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web developer Ware, England

Making Websites Better

Full Time Ware, England 38000 - 28000 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Due to our agency’s growth we are looking for an ambitious full stack WordPress Developer to join our team. We are looking for a mid-senior level developer, with a minimum of 3 years experience in WordPress development.

This role is full-time, office based in Ware, Hertfordshire but open to the occasional work from home.

You’ll join our team of in-house developers and designers, along with our client-facing team of directors, project managers and digital marketing professionals, to work with us on delivering best-in-class websites for our clients.

We are looking for someone who’s forward-thinking, open-minded and loves to solve problems in order to deliver great digital products.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Developing best-in-class websites

You’ll be working closely with our designers and other developers to build web projects ranging from ‘brochure’ websites through to e-commerce and web platforms.
You’ll engage with other team members and clients to assess the feasibility of projects and estimate the right approach and timeframes.

What we are looking for

Frontend skills:Essential: Strong experience of writing clean, minimal HTML

Essential: Strong experience with CSS, including modern CSS 3 properties
Essential: Good understanding of SCSS (or some alternative such as LESS)
Essential: Good understanding of JavaScript and jQuery
Essential: Experience with Tailwind CSS
Bonus: Experience with AlpineJS
Bonus: Experience with React (or other frameworks such as Vue)
Bonus: Experience with Twig templating language (or alternatives such as Blade)

Backend skills:Essential: Strong experience with object oriented PHP

Essential: Strong experience of building WordPress themes from scratch
Essential: Good understanding of Advanced Custom Fields plugin
Essential: Good understanding of using Git for version control
Essential: Some experience of building custom WooCommerce sites
Bonus: Some experience of extending WordPress/WooCommerce with custom functionality, without relying on third party plugins
Bonus: Experience with Timber WordPress framework
Bonus: Experience with developing API integrations with third party software
Bonus: Experience with dependency managers such as Composer and NPM
Bonus: Experience with managing hosting accounts using cPanel/WHM
Bonus: Experience with CI/CD and automated deployments

The bonus points above would be useful, but can be taught on the job so are not essential.

WHAT WE OFFER

Flexible working hours
Competitive salary
No daily commute to London
Training opportunities to develop your skills
Monthly team office meet-ups inc takeaway
Frequent team socials
Birthday celebrations, both for your real birthday and our company birthday
No more working on Christmas Eve ever again, plus the legendary Christmas party
Team pension scheme
Free parking
30 days holiday
Fun, challenging projects for interesting, creative and innovative clients
Add great achievements to your CV: we're a small team and you'll have direct influence on the success of client projects. Your work will make a difference that you can honestly shout about!

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in please get in touch with a CV and examples of development projects you have worked on before. Please note that we may also ask you as part of the recruitment process to complete a small test project.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £28,000.00-£38,000.00 per year

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