Full Stack Developer - PHP/Javascript (5-8 yrs)

Job Description :

To assist in the redesign website :

- Work across the full stack, building highly scalable distributed solutions that enable positive user experiences and measurable business growth

- Assist in formulating effective, responsive designs and turning them into working Gutenberg

blocks and front-end components.

- Designing and implementing new features and functionality based on robust designs

- Establishing and guiding the redesigned website's architecture

- Ensuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS (WordPress)during the redesign process

- Contributing to best practices relating to site builds, application security, regular patching and coding standards.

Key Responsibilities :

- To assist in the redesign of website by creating and amending page templates, components and Gutenberg Blocks (Front and Backend)

- Working with Figma (including "Dev Mode") to translate designs that meet the users needs and stakeholder constructed acceptance criteria

- Participate in all aspects of agile software development, including daily scrum, design,

implementation, and deployment.

- Ensure Site and CMS performance, uptime, and scale, and maintain high standards for code quality and application design

- Work with agile development methodologies (Scrum / Kanban) and adhering to best practices

- Designing and developing website's architecture as well as building new features and

functionalities

- Analysing website performance during build and troubleshooting errors

- Handling the backend of the website, including database and server integration

- Ensuring high-performance and managing all the technical aspects of the CMS

- Maintain well-documented and reusable code.

- Developing new sites and sections from briefs

- Designing and implementing new features and functionality

- Establishing and guiding the website's architecture

- Helping formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into working components and templates.

Key Technical Skills, Knowledge and Experience :

- Experience with Headless WordPress or similar (Inc Multi Site) is essential

- Experience in creating, amending and updating Gutenberg Blocks (Front and backend)

- Experience with React is essential

- Experience with implementation and maintaining tracking via the data layer

- Experience developing and converting designs into themes (Wordpress)

- Knowledge of WordPress plugins

- Knowledge of multiple front-end languages, including, PHP, HTML5, JavaScript, React / Next.js, SCSS, CSS, and JQuery is essential

- Good understanding of Web Architecture

- Strong understanding of PHP back-end development and MySQL databases

- Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications

- Experience designing and developing responsive design websites

- Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across

platforms and browsers.

- Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into working HTML pages

- Knowledge of how to interact with GraphQL data as well as RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)

- Experience working with debugging tools

- Experience in unit/integration testing

- Proficiency with version control in GitHub and CI/CD platforms (i.e. Buddy and GitHub actions)