WordPress Developer

Work type:

• Office/Remote

Technical Level:

• Junior

Job Category:

• Software Development

Project:

• Game Development Studio

Founded in 2012, N-iX Game & VR Studio is one of the biggest game development and art production vendors in Ukraine, working with leading publishers and media enterprises around the globe. The team of 240+ professionals focuses on full-cycle game development, VR solutions, and content creation for all the most popular platforms. The studio has successfully collaborated with over 40 clients, including Paradox Interactive, Tempo Storm, Supermassive Games, and VRChat.
At N-iX Game & VR Studio, we strive to deliver AAA quality of our work and looking for exceptional talent to join us. If you are excited about the opportunity to collaborate and grow among passionate experts — we invite you to our team! We are currently looking for an experienced WordPress Developer responsible for both back-end and front-end development to take on the process of our website development and enhancement.

Responsibilities:

• Designing and building the website front-end.
• Establishing and guiding the website’s architecture.
• Designing and managing the website back-end including database and server integration.
• Helping formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into working WordPress themes and plugins.
• Conducting website performance tests: monitor website speed, image compression, etc.

Requirements:

• Proven work experience as a WordPress developer (Plugins / Theme development / API / Configuration).
• Excellent front-end skills including experience with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript libraries such as Bootstrap, jQuery, AJAX, Flexbox, etc.
• Must have good PHP development skills and MySQL database knowledge.
• Expertise in developing and implementing custom Themes and Plugins.
• Proficiency with Git/Github.
• Experience with responsive and adaptive design.
• Experience in connecting WordPress to third-party services using RESTful API, JSON/XML, and plugins.
• Knowledge of WordPress site optimization according to GTMetrix & Google PageSpeed Insights — nice to have.

The ideal candidate is also:

• Has an agile mindset and is a good team player.
• Has an understanding of the entire web development process, including design, development, testing, and deployment.