Full-Stack Wordpress Developer

Chernoff Newman is passionate about solving problems through creative communications. We enjoy the folks we spend our days with, whether it’s inside the office or outside after hours. We have a relentless curiosity, no matter what discipline we’re working within, and that drives our passion for creativity. It also fuels a culture of collaboration and fun. We live in a team environment, where we truly work across all disciplines in our marketing efforts. And the most important member of our team? That's our client. This approach, where we put our clients first, helps us work together as a unified team. A team built to connect with consumers on a personal level. Technology may drive this engagement, but people are who really make it happen.

We’re in search of an energetic and detail-oriented person with a great eye for design. This individual should be passionate about the industry, aware of what’s new, what’s changing, and should continually look for ways to incorporate shifts in the industry into their next project. The ideal candidate for this role tinkers with future tech, such as AI and new web technologies, and is a dreamer. This Full-stack WordPress Developer should be able to work efficiently both individually and as part of a team. Ultimately, our Developers are expected to help plan and manage the tasks of generating profitable results for our clients, while working with an integrated team of agency professionals.

Location: Charleston, SC

Responsibilities

• Build functional, effective, beautiful websites for clients across many industries
• Constantly learn and contribute new approaches to projects and the team
• Experiment with new technologies, especially AI and automation
• Estimate project scopes, make recommendations, meet deadlines, and work under pressure while juggling multiple projects at the same time
• Interface and consult with clients as needed
• Rapidly troubleshoot site outages and client emergencies
• Be the final stop for technical troubleshooting
• Show passion for web development in your communication and deliverables
• Review other developer’s code
• 80% Front-End / 20% Back-end
• Vary communication to match audience technical understanding
• Interface with clients to field their requests and discuss fixes
• Act as a mentor to junior developers
• On occasion, be available outside of regular working hours for emergency scenarios and work that requires website downtime

Requirements

General Qualifications:

• 5+ years in this field / industry (Front and Back -end Development, WordPress, Hosting and Domains)
• Version control; merge conflicts; branch management
• Managing backups and security
• Debugging code you did not write
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong communication skills

WordPress:

• Theme and plugin development
• Vetting 3rd-party plugins for long-term dependability
• Site migrations and multiple dev/stage environments
• ACF Pro, Custom Post Types and Taxonomies, Custom User Roles, Alternatives to WP’s built-in search

Front-end:

• Semantic HTML
• Modern, responsive CSS (flexbox, CSS variables, vendor prefixing, etc.)
• SCSS/LESS preprocessors
• JS/jQuery
• Site builders (Elementor, Divi, etc.)
• Browser testing
• Great eye for design (Plus: Background in art, graphic design, motion graphics, or similar background)

Back-end:

• Setting vision for code architecture and tech stack
• PHP
• MySQL (especially how WordPress stores data in tables)
• Database reconciliation
• Mitigating the consequences of upgrading/downgrading versions of languages, plugins, themes, databases
• Manage backups and restorations

Hosting and Domains:

• 90% - Managed hosting (Flywheel, WPEngine, etc.)
• 10% - AWS
• Apache/Nginx
• DNS management

Salary Range: 80-95K

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Flexible PTO + holidays
• 401k matching program
• Paid parental leave
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• Short and Long Term Disability (100% company paid)
• Training & Development