WordPress Engineer

Our client, who is a leading specialist in television and video services, is looking to recruit a WordPress Engineer to join their growing team. Within this role, you would be working closely with the CTO to: 

• Develop and improve the company's websites based on specifications and WordPress best practices, whilst maintaining website security and compliance;

• Be responsible for both back-end and front-end development with minimal oversight;

• Build fully functional WordPress websites according to the company requirements and corporate branding;

• Work with other departments and upper management to develop and maintain website layout, structure, content, appearance and performance.;

• Keep abreast of the latest technologies and techniques related to web development;

• Develop, test, document, and maintain processes and procedures related to web development;

• Designing and building the website front-end.;

• Designing and managing the website back-end including database and server integration.;

• Develop responsive, standards-compliant HTML and CSS3 themes and plugins for WordPress;

• Conducting website performance tests to guarantee a high SEO benchmark score.;

• Troubleshooting issues.;

• Solve bugs and address issues in a fast-paced environment. Upgrade and refactor legacy code if required.;

• Conducting WordPress training for your teammates.;

• Monitoring the performance of the live website;

• Work within cross-functional teams throughout the product development, testing, troubleshooting, and implementation phases to ensure product integrity.

For employment reasons, preference should be given to Malta/EU/EEA countries.

Salary depends on one's exposure and experience.

• 5 years+ of WordPress development professional experience, in an agency or production environment;
• Able to work with a deeply customised WP setup, not always following the industry's best practices.;
• Experience in plugin development;
• Experience in Advanced Custom Fields for building complex content management on WordPress;
• Experience in WPML plugins for multi-language website development;
• Performance-driven mentality when developing.;
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals;
• Strong understanding of SEO and its implications in website development;
• Knowledge of the HTTP protocol and its implications in website development;
• Knowledge of software testing.;
• Experience in using and developing CMS tools;
• Strong PHP with PSRs (PHP Standards recommendations) and best practices.;
• Strong OOP (Object Oriented Programming), SQL / MySQL knowledge.;
• Frontend experience with HTML markup, JavaScript, style sheets, CSS/CSS3 and responsive design.;
• Must be a problem solver and able to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented, remote environment;
• Basic knowledge of Docker, Linux and Bash scripting.;

• A Bachelor's degree or higher in IT or computer science program or a related field would be an advantage;
• Drupal experience