PHP WordPress Developer - Web Server Management

We are a 15 person web design, development, and digital marketing agency located in the USA with 6 employees in the Philippines. We provide long term employment with sick leave and vacation benefits, and we treat our Philippines contractors like valuable employees.

Skills Test

Applicants must successfully complete a Skills Test to demonstrate their proficiency. Please note that the Skills Test is UNPAID.
We've encountered many candidates who claim to possess the necessary skills but fail to deliver once hired. Thus, this test is designed to ensure that only qualified individuals proceed. Rest assured, the test will solely serve to evaluate your skills; none of its components will be used by us for profit.

Upon applying for the position by sending us your Resume or CSV, you'll receive instructions on completing the Skills Test. The objective is to gauge your proficiency with PHP and WordPress through tasks such as installing WordPress, creating a custom theme from a design we will provide, and developing a functional custom widget.

While this requires a time investment on your part, successful candidates will be rewarded with stable employment, including sick leave and vacation benefits, with a USA company that treats contractors in the Philippines as integral members of our team. Join us and enjoy the benefits of being part of a supportive and inclusive team.


Job Description

Our agency is seeking an experienced WordPress Developer to join our team. The right candidate will have a tolerance of humor, a strong work ethic, and have the ability to create custom WordPress Plugins with PHP coding.

Applicants should have the ability to take an existing site design from Adobe XD or Figma and turn it into a complete HTML/CSS/JavaScript WordPress template for client approval. The applicant will be expected to build a finished website from the approved template by hand-coding or integrating the template into WordPress.

You MUST have experience with Web Server Management such as deploying Amazon (AWS) Plesk servers, updating and upgrading Plesk, and using SSH to interface with the server.

Some of our websites are 100% custom, meaning no website builders will be used. We also do use Beaver Builder for some smaller projects.

Other tasks will include development of UI widgets, entering content into CMS systems, and performing updates to CMS websites and plugins. Applicants should possess the ability to build/customize jQuery/JavaScript to create effects, animations, and create advanced interactive functions and tools.


Necessary Skills
• Ability to hand code PHP
• Ability to create custom WordPress plugins
• Web Server Management
• Amazon (AWS) Plesk server management: updating and upgrading Plesk, and using SSH to interface with the server.
• Ability to work with Adobe XD, Figma, or Sketch/InVision files
• Expert level HTML/CSS hand coding
• Understand how to implement responsive design and experience with Bootstrap
• Keen understanding of JavaScript and/or a JavaScript library such as jQuery
• Ability to use JavaScript to make Web API calls and parse response data into UI
• Fluency in English language required for consideration
• Aptitude in decision-making and problem-solving


Helpful Skills
• Experience creating custom Gutenberg blocks
• Experience with Woocommerce
• Experience Deploying WordPress websites in Amazon (AWS) Lightsail
• Understand basic concepts of templating other content management systems (Sitefinity, NopCommerce, Umbraco, etc.)
• Familiar Upgrade to see actual info MVC Razor Views for the purposes of making CMS/E-commerce templates (not required)
• Integrate and setup marketing automation systems such as HubSpot, Salesforce, Sharpspring, Marketo, etc. into existing websites (not required)
• Visual Studio experience is helpful (not required)
• Experience with Github, TFS, or version control of any kind is helpful (not required)
• Ability to slice images, crop photos, web optimize, and remove backgrounds (clipping paths)

Benefits:
(If selected for the full-time position)
• 13th month
• Paid vacation
• Access to training sites
• Monthly pay is fair and negotiable, depending on experience. Work hours are fairly flexible.