Job Description :
Hi,
Role: Wordpress developer
Location: Summit, NJ
Duration; 6 Months
Interview: Phone and In-person
Visa: USC, GC or GC-EAD
This position requires a combination of programming skills (namely PHP, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript) and aesthetics (understanding element arrangements on the screen, the color and font choices, and so on The candidate should have a strong understanding of industry trends and content management systems. Experience with the responsive and adaptive design is strongly preferred. Also, an understanding of the entire web development process, including design, development, and deployment is preferred.
Required:
Experience: Minimum 4 years experience of PHP programming, MySQL, HTML/CSS/LESS/SASS, JavaScript, XML/JSON and 3rd party APIs, Cross-platform and cross-browser, Responsive, Web standards and accessibility, Code testing, Security, Deployment
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related disciplines (MIS, Web Development, etc) preferred.
Skills:
Ø Extensive knowledge and experience of building WordPress CMS websites using the best practice & defacto standard plugins
- Experience working with WordPress at a PHP code level:
- Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
- Knowledge of existing inbuilt WordPress functions.
- Customizing WordPress to support specific functionality
- Creation of custom post types.
- Creation of plugins/widgets written to conform with WordPress coding standards.
- Creation of clean, logical, well documented and reusable code.
- Theme/template integration.
- Knowledge of WordPress Network (Multisite) required.
- Familiar with AWS LAMP Stack Configuration
- Experience creating multilingual websites.
- Developing wire-frame mock-ups to illustrate possible solutions
- Good understanding of cross-platform and cross-browser issues.
- Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
- Use of AJAX / Prototype / script.aculo.us an advantage.
- 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 wire-frames 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)
- Knowledge of different PHP frameworks, libraries, or any other technology relevant to WordPress Multisite
- Strong understanding of PHP back-end development.