a solid knowledge of PHP.
CSS – understanding how to control the layout of page and its contents using hand-coded CSS.
HTML – the ability to hand-code HTML.
JavaScript – the ability to hand-code JS.
Understanding of the waterfall of a site and being able to implement changes to positively affect load speed.
Solid process of debugging and improving efficiency on sites.
Good understanding of server environments, LAMP, DNS.

WordPress Developer