Wordpress Developer

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We seek a WordPress Developer responsible for both back-end and front-end development, including creating WordPress themes and plugins. This position requires programming skills (namely PHP, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript) and aesthetics (understanding element arrangements on the screen, colour and font choices, and so on).

The candidate should understand industry trends and content management systems strongly. Experience with responsive and adaptive design is strongly preferred. Also, understanding the entire web development process, including design, development, and deployment, is preferred.

Responsibilities
Designing and implementing new features and functionality
Establishing and guiding the website’s architecture
Ensuring high performance and availability and managing all technical aspects of the CMS
Helping formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working theme and plugin.

Skills and Qualifications
Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
Experience designing and developing responsive design websites esp Elementor
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 layouts 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