Job Description
We are looking for a PHP and Wordpress Developer who has sound experience in developing and maintaining PHP and Wordpress websites, theme and plugin customization and developing new themes and plugins from scratch.
Responsibilities:
- Write clean code and adherence to company's coding standards
- Maintaining existing PHP projects and handling enhancement requests
- Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
- Building custom solutions using WordPress CMS for clients spanning different industries
- Developing themes/ plugins from scratch.
- Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
- Follow industry best practices
- Providing WordPress architecture expertise by solving complicated technical problems using the platform
- Developing complex functionality for responsive sites with large amounts of hierarchical content
- Working with digital experience platforms tailored for WordPress like WP Engine and Pantheon
- Developing custom themes with WordPress by working with HTML, CSS, responsive frameworks, and Javascript
- Add enhancements as per the client requirements and perform regression testing
- Optimization of WordPress sites for speed and conversion.
- Carrying out monthly plugin and theme updates and perform regression testing
Required Skills:
- Proven software development experience in PHP & Wordpress
- BE/B.Tech in Computer Science or equivalent degree preferred
- Sound knowledge of OOPs concepts
- Solid understanding of PHP language
- Experience building responsive websites using WordPress
- Experience working with digital experience platforms like WP Engine and Pantheon
- Good knowledge of relational databases, version control tools and of developing web services
- Experience with performance optimization across web application and database levels.
- Experience in Git version control.
- Experience with building and customizing WordPress themes.
- Experience working with a team following Agile/Scrum.
