Responsibilities

• Must have experience in creating new WordPress themes and Plugins.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills
• Must have experience in customizing Woocommerce and existing WordPress themes and plugins.
• Basic understanding of HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, JQuery, etc.
• Designing and managing the website back-end including Database and server integration.
• Experience working with debugging tools such as Chrome inspector and Firebug.
• Knowledge of How to interact with RESTful APIs and formats(JSON, XML).
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as GIT.
• Should have familiar with the integration of third-party APIs like Facebook, Google, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communications.
• Framework: WordPress, WooCommerce
• Technology: HTML 5, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax, jQuery, APIs.

Skills/Experience

frontend

• Excellent knowledge of HTML5/XHTML, XML, AJAX, JavaScript/jQuery, CSS3
• Excellent knowledge of WooCommerce and WordPress
• Strong understanding and experience with SASS
• Experience with responsive design without dependence on frameworks
• The ability to translate PSDs and other assets created by design team into cohesive websites
• Strong sense of visual design
• An understanding of front-end optimization techniques
• Knowledge of usability / user experience design is a plus
• Experience maintaining version control using Git

backend

• Strong experience with custom WordPress theme development, including accommodating full user editability, complex layouts, and plugins that require theme customization – we don’t work with prebuilt themes so it is important to have the ability to create complex setups from scratch
• Experience creating custom themes for use with WooCommerce
• Familiarity with various commonplace and proven plugins such as: Advanced Custom Fields, Gravity Forms, The Events Calendar, s2Member, BuddyPress
• Experience with creating custom WordPress plugins is a plus
• Thorough understanding of custom post types and taxonomies
• Working knowledge of basic PHP and MySQL
• An understanding of programming security best practices
• Familiarity with issues in web design & development and accessibility is a plus
• Familiarity with using command line tools on Linux servers is a plus
• Familiarity with using git for source control is a plus
• Involvement in the open source community is a plus