What are the responsibilities and job description for the Web Developer position at Blayzer?
***THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION***DO NOT APPLY UNLESS YOU ARE IN ST LOUIS MISSOURI
Opportunity
Blayzer is a growing web development company in need of a Senior Web Developer who can build solid open source projects. We build ecommerce, content management, and custom solutions for web and mobile.
Company Culture
Blayzer strives to create an environment that supports productivity. Here are some things we do to help:
- Open work area to promote collaboration
- Weekly review of department
- Weekly happy hours
- Casual dress code
- Convenient downtown St. Louis location
- Flexible work from home policy
Roles & Responsibilities
Blayzer is a work environment that will utilize and reinforce technical skills and abilities in open source solutions. In this position you will build custom solutions that will allow you to be able to apply and gain cutting edge skills and experience in a rapidly changing industry.
You will leverage technologies such as React/Ionic/Angular, PHP, Bootstrap, JavaScript, WordPress, HTML5, CSS3 to develop mobile-responsive websites and applications in an agile environment.
You should possess key technical skills including CMS customization, native PHP development, and web services integration and development (using PHP and jQuery). Previous experience with MVC frameworks and web services is important in this role. Also, as the Senior CMS Developer you should have a familiarity with Internet marketing concepts, such as search engine optimization and paid search marketing.
Requirements
- You should have knowledge of full stack web development
- 5-7 years experience in the following technologies is required: HTML, CSS, Javascript/jQuery, SQL, and PHP, including 3-5 years experience in CMS development
- Experience working with CMS, Ecommerce, Framework platforms, and backend frameworks (WordPress, Laravel, Code Igniter, Opencart, Adobe Commerce {Magento}, Drupal etc.)
- Extensive understanding of core Internet delivery technology; thorough experience in the analysis and design of software systems; ability to make decisions and drive platform architecture and solutions
- Strong technical knowledge of host configurations and a variety of hosting solutions
- Web application project planning and leadership experience
- Providing solutions, both written and flow charts
- Scoping new work
- Ability to ensure cross browser compatibility and resolve bugs
- Ability to establish and implement front-end structure and standards as well as stay current with emerging front-end technologies
- Candidate should possess strong written and verbal communication skills, proven analytical and interpersonal skills, and have proficiency in using Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to work in a team environment and demonstrate a flexible work style
- Experience working with Creative/Design/Marketing firms or departments a plus
Technologies
- PHP
- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript/jQuery
- SQL
- XML, JSON, and AJAX
- RESTful API design
- OAuth
- MV*
- Git
- Linux Command Line (CentOS)
- Mobile app development and work with Angular/Ionic/React
- Media queries and responsive CSS – either hand coding or using responsive CSS frameworks (Twitter Bootstrap, Zurb Foundation, etc.)
- WordPress
- You should also be deeply familiar with the WordPress platform, and have experience developing custom themes and plugins
- Develop and maintain complex WordPress-based applications
- Develop WordPress widgets, plug-ins, custom post types, and page templates
Other Skills
- Collaborate with the product owner to articulate the best technological business solution
- Analyze user story acceptance criteria to ensure the technical feasibility and point out potential issues
- Work with a team of developers to deliver on time and scope
- Architect and develop broadly compatible products, features, and bug fixes with consideration for accessibility, performance, and multilingual installations
- Write high quality code with readability, efficiency and maintainability in mind (documentation and unit tests)
- Implement complex features using modern PHP code and patterns while following standards
- Work with the team to diagnose and resolve bugs and support requests
- Implementation of restful services for product selector
- Mentor junior developers
- Code review
- Caching
- Understanding of search engine optimization (SEO)
- Demonstrated ability to translate visual designs into completed HTML pages while strictly adhering to design specifications
Job Type: Full-time