WordPress WooCommerce Developer

Job Description

Inverse Paradox, a growing digital agency in the Philadelphia area is seeking a new mid-to-high level WordPress WooCommerce Developer to add to its tightly knit team. Since 2007, Inverse Paradox has embraced the WordPress platform as the backbone to all its website offerings for clients ranging from the small business next door with just a few editable pages of content to international publications utilizing complex taxonomies generating 100,000s of pages. In this role, if you’re looking to diversify your WordPress and WooCommerce skill-set, IP caters to the opportunity to push the limits and experience growth and self-fulfillment with every project.

Responsibilities

  • Programming, developing, website coding, and producing data-driven web applications, websites using WordPress and WooCommerce
  • Collaborate with designers, developers, and project managers on client projects
  • Consult with clients as needed
  • Contribute to the development of the misc. company special projects
  • Manage your own time & development between multiple projects & clients to meet deliverables
  • Follow and contribute to our internal standards
  • Keep up on the latest trends and best practices in web development
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications & Skills

FRONTEND

  • Excellent knowledge of HTML5/XHTML, XML, AJAX, JavaScript/jQuery, CSS3
  • Excellent knowledge of WooCommerce and WordPress
  • Strong understanding and experience with SASS
  • Experience with responsive design without dependence on frameworks
  • The ability to translate PSDs and other assets created by design team into cohesive websites
  • Strong sense of visual design
  • An understanding of front-end optimization techniques
  • Knowledge of usability / user experience design is a plus
  • Experience maintaining version control using Git

BACKEND

  • Strong experience with custom WordPress theme development, including accommodating full user editability, complex layouts, and plugins that require theme customization – we don’t work with prebuilt themes so it is important to have the ability to create complex setups from scratch
  • Experience creating custom themes for use with WooCommerce
  • Familiarity with various commonplace and proven plugins such as: Advanced Custom Fields, Gravity Forms, The Events Calendar, s2Member, BuddyPress
  • Experience with creating custom WordPress plugins is a plus
  • Thorough understanding of custom post types and taxonomies
  • Working knowledge of basic PHP and MySQL
  • An understanding of programming security best practices
  • Familiarity with issues in web design & development and accessibility is a plus
  • Familiarity with using command line tools on Linux servers is a plus
  • Familiarity with using git for source control is a plus
  • Involvement in the open source community is a plus

Requirements

  • 3+ years experience with WooCommerce and WordPress
  • 3+ years front-end development, solid project-level experience with WordPress, HTML, CSS
  • Previous development firm/agency experience preferred

Benefits

Inverse Paradox has a great team, competitive pay, offers exceptional benefits, a casual work environment, and plenty of perks like locally roasted coffee to get through the day, and fridge stocked with beer for when you’re wrapping up.

  • Start with 10-days of PTO
  • 12 closed days for company holidays
  • 50% paid employee healthcare including vision & dental
  • SimpleIRA with employer contribution
  • Flexible working schedule with ability to work remote
  • Opportunities for paid industry/events & conferences

Apply

To apply for this position, e-mail your cover letter, resume and portfolio to [email protected].

As a company, we pride ourselves on being a locally oriented team. Therefore this opportunity is not open for telecommuting, outsourcing, or other freelancers.

Send your resume, a portfolio of development experience which must demonstrate custom work in WordPress, and a compelling e-mail as to why you’d like to join us, and salary requirement.

Job Type: Full-time