WordPress Developer

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced and talented design focused WordPress Developer to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for both back-end and front-end development, including creating WordPress themes and plugins.

This position requires a combination of programming skills (namely PHP, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript) and aesthetics (understanding element arrangements on the screen, the colour and font choices).

Key Responsibilities:

Custom Design Expertise

• Experience in designing and implementing custom WordPress post types and taxonomies.

• Ability to translate design concepts into functional and responsive WordPress websites.

• Designing and implementing new features and functionality.

• Establishing and guiding the website’s architecture.

Theme and plugin customisation

• Demonstrated ability to build custom WordPress themes from scratch or modify existing ones to meet specific design and functionality requirements. 

• Proficiency in creating and customising WordPress plugins to extend core functionality or integrate third-party services.

• Deep understanding of WordPress template hierarchy, hooks, and actions.

• Familiarity with popular WordPress page builders (e.g., Elementor, Divi) 

Strong proficiency in creating dynamic and interactive elements

• Expertise in vanilla JavaScript or modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Vue.js) for building interactive user interfaces.

• Mastery of HTML5 and CSS3, including advanced layout techniques (e.g., Flexbox, Grid), responsive design principles, and animations.

• Experience with JavaScript libraries like jQuery or D3.js for DOM manipulation and data visualisation.

• Ability to optimise front-end performance and ensure cross-browser compatibility.

Expertise in integrating APIs to fetch and display data in visually appealing formats

• Proficiency in making AJAX requests to RESTful or GraphQL APIs using JavaScript or PHP.

• Ability to handle and process API responses efficiently, including error handling and data sanitization.

• Understanding of data formatting and transformation techniques to prepare API data for visualisation.

About You:

• Extensive experience in WordPress development.

• Desire to work in a highly collaborative environment and participate fully in agile software development processes.

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

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

• Nice to have - Experience with data visualisation libraries like Chart.js, Highcharts, or D3.js to create interactive and informative charts and graphs.

• Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into working HTML pages

• Good understanding of website architecture and aesthetics.

• Experience with WordPress debugging and performance optimization.

• Experience with modern build tools and development processes (e.g., npm, webpack, etc.).