What are the responsibilities and job description for the WordPress Developer position at Mobomo, LLC?
We are looking for a WordPress Developer to architect, build, and maintain a delivery framework for websites. You are a team leader who combines the art of design with the discipline of programming. Responsibilities will include the implementation and maintenance of multiple custom hand crafted frameworks, and will be responsible for analyzing and tuning page load times to achieve maximum application performance. This developer will need to interface closely with the existing teams to maintain highly optimized site applications.
As a cultural fit, you:
- Have excellent written and oral communication skills with a passion for sharing knowledge
- Are a collaborative partner who places a high priority on internal customer service
- Are capable of hitting daily deadlines
Responsibilities:
- Contributing to “scope of build” conversations with development team, project managers, designers, and other developers
- Integrating with third-party APIs customizing WordPress to support specific functionality
- Contributing to support of current client websites
- Documentation of plugins, new code, theme and plugin modifications
- Growing personal and team member expertise through training, exploring, and prospecting
- Architect, build, and maintain a delivery framework for websites
- Produce new user-facing features
- Build reusable code and libraries
- Optimize application for maximum performance and scalability
- Deliver functional - testable code on or before due dates
- Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders utilizing Agile methodologies
- Experience migrating other websites into Wordpress strongly desired
Skills and Requirements:
- Demonstrable proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, Sass, JavaScript, jQuery, React (Gutenberg)
- VUE.js experience preferred
- Proficient understanding of ES6
- Demonstrable proficiency with CSS Grid, Flexbox
- Proficient understanding of accessibility in WordPress themes and page design
- Demonstrable understanding of npm task runners such as WebPack
- Knowledge of Front-End Testing and Tooling
- Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and REST APIs, AJAX and GraphQL
- Demonstrable proficiency in Google Tag Manager
- A strong understanding of WordPress APIs, theme hierarchy and custom Gutenberg block development
- Demonstrate proficiency with modern team and project management tools such as Jira and Slack
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
- Good documentation skills are a must
- Must be a US citizen and able to obtain a security clearance.
About Mobomo:
Mobomo is a full-service DevOps agency dedicated to creating elegant solutions to solve complex problems.
Mobomo benefits include health care, paid time off, retirement savings and professional development.
Mobomo is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, disability status or any other basis as protected by federal state, or local law.