UI Developer
Job Description
Job Overview
Join the marketing technology team at WebEngage in our Mumbai office as a WordPress Developer with a strong focus on UI/UX principles. This role is a perfect blend of technical expertise and creative problem-solving. You will be responsible for building, optimizing, and maintaining our core marketing websites, landing pages, and digital assets, ensuring they are visually compelling, user-friendly, high-performing, and aligned with our brand and growth objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Hands-on Development: Design, develop, and maintain responsive, high-traffic WordPress websites, custom themes, and plugins from scratch without relying solely on off-the-shelf templates.
UI/UX Implementation: Translate wireframes, mockups, and UI/UX design specifications (from tools like Figma/Sketch) into pixel-perfect, fully functional WordPress websites and interfaces.
Performance Optimization: Ensure optimal website speed, scalability, accessibility (WCAG standards), and SEO compliance across all devices and browsers.
Technical Maintenance: Manage website security, perform updates, troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, and ensure seamless integration with various third-party marketing and analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, CRM, A/B testing platforms).
Collaboration: Work closely with the Design, Content, and Marketing teams to create engaging, conversion-focused digital experiences, ensuring technical feasibility and adherence to design principles.
Code Quality: Write clean, well-documented, efficient PHP, HTML, CSS (SASS/LESS), and JavaScript/jQuery code, and utilize version control systems like Git.
Required Skills And Qualifications
Experience: 3+ years of professional experience as a WordPress Developer, with a demonstrated portfolio of custom-built websites.
Core Technical Skills
Expert proficiency in WordPress, including custom theme and plugin development.
Strong knowledge of PHP, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3/Sass, and JavaScript/jQuery.
Experience with advanced WordPress features like Custom Post Types and ACF (Advanced Custom Fields).
UI/UX Acumen
Solid understanding of UI/UX principles, user-centered design, and conversion rate optimization (CRO).
Proven ability to implement responsive and mobile-first design layouts.
A keen eye for aesthetics and design details.
Workflow: Familiarity with cross-browser compatibility issues, web performance best practices, and version control (Git).
Soft Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Join the marketing technology team at WebEngage in our Mumbai office as a WordPress Developer with a strong focus on UI/UX principles. This role is a perfect blend of technical expertise and creative problem-solving. You will be responsible for building, optimizing, and maintaining our core marketing websites, landing pages, and digital assets, ensuring they are visually compelling, user-friendly, high-performing, and aligned with our brand and growth objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Hands-on Development: Design, develop, and maintain responsive, high-traffic WordPress websites, custom themes, and plugins from scratch without relying solely on off-the-shelf templates.
UI/UX Implementation: Translate wireframes, mockups, and UI/UX design specifications (from tools like Figma/Sketch) into pixel-perfect, fully functional WordPress websites and interfaces.
Performance Optimization: Ensure optimal website speed, scalability, accessibility (WCAG standards), and SEO compliance across all devices and browsers.
Technical Maintenance: Manage website security, perform updates, troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, and ensure seamless integration with various third-party marketing and analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, CRM, A/B testing platforms).
Collaboration: Work closely with the Design, Content, and Marketing teams to create engaging, conversion-focused digital experiences, ensuring technical feasibility and adherence to design principles.
Code Quality: Write clean, well-documented, efficient PHP, HTML, CSS (SASS/LESS), and JavaScript/jQuery code, and utilize version control systems like Git.
Required Skills And Qualifications
Experience: 3+ years of professional experience as a WordPress Developer, with a demonstrated portfolio of custom-built websites.
Core Technical Skills
Expert proficiency in WordPress, including custom theme and plugin development.
Strong knowledge of PHP, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3/Sass, and JavaScript/jQuery.
Experience with advanced WordPress features like Custom Post Types and ACF (Advanced Custom Fields).
UI/UX Acumen
Solid understanding of UI/UX principles, user-centered design, and conversion rate optimization (CRO).
Proven ability to implement responsive and mobile-first design layouts.
A keen eye for aesthetics and design details.
Workflow: Familiarity with cross-browser compatibility issues, web performance best practices, and version control (Git).
Soft Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
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Skills:
Data structures, Aws Services, Java 8, HTML, CSS, Algorithms, Typescript, Redis, MySQL, Mariadb, Python, Spring Framework, Vaadin, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Automated unit testing frameworks, Java web development, Web scraping techniques, NoSQL databases
Skills:
HTML, jQuery, Bootstrap Framework, Ui Development, Photoshop, Illustrator
Skills:
Strong experience of modern JavaScript Web APIs Experience writing JavaScript tests (Jest, etc) Sass / Bootstrap Debugging using JavaScript debuggers JavaScript dependency management and packaging (WebPack) Git Basic understanding of PHP and OOP Experience building UIs for web-based business applications, Cucumber-JS