Summary
Blacksmith is seeking a Team Lead - Full Stack Developer to lead the development of custom WordPress themes and plugins, act as a technical advisor to clients, and adhere to clean code practices. The position offers competitive pay, remote work, and opportunities for growth at an award-winning digital agency.
Requirements
- Expert level skills in HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Expert on backend development with PHP
- Experience working and managing MySQL databases
- Experience building custom WordPress themes/plugins
- Complete understanding of the WordPress core software and its functions at the code level
- Hands on experience with SASS/SCSS/LESS and Flexbox
- Experience with Git/Bitbucket
- Leverage WP Plugin Advanced Custom Fields
- Adept at developing custom WP themes from Figma design files
- Communicate positively and honestly with a strong work ethic and reliability
- Excitement to learn new technologies and self-teach when needed
Responsibilities
- Experience leading code reviews
- Advisor to clients for projects that best meet their bottom line
- Experience scoping out complex custom WordPress or ecommerce builds
- Build responsive websites that function perfectly on any device or browser size
- Ability to execute ADA and SEO best practices
- Proactively perform cross-browser compatibility tests and iterate to work through the bugs
- Collaborate with both UX/UI Web Designers and Backend Developers to bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation
- Optimize application for optimum speed and scalability
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with SOWs or RFPs or other pre-sales activity
- Experience with Angular, React, or other JavaScript frameworks
- Experience with vanilla.js, ES6/ES2015, Gutenberg blocks
- Experience working with Laravel PHP Framework and other backend technologies like CodeIgniter and NodeJS
- Ability to use a taskrunner (ie: Gulp/Grunt/Webpack) to generate website assets
- Develop with a JavaScript compiler (ie: Babel, etc) to generate cross-browser compatible JS code
Benefits
- Competitive pay and benefits
- Remote – 100% work from home
- Opportunity to work and grow at an award-winning digital agency
