*Please note, my client cannot offer VISA sponsorship for this role*
Your new company
This digitally driven business are looking to add a talented Senior WordPress Developer to their team, working from their offices on the outskirts of Bournemouth. They looking for someone that can display work examples of quality WordPress projects, with an interest in pushing new tech in an energetic environment. The key to this role is being experienced in creating custom WordPress Plugins and 3rd Party Integrations.
The organisation have an intrinsic believe in growing talent from within. The environment is perfect for extrovert, hungry technologists that want access to the latest tech/tools and that are involved in dev projects outside of work to further their knowledge.
Your new role
It is a small but very active agile team. Your core responsibilities will be working on WordPress and WooCommerce eCommerce solutions. You will be involved at the early stages of the project, from conception through to completion. You'll help to define and influence the requirements and scope of the project and lead the
REST of the development team on best practices, helping to train and grow the team.
They build all their digital solutions from the ground up, delivering tailored products for their clients. You'll be confident in creating custom functionality and plugins for WordPress and WooCommerce and working with 3rd part systems, utilising their APIs, XML, etc... to push and pull data from one system to another.
Most of all, you' ll be working in a fun, energetic and agile environment, where no two days are the same!
What you'll need to succeed
- Highly experienced working with WordPress, Woocommerce or other eCommerce platforms
- Expert knowledge of PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, SASS, JavaScript and JS libraries like jQuery
- Composer, Gulp and Grunt
- Understanding and experience of the software development lifecycle
- Creating technical specifications and process flow diagrams to help define the development process
- Understanding of how to write maintainable code and the importance of testing
- Experience developing custom integrations using 3rd party APIs
- Experience working with complex product data, taxonomy, eCommerce store configuration
- Excellent English language communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to communicate effectively with a technical and non-technical audience
- Understanding of User Experience design
- Experience using GIT
- Experience with project management tools
- Comfortable using collaborative tools such as Google Docs
What you'll get in return
You’ll be invested in from day 1 and will join a company where work life balance is not an abstract concept. The company are a flexible employer and will encourage you to bring new ideas to the table. There’s free parking, relaxed dress and no shortage of social events and outings.
What you need to do now
Please apply to this advert directly, or contact Toby Ambrose at Hays using 01202 048614.
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