Snr JOOMLA DEVELOPER with SKILL & AMBITION NEEDED!

Joomla Developer

Ideal Candidate

Can fully customize any Joomla extension
Including adding new views, models or controllers
Change any CSS/HTML style used in the extension

Can write custom Joomla extensions (plugins, components & modules)
Fully understands the Joomla framework.
Writes clean code that can be easily read & modified later.

Can integrate with various API types, including SOAP, REST, XML-RPC
Can write the consumer.
Can write the producer.

Can optimize Joomla sites to get Google Page Speed Scores of 85+
Should know how to setup HTTP caching headers.
Should know why CDNs are important & how to use AWS Cloudfront.

Knows how to administrator a Linux CentOS web server
Knows SFTP & all basic shell commands.
Can also administrator websites through Cpanel & WHM.
Can setup DNS records, understands domain registry, & can install SSL Certs.

Has Intermediate MySQL experience
Can write efficient SQL queries
Can choose efficient datatypes for table fields

Can do intermediate Frontend UI design
Knows Mootools and how Joomla implements Mootools.
Knows how & when to add jQuery UI elements to a page
Can't necessarily design a template from scratch, but when starting with a good template can fully customize it's colors, dimensions, functionality, basically every aspect of the template without losing its beauty.

Work Ethic
Should be able to break large tasks into smaller tasks
Can report progress on a daily basis
Can clearly communicate design decisions
Can take a task list and know exactly how to clarify any miss

Above & Beyond Skills
Can choose/create beautiful color schemes
Can design from scratch beautiful templates
Knows how to create search engine optimized websites
Can design conversion optimized landing pages