Description
Skillcrush is on the hunt for an experienced back end WordPress developer to join our scrum development team! This position is currently a 12 week contract with the possibility to grow into a full time position. Not suitable for entry-level or junior developers.
Our development team maintains and supports the Skillcrush learning platform, blog, internal systems, marketing automation and develops new features and tools. In this role, you will become our WordPress expert, fine-tuning our WordPress sites, refactoring and creating plugins and maintaining our complex learning platform. You will collaborate with the team and stakeholders to turn business goals into new features by tapping into your deep knowledge of PHP and WordPress architecture to deliver performant solutions. You will perform server maintenance and monitoring as well as provide support for the team to debug and resolve back end bugs in a timely manner for our students.
The perfect candidate has a curious mind, deep understanding of complex systems, and a passion for optimizing WordPress applications. They are an excellent problem solver with a strong desire to learn, collaborate and grow with the team. They have strong technical aptitude and software design skills which they use to build robust and secure solutions that align with our customer needs and business goals. They believe in writing well tested readable code and building well-crafted software.
Job Responsibilities:- Active participation in our scrum meetings and pairing sessions
- Maintain and refactor our WordPress applications and plugins
- Architect and develop new back end features and plugins
- Analyze user story acceptance criteria to ensure the technical feasibility and point out potential issues
- Optimize WordPress applications for maximum speed, scalability and security
- Work with team to automate acceptance tests and unit tests
- Write high quality code with readability, efficiency and maintainability in mind
- Provide documentation and appropriate training (wiki, screencast, workshop) for new back end features
- Work with the team to resolve back end bugs and support requests
- Perform server maintenance, backups and monitoring and apply upgrades and patches when appropriate
- Available for occasional but regular on-call rotation to handle off hours critical support issues
- 5+ years experience working as a back end web developer on production sites
- 3+ years experience working on WordPress sites
- Experience with LAMP/LEMP stacks
- Excellent understanding of OOP, software development life cycle and better practices
- Must have strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal)
- Experience with continuous integration and automated deployment pipelines
- Experience working with at least one automated testing framework
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly
- Friendly, positive and collaborative
- Dependable, proactive and self-motivated
- Must have access to a reliable high speed Internet connection
- Must be available to work at least 4 hours within 9am-5pm Eastern Time Zone
- Experience working with at least one of the following: Roots Bedrock, WP CLI, Capistrano, WP Courseware, MemberPress, WP DB Migrate, Codeception, SemaphoreCI
- Experience working as part of a diverse scrum team (bonus points if you’ve worked on a remote team)
- Knowledge of linux, server management, DNS, shell scripting
- Familiarity with Google Docs or similar cloud-based solutions
- Background in computer science and/or a technical field
- Experience customizing or developing a Learning Management System
- Experience using Git, Jira, HipChat, Hangouts and/or HelpScout
- TDD PHP or WordPress plugins
- Flexible, remote work
- Free access to all the Skillcrush technology classes you can eat
- A fun, passionate team working from all over the world
- A fast growing company with lots of opportunities for job growth
Skillcrush is a rapidly growing online tech education company that offers online classes, workshops, and blueprints on a variety of technology topics.
At Skillcrush, we have built an open & collaborative environment and we hire the people we want to work with, but who also think differently than us and challenge the status quo. We empower people, giving the support and autonomy needed to succeed. We embrace data to make decisions and overcome obstacles. We do what we do well, but we’re always looking to make it better. Let us know if you’d like to help.
Skillcrush is an equal opportunity employer and evaluates applicants regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, gender, religion, national origin (or current homebase), sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, family status, timezone, geography, musical preferences or college football allegiances. We think a diverse team builds a better product!
This is a 100% remote position.
To ApplyPlease include the following:
- A little bit about who you are, why you are interested in working at Skillcrush, and a link to your online portfolio and/or resume. Make sure to highlight any experience that is particularly relevant, and the more details about your relevant work experience you can share, the better.
- Include a link to something really funny that you’ve seen around the Internet this week.
Deadline to apply: April 1, 2016
If we think you’re a good fit, we’ll be in touch!
Info for the application
Please include the following: A little bit about who you are, why you are interested in working at Skillcrush, and a link to your online portfolio and/or resume. Make sure to highlight any experience that is particularly relevant, and the more details about your relevant work experience you can share, the better. Include a link to something really funny that you’ve seen around the Internet this week.
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