Remote Front-End Developer

Summary

Blacksmith is seeking a skilled Front End WordPress Developer to create unique, custom WordPress themes and plugins for clients. The role involves developing responsive websites with clean code, collaborating with designers and back-end developers, and optimizing applications for speed and scalability. Remote work and competitive pay are offered.

Requirements

This position does not use existing WordPress templates or page builders (i.e WP Bakery, Divi, Elementor, etc) as all projects are custom and built from scratch

Responsibilities

• Expert level skills in HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• 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
• Build responsive websites that function perfectly on any device or browser size
• Experience with Git/Bitbucket
• Ability to execute ADA and SEO best practices
• Leverage WP Plugin Advanced Custom Fields
• Proactively perform cross-browser compatibility tests and iterate to work through the bugs
• Adept at developing custom WP themes from Figma design files
• Collaborate with both UX/UI Web Designers and Backend Developers to bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation in order to complete projects, websites, platforms and other web experiences
• Optimize application for optimum speed and scalability
• Communicate positively and honestly with a strong work ethic and reliability
• Excitement to learn new technologies and self-teach when needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Angular, React, or other JavaScript frameworks
• Experience with vanilla.js, ES6/ES2015, Gutenberg blocks
• 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
• Experience working with Laravel PHP Framework
• Testing experience
• 3+ years of agency experience

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Remote – 100% work from home
• Opportunity to work and grow at an award winning digital agency