WordPress Developer at SIMS Nigeria Limited

Responsibilities

• Meeting with project manager and client liaison to discuss website design and function. - Designing and building the website front-end.
• Designing and implementing new features and functionality
• Creating and guiding the website architecture.
• Designing and managing the website back-end including database and server integration. - Ensuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS Generating WordPress themes and plugins.
• Helping formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working theme and plugin. Conducting website performance tests.
• Troubleshooting content issues.
• Conducting WordPress training with the client.
• Monitoring the performance of the live website.
• Installing, Configuring, and Managing WooCommerce
• Conferring with teams to resolve conflicts, prioritize needs, develop content criteria, or choose solutions. - Directing or performing Website updates.
• Developing or validating test routines and schedules to ensure that test cases mimic external interfaces and address all browser and device types.
• Maintaining an understanding of the latest Web applications and programming practices
• Back up files from Web sites to local directories for recovery.
• Identifying problems uncovered by customer feedback and testing, and correcting or referring problems to appropriate personnel for correction.
• Evaluating code to ensure it meets industry standards, is valid, is properly structured, and is compatible with browsers, devices, or operating systems.
• Determining user needs by analyzing technical requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a similar field.
• 3 - 5+ years demonstrable experience as a WordPress Developer.
• Proven work experience as a WordPress Developer.
• Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
• Good understanding of website architecture and aesthetics.
• Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
• 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 wireframes 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)
• Strong understanding of PHP back-end development
• Good project management skills - Good communication skills
• Proficient in JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
• Proficient in My SQL.
• Dedicated team player - High degree of independent judgment.
• Able to solve complex problems.