WordPress Developer - Lagos, Nigeria

Role Description

The WordPress Developer is 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.

WordPress Developer relies heavily on their communication skills to succeed. S/he needs to actively listen to understand what clients want and make it a reality. The WordPress Developer will be responsible for coding websites and quality assurance, testing, and developing fixes. They also need excellent collaboration skills to work with designers and other developers as they work towards creating a finished website. The WordPress Developer needs to be an expert in WordPress, Javascript, JQuery, HTML, HTML 5, XML, CSS 3, Laravel Framework, AWS LightSail, Vue.js, and PHP backend development.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Formulating a website design that is responsive and error-free

• Developing and maintaining websites, intranets, applications, and custom programs

• Maintaining the CMS for optimal performance

• Working with Designers to Perfect Site Aesthetics

• Working with the back-end and website architecture

• Generating, creating and updating WordPress themes and plugins

• Monitoring live website performance

• Conducting performance tests and troubleshooting issues

• Providing diagnostic reports of website performance

• Taking care of security and compliance standards

• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle

• Liaising with other developers in the team.

• Establishing strong professional relationships with clients and other professionals.

• Conducting research and keeping abreast of software development trends.

• Create/update guidelines, records and documentation.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• WordPress Developer duties and responsibilities

• Designing and implementing new features and functionality

• 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 plugin.

• WordPress Developer requirements and qualifications

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

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

• 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 wireframes 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}}

• Strong understanding of PHP back-end development

Additional information
Set-up: Full-time, Remote

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7.5 hours work between 6am-6pm Eastern Standard Time Zone (EST)