WordPress Developer - remote

Millennial Money Man
Posted 3 years ago
We Work Remotely

About Millennial Money Man

We’re a group of emoji-loving, gif-using, finance-obsessed individuals dedicated to the mission of teaching people how to make more money with side hustles, freelancing, online business and investing. We’re looking for someone who is  a highly experienced WordPress &PHP developer with a solid eye for UX design and accessibility to aid us with reaching that goal. If you’re a passionate self-starter who thrives in remote environments, and who likes to join an occasional virtual happy hour or two, then read on! (Bonus points if you’re a wine connoisseur or own a dog. If this statement confuses you, follow Bobby on Instagram.)


Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with team members to strategize and execute design and code updates to the site
  • Extend capabilities of our custom WordPress layouts built with Thrive Architect
  • Respond to bugs in a timely manner
  • Be on the lookout for places to improve existing functionality
  • Take ownership of the appearance and functionality of the site, raising awareness to the team and project owners when issues arise
  • Suggest improvements to the overall development process and how to implement it (aka we want your expertise as to how we can do this better) 


Requirements
  • Writing maintainable code
  • Professional experience with WordPress plugin development, architecture, and standards
  • Experience with PHP, MySQL, CSS, JS (jQuery)
  • Wordpress
  • Actions &filters
  • Custom plugins &themes
  • Git/Version control
  • Comfortable working in command line interfaces &using SSH

Ideal but not necessary

Design
If you don’t do this but can refer someone who can, please let us know
  • Understanding of UX principles and ability to understand the needs of users
  • Experience designing from scratch (not just from templates)
  • Portfolio of custom design work

Dev
  • Experience with the Genesis framework
  • Experience with Thrive Architect
  • Knowledge of optimizing sites for speed
  • Technical SEO knowledge

Other requirements:
  • Self motivated
  • Organized
  • Excellent communication skills, fluent in both verbal and written English