Senior WordPress Developer

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SiteCare is looking for an experienced and motivated WordPress Developer to join our team.

The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation of knowledge and experience related to WordPress, its internal APIs, and all technologies within the WordPress stack.

The candidate should also be results-driven, ambitious, organized, articulate and a self-starter. The Senior WordPress Developer will be responsible for feature development, troubleshooting and debugging, as well as expertly communicating results with the rest of the SiteCare team.

This is a full-time, fully remote position. Compensation is dependent upon experience.

For the Senior WordPress Developert team member to succeed in this role, they must embody SiteCare’s four company values in their day-to-day work:

• Trusted
• Excellence
• Care
• Extra Mile

Responsibilities

• Develop and extend WordPress plugins, themes, and blocks.
• Contribute to the improvement of SiteCare's Development SOPs.
• Troubleshooting and debugging websites of varying complexities and scale.
• Build pixel-perfect mobile-responsive layouts from Figma designs using custom WordPress themes.
• Leverage WordPress APIs and extend the WordPress admin experience.
• Help develop systems to improve efficiency for WordPress maintenance routines.
• Balance current projects with incoming tasks, and being able to differentiate between importance and urgency.
• Test solutions across multiple browsers and platforms in a testing environment. Help develop testing protocols and procedures to continuously improve confidence in project delivery.
• Fix bugs and build new features for clients
• Optimize website performance for for Google PageSpeed and Core Web Vitals
• PHP compatibility testing
• Manage and build deployment pipelines with Buddy

Requirements

• At least five years experience in Full Stack WordPress web development.
• Five years of previous Agency experience
• Expert skills in: PHP, JavaScript, React, WordPress, HTML, CSS and Git.
• Experience with troubleshooting tools like Xdebug, Query Monitor, Developer Tools, New Relic, etc.
• Experience building custom blocks in the Gutenberg block editor.
• Familiarity and experience with WordPress Multisite and experience working with large Multisite Networks
• Ability to set up a local environment and expertly debug performance and caching issues across environments.
• Experience optimizing website performance to improve metrics like PageSpeed and Core Web Vitals
• Mastery of verbal and written English; ability to communicate professionally with technical and non-technical colleagues and clients.
• Previous remote working experience

BENEFITS:

• A market-related salary based on your experience
• We’re a fully remote team
• Work from wherever you have access to a fast internet connection.
• Quarterly profit distributions
• Quarterly personal development stipend
• A technology stipend of $2000 every two years