Senior Software Developer (Wordpress) at HR Studio (Pty) Ltd

We’re looking for…

• A Software Developer, wo will use their development skills to build eye-catching, usable and high-performing websites.

Who are you?

• You are passionate about building user-friendly and performant websites, adhering to high-quality coding standards and being part of a culture that promotes learning and sharing while respecting work-life balance
• You enjoy autonomy, and you will be working from our South African office with colleagues all over the globe.
• You have knowledge of how to interact with APIs

What’s the role?

You will be responsible for:

• Work closely with team members to build new websites and website features, primarily in WordPress.
• Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing such as pair programming.
• Attend regular sprint activities such as standups, grooming and retrospectives.
• Work closely with our product, graphic design, SEO and business teams to incubate ideas and then execute to make those ideas a reality.
• Code website front-end user interfaces in a combination of HTML, CSS and JS; as well as website content management back-ends and user-facing application logic.
• Work with our Quality Assurance team to help automate website and application testing and repetitive development tasks.
• Collaborate with other development team members and other departments to drive innovation and help define internal standards; participate too in self-directed learning, tech groups and workshops to learn new technologies and expand knowledge.

Boxes to tick…

• Matric
• Tertiary Qualifications - University degree or diploma in related field
• 5+ years Professional Software or Website Development experience
• Experience building websites in WordPress using custom theme and custom plugin development
• Experience using WordPress methodologies including, but not limited to: custom post types, custom taxonomies, WP Query, shortcodes, Advanced Custom Fields, etc.
• Experience with configuring WordPress to support multiple languages/locales
• Experience coding in PHP (object-oriented programming, dependency management, templating engines)
• Experience in front-end web technologies like HTML, CSS, Java Script
• Proficiency with Unix-based systems and using CLIs
• Experience with database language and structure, such as MySQL
• Proficiency with code versioning tools, such as git